Rylan Galvan, Peyton Powell and Casey Borba all homered Tuesday night as No. 16 Texas crushed Houston Christian 20-3 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

The Longhorns (3-1) will return to Disch-Falk this weekend for a three-game series against Cal Poly.

Houston Christian (3-2) scored Tuesday's first run, but Texas never looked back after a three-run second inning. Texas blew open the game when Galvan and Powell both homered during a fifth frame that featured six runs, seven hits and 12 plate appearances.

Texas' 24 hits fell one hit short of the school record set in a 1953 game against Baylor and matched in a 1998 game against Southern Illinois. Nineteen Longhorns recorded a plate appearance Tuesday night.

"A lot of times, especially later in the year, people think that they're just subs and right now they're still competing for jobs," UT coach David Pierce said when asked about the number of players who got a chance to hit. "There's some young players that are really good. I want to see them go out, get comfortable and really just not miss a beat with our defense and have quality at-bats. I thought we saw that for the most part."

One of two position players on the roster to not get a turn in the batter's box, sophomore infielder Cade O'Hara, pitched for the first time in his college career when he closed out the game. He was one of five players who threw for Texas. Freshman Easton Tumis, who allowed one hit and struck out four batters over 2⅓ innings of relief, was credited with the win.

Tuesday's game also gave fans another chance to get an early look at Dee Kennedy, a freshman who started at second base. Kennedy also started in Sunday's win over San Diego, and Pierce noted afterward that he liked when Kennedy waved off centerfielder Jared Thomas on a pop-up on one out. Pierce said it was big "to see a freshman just not be intimidated by a play."

Kennedy went 2-for-4 on Tuesday with an infield single and a triple. He scored twice.

Perhaps most notably, Kennedy helped get Texas out of a sticky situation in the second inning. With one out and two runners aboard, UT pitcher Luke Harrison fired a pickoff throw to second base. Josh Prinner got back to the base safely, but Kennedy kept his glove on the Houston Christian senior until Prinner inadvertently separated himself from the base for a split second and was called out.

"He has a lot of fun playing baseball," Pierce said of Kennedy. "I think when you see that, then that says that guys are comfortable. I don't think he's intimidated, I don't think he's worried about being a freshman. I think he's just having fun, and he's very skillful."

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas baseball team empties bench in beating of Houston Christian