Greenville Super Regional Live Updates: Texas vs. East Carolina

— The home runs by Campbell and Hodo on Saturday made them the sixth and seventh Longhorns to reach double-digit home runs on the season. The offensive surge on the Forty Acres, Pierce said, boils down to “just passing the bat, getting pitches, not trying to do too much and using their strength and conditioning, using their work in the cages and just trusting.”

Texas unquestionably has pop throughout the lineup, but every significant hit down the stretch of Saturday’s game going to right field for right-handed hitters speaks to how good the team’s approach is at the plate and to the adjustments made throughout the series.

“We’re just seeing it where it’s pitched,” Campbell said. “Some of their guys on their staff like to go away, so we’re just taking it where it was pitched.”

BATTING ORDER

Texas: 1. Douglas Hodo III, Soph., CF (.316/.409/.533); 2. Eric Kennedy, Jr., LF (.308/.395/.491) ; 3. Ivan Melendez, Jr., 1B (.398/.518/.866); 4. Murphy Stehly, Sr., 2B (.376/.431/.680); 5. Austin Todd, Sr., DH (.337/.419/.497); 6. Skyler Messinger (.367/.419/.574); 7. Silas Ardoin, Soph., C (.276/.399/.518); 8. Dylan Campbell, Soph., RF (.271/.369/.512); 9. Trey Faltine, Soph., SS (.283/.396/.552)

— Pierce keeps the lineup the same for the second game in a row. Stehly at second base and Campbell in right field mean Mitchell Daly (.238/.349/.369) will come off of the bench, most likely to come in for defensive purposes at second if the Longhorns get a lead in the late innings.

East Carolina: 1. Zach Agnos, Soph., SS (.326/.398/.477); 2. Lane Hoover, Jr., LF (.343/.426/.418); 3. Bryson Worrell, Sr., CF (.338/.403/.638); 4. Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, Fr., RF (.330/.369/.552); 5. Ben Newton, Sr., C (.283/.387/.362); 6. Josh Moylan, Soph., 1B (.219/.355/.417); 7. Jacob Starling, Soph., 2B (.248/.386/.411); 8. Alec Makarewicz, Soph., 3B (.273/.350/.469); 9. Joey Berini, Soph., DH (.245/.321/.265)

— Godwin’s only lineup change is Berini at the designated hitter spot for Justin Wilcoxen (.276/.327/.398). A change could be made if Godwin gets a matchup with the left-handed Wilcoxen facing Texas freshman southpaw Luke Harrison (0-0, 3.24 ERA with two saves), the only left-handed reliever for the Longhorns (and the only lefty pitcher other than No. 2 starter Lucas Gordon on the postseason roster).

PITCHING MATCHUP

Texas: Tristan Stevens, Sr., RHP (6-6, 5.16 ERA, 75 innings, 83 hits and 20 walks allowed with 65 strikeouts)

— Pierce has said time and again that there’s nobody he trusts more in a big spot than Stevens, who’s making his 25th appearance of the season and his 12th start. The fifth-year senior hasn’t started a game since an April 30 loss to Oklahoma State where went 5.2 innings, allowing six earned runs on six hits with two walks, two hit batters and a balk while striking out eight. Stevens has officially thrown 0.1 innings over two the first two games in Greenville, allowing four runs on three hits with two walks, one wild pitch and one strikeout.

East Carolina: Danny Beal, Soph., RHP (5-1, 4.03 ERA, 38 innings, 31 hits and 20 walks allowed with 40 strikeouts)

— Beal pitched in Saturday’s game,…