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Stanford scored twice in the first inning and that was all the support All-American right-hander Mark Appel needed as he matched his career high with 14 strikeouts in Friday night's 2-0 nonconference baseball win over No. 22 Texas in Sunken Diamond.

Appel (2-1) hurled a complete-game three-hitter and issued one walk for No. 14 Stanford, which improved to 7-2 with its sixth straight victory.

Texas fell to 6-3 as French Park (2-1) suffered his first loss on the season. Park was tagged for two runs -- one earned -- on six hits in seven innings.

The teams resume the three-game series Saturday at 1 p.m.

Appel walked a batter in the first inning before retiring 13 straight to take a no-hitter into the sixth.

Texas' first hit was on a two-out infield grounder, which speedster Matt Moynihan beat out. Appel escaped further damage with a strikeout.

The senior also took a no-hitter into the fifth during a three-hit win over Texas in 2012.

Appel has struck out double-digit batters in each of his past two outings.

Texas' Codey McElroy hit a two-out double in the eighth and Moynihan started the ninth with a single to left-center.

Stanford wasted no time in taking its 2-0 lead behind three hits in the first.

Jonny Locher slammed the first pitch he saw down the left field line for a lead-off double and scored on Diekroeger's single up the middle.

Diekroeger advanced to third on the play when Texas committed the first of its three errors on the evening. Diekroeger scored on a wild pitch.

— Stanford Athletics

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