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Lexington, Ky. – Second baseman Ethan Mendoza drove on four runs.
Mendoza scored a two-run double in the seventh, then played a pair of tallies in the eighth, pushing the Longhorns (28-4, 12-1 seconds) into nine consecutive meeting wins.
After adding up a career-high five RBIs on Tuesday, the Texas leadman was driven with nine runs in two games this week.
Mendoza’s timely swing proved crucial for the Longhorns, who used three arms to limit Kentucky (18-13, 5-8 seconds) to one extra-bass hit.
Harlers’ Jared Spencer, Max Grubbs and Dylan Voluntis combined to attack Texas’s most shy wildcats in the season 14 times.
Spencer notched seven punch-outs in 4 2/3 innings of one-run baseball.
Grubbs (5-0) picked up where the Longhorns ace left off, recording six strikeouts in 3 1/3 frames.
Meanwhile, Volantis (8) threw a 1-2-3 9, sealing the victory with a punch-out.
In the victory, the four Longhorns fitted multi-hit initiatives, including catcher Lilangarban.
Galvan added insurance tally with his third double and then with his 8th RBI single. Junior came to score the first run of the night with a single from shortstop Jarin Flores.
Texas aims to secure their fifth straight SEC series on Saturday as the Longhorns and Wildcats meet on CT at 11am.
