Baseball | 2/25/2016 12:09:00 PM

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State is off to a 3-2 start with a chance to improve the team's record this weekend at the Kleberg College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, before returning home to host national power No. 23 Texas. Tickets for the game against Texas are already sold out except for student tickets, but fans will be able to watch the game on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel.
 
Time Warner Cable Sports Channel broadcasts across the entire state of Texas, and the feed will be available at www.txstatebobcats.com/showcase to our all-access subscribers. For Time Warner subscribers who receive the channel, it is channel 323, and will begin coverage of the game at 6 p.m. Tuesday night.
 
The Bobcats and Longhorns always meet for competitive games as Head Coach Ty Harrington goes up against his alma mater. In the last meeting, Texas State jumped out on the Longhorns with an early 2-0 lead off RBI hits from Granger Studdard and Ben McElroy. Later, in the sixth inning, Tanner Hill knocked a solo home run to give Texas State three runs, but Texas outlasted the Bobcats, 7-3.
 
In the meeting in San Marcos last season, the Bobcats again scored two first-inning runs. Cory Geisler led off with a solo home run and David Paiz brought in Cedric Vallieres on an RBI double. Texas State added runs in the fourth and fifth innings when Derek Scheible scored on a base knock from Luke Sherley, and Studdard hit Texas State's second homer of the night. The Bobcats headed to the eighth inning with a 4-2 lead on the Longhorns, but a late surge from Texas stole the game by a score of 6-4.
 
Texas State students who still hope to attend the game can pick up student tickets at the Mark and Linda Smith Ticket Office at Bobcat Stadium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All other fans, be sure to tune in to Time Warner Cable Sports Channel for the Bobcats and Longhorns at 6 p.m. Tuesday night.