The debut at the SEC Tournament for the Texas baseball team was a short one. Gavin Kilen's two-run double in the 12th inning was the difference for Tennessee in a 7-5 win at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Texas Longhorns baseball’s SEC Tournament hopes ended abruptly Thursday with a 7-5, 12-inning defeat to No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers, as defensive lapses and late-game pitching woes proved decisive.

“Once he was in the game, he did the rest,” Vitello said.