The Longhorns gave up three unearned runs and stranded 14 baserunners in a potentially postseason-altering defeat.

Texas baseball didn’t get the memo Saturday. The 9-7 loss to the hard-nosed UTSA Roadrunners pushed the local baseball team to critical mass. Worse yet, the Longhorns blew a five-run lead with their top starter and a well-rested relief corps on their home field.

It was a great afternoon to be a Casey Borba fan in Austin. [Sign up for Inside Texas TODAY and get the BEST Longhorns scoop!] Faced with the prospect of elimination in the Austin Regional, Texas baseball first had to overcome the Kansas State Wildcats before even thinking about winning two games against the UTSA Roadrunners,

Second-seeded UTSA scored seven runs over the sixth and seventh innings to defeat No. 3-seed K-State, 10-2, Friday night on the first day of the NCAA Austin

Years before he stepped on the diamond for the Roadrunners, Jordan Ballin experienced his first taste of UTSA’s lecture halls at about 3 years old, sitting in the back of the room playing on a Nintendo DS.