SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Interstat) — The Texas Longhorns defeated the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 6-4 on Sunday, May 31, 2026, behind a late surge and resilient pitching. Texas improved to 43-13, while UC Santa Barbara fell to 40-20.

The Gauchos struck first in the bottom of the first inning when center fielder Rowan Kelly homered to right center. Texas answered in the top of the sixth, tying the game on a sacrifice fly by Rodriguez and an RBI single by Ethan Mendoza. UC Santa Barbara regained the lead in the bottom half, scoring two unearned runs on a single and two throwing errors to go up 3-2.

Texas took control in the seventh when Aiden Robbins launched a two-run homer to right center. The Longhorns added two more in the eighth on Mendoza’s RBI double and an unearned run on a throwing error by the Gauchos’ pitcher. UC Santa Barbara cut the deficit to 6-4 in the bottom of the eighth on a groundout by Vasseur, but could not close further.

Texas outhit UC Santa Barbara 11-9. Ruger Riojas, Kellan Montgomery and Thomas Burns pitched for the Longhorns.