By Wayland D. Clark
With a runner on third base and the tying run at the plate, Dripping Springs’ Chance Callihan closed out the Fall World Series with a 6-4 win Oct. 27 at UFCU Disch Falk Field in Austin.
Callihan, pitching for the Texas Longhorns’ Team Miller, struck out a batter in the bottom of the seventh inning and induced a pop-up to shut down a Team Allen rally while earning a save in the process.
“I was getting the swings with my slider and I’ve been working a lot on a change-up to get ahead in the count,” Callihan said about the strikeout.
Callihan also pitched in the three-game series opener on Tuesday.
First year Texas head coach David Pierce, who is the successor to longtime Longhorn head coach Augie Garrido, seemed to be impressed with Callihan.
“His slider looked to be working well, as was the change-up, which I want all of our pitchers to have.”
The Texas Baseball Alumni Game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 2.
The Longhorns open the regular season with a four game series, including a double-header, against Rice beginning on Feb. 17.
Callihan was a three-year letter winner under head coach Chris Payne at Dripping Springs, and a three-year letterman on the Tigers’ football team, earning honors academically in the classroom and on the playing field.
