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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (05/28/2026) — The Texas Longhorns blanked the Mississippi State Bulldogs 4-0 on Thursday at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park, riding a complete-game shutout in the circle and a pair of home runs to a clean, wire-to-wire victory.
Texas controlled the game from the second inning on, never trailing and never letting Mississippi State pull even. The Longhorns scored in three separate frames — the second, fifth and seventh — while the Bulldogs were held off the scoreboard across all seven innings.
How It Happened
Texas struck first in the bottom of the second. Kaiah Altmeyer homered to right field, scoring A. Maloney ahead of her and putting the Longhorns up 2-0. The two-run shot set the tone for an afternoon in which Texas would do its damage in the air.
The lead grew in the fifth. Kayden Henry homered to right — a solo blast that pushed the margin to 3-0 and gave Texas a cushion its pitching staff would not surrender.
The Longhorns added an insurance run in the seventh. Viviana Martinez doubled to left center, plating Katie Stewart to make it 4-0. Stewart, who reached base twice on walks, came around to score the game's final run.
Mississippi State, meanwhile, could not string together offense against a Texas circle that gave the Bulldogs nothing to work with.
Turning Point
Altmeyer's second-inning home run proved decisive. In a game that featured no lead changes and no ties, the two-run shot to right not only put Texas ahead but established a margin Mississippi State would chase the rest of the way. With the Longhorns' pitching dealing zeros, the early cushion effectively settled the outcome. Henry's fifth-inning homer then stretched the lead to three, removing any doubt and forcing Mississippi State to manufacture multiple runs it could never get started.
Star of the Game
Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan was the difference. Kavan went the distance, tossing all 7.0 innings while allowing just four hits, no runs and striking out two. The complete-game shutout kept Mississippi State scoreless across every frame and never let the Bulldogs build a threat into a rally.
At the plate, Altmeyer backed her with the game's biggest swing, finishing 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI on her second-inning homer. Henry added a 2-for-4 day with a run, an RBI and her fifth-inning home run, giving Texas the two long balls that accounted for three of its four runs. Martinez chipped in the run-scoring double in the seventh, and Stewart reached twice via the walk and came around to score.
For Mississippi State, Xiane Romero was the lone bright spot offensively, going a perfect 3-for-3. Kinley Keller added a hit, but the Bulldogs could not convert their baserunners into runs. In the circle, Delainey Everett carried the early load, going 4.0 innings while allowing three hits and two runs with two strikeouts. Peja Goold worked 2.1 innings, surrendering three hits and two runs with a strikeout, and Alyssa Faircloth closed with 0.2 scoreless innings and a strikeout.
What It Means
The shutout is a statement performance for Texas, which combined timely power with a dominant pitching effort to win comfortably without ever being threatened. Kavan's complete game gives the Longhorns a foundation of front-line pitching, while the production from Altmeyer and Henry shows a lineup capable of putting runs on the board in bunches with one swing.
For Mississippi State, the 4-0 result is a hard-fought loss in which the Bulldogs were largely held in check. Romero's 3-for-3 day offers something to build on, and the bullpen work from Faircloth at the end kept the game from getting further out of hand. But Mississippi State will look to convert more of its hits into runs and find answers against premium pitching the next time out.
Texas leaves OGE Energy Field at Devon Park with a clean 4-0 win, the kind of complete, two-sided performance — power at the plate, zeros in the circle — that travels well in the 2026 season.
