Down in the ninth inning, Texas rallies to a crucial comeback conquest over Houston

Down to their last two outs Sunday afternoon, Texas showed some fight in a comeback victory at Houston.

With the 13-8 win on the road, Texas avoided what would have been a disastrous series loss to a Cougars team it had beaten on Saturday but lost to on Friday. Houston (17-18, 5-13) sits in last place in the Big 12, and Texas has already dropped a series this month against 12th-place BYU.

Instead, Texas improved its conference record to 9-6 and remained in fourth place in the Big 12 standings.

Texas faced an 8-5 deficit as it entered Sunday's ninth inning, and things didn't particularly look rosy for the Longhorns when pinch hitter Casey Borba struck out to start the final frame. Baseball games, however, don't end after 25 outs.

Jared Thomas started UT's ninth-inning rally with a double, and Thomas later scored after Dee Kennedy singled, and Houston committed an error. Texas then tied the game on Peyton Powell's two-run homer before Jalin Flores lifted the Longhorns to a lead with a solo shot to left field.

Texas went on to score four more times in the eight-run inning. Eight of the 14 hits that UT recorded Sunday came in the ninth inning, and Max Belyeu also homered in the session.

Gage Boehm, who was the winning pitcher on Saturday, closed out the Cougars in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Texas (22-15) will return to UFCU Disch-Falk Field for four games this upcoming week. The Longhorns will host UTRGV (17-15) on Tuesday before TCU (22-12, 7-11) comes to town this weekend for a three-game series.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Big ninth inning lifts Texas baseball team to comeback win at Houston