Texas' five-game advantage over the second-place Razorbacks has shrunk to just two with six games remaining on the conference schedule for both teams. Arkansas finalized the series sweep with a thumping 13-8 victory in which they made some of the Longhorns' best arms look pedestrian, slugging five home runs.

AUSTIN - Texas goes for the clincher this week. While that seems unfathomable, considering the top-ranked Longhorns have nine conference games remaining and six of them on the road, starting with the first of a three-game series at Arkansas on Thursday night,

Texas baseball will leave Arkansas with its first series loss of the season. On Saturday, the Longhorns enter damage control mode, looking to avoid a series sweep in the finale of their three-game set against the Razorbacks.