Dallas Baptist 9, Seattle U 4DALLAS- (DBU Media Relations) Dallas Baptist (20-16, 7-5) won its third WAC series this weekend as the Patriots got a late offensive surge to hold off the Seattle Redhawks (12-22, 3-8) on Saturday at Horner Ballpark, 9-4. The Patriots held an early 4-1 advantage in the contest only to see the Redhawks claw their way back and tie the game at four in the top of the eighth inning. The bottom of the eighth was the decisive inning in the game, though, as DBU managed five runs in the frame, highlighted by a Chane Lynch two-run homerun with nobody out. Lynch finished the game with three hits and Boomer Collins, batting leadoff for the first time all season, collected four – including a double and a leadoff home run in the first. Ronnie Mitchell and RJ Talamantes also had multi-hit days for DBU.
READ FULL ARTICLEUT Arlington 9, San Jose State 4ARLINGTON, Texas – (UTA Media Relations) UT Arlington had another strong showing at the plate in Saturday afternoon's 9-4 Western Athletic Conference win over San Jose State at Clay Gould Ballpark.
The Mavericks improved to 19-15 overall and remained in first in the WAC at 8-3 in conference. UT Arlington goes for the sweep in Sunday's series finale, which was moved up to a noon start.
UT Arlington coach Darin Thomas also won his 167th career game to move into sole possession of second place in school history.
READ FULL ARTICLETexas State 9, Louisiana Tech 5SAN MARCOS, Texas – (TXST Media Relations) Texas State used a hitting barrage, led by Austin O'Neal's 3-for-4, three RBI day, to move past Louisiana Tech, 9-5, Saturday and improve to 7-4 in conference play. Tyler Pearson and Cody Lovejoy added to O'Neal's three hits with two hits apiece and five other Bobcats tallied a knock for 12 total team hits.
Despite the offensive showing, the win did not come easy. Louisiana Tech was the first to score with a solo home run in the top of the second, but Texas State snagged the lead with two runs in the third. The Bulldogs went up again with two runs in the fifth and added another in the sixth, but Texas State put up a five-spot in the sixth inning. After another La Tech run in the seventh, O'Neal put the game out of reach with a two-run homer, his first of the season and team's fifth.
READ FULL ARTICLESacramento State 16, New Mexico State 4 (7)LAS CRUCES, N.M. —(SAC Media Relations) Sacramento State pounded out 18 hits, including 11 from the top four of the lineup to cruise to a 16-4 seven-inning run rule shortened game on Saturday night at Presley Askew Field.
The Hornets (20-15, 6-5) earned their 20th victory on the year and moved back above .500 in Western Athletic Conference play. The 16 runs were the most scored by the team this season.
Nathan Lukes, Rhys Hoskins and Chris Lewis each had three hits and Andrew Ayers, Will Soto, Scotty Burcham and Dane Fujinaka all had two knocks in the game. Hoskins' hits included his second home run of the year as well as a double. Lukes, Lewis, Soto and Justin Higley also added two-base hits.
READ FULL ARTICLECSU Bakersfield 10, UTSA 1Box Score
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— (CSUB Media Relations) Tyler Shryock (Jr., Tehachapi, Calif., Desert Christian HS) recorded three RBI’s to lead CSU Bakersfield (22-13, 7-3 WAC) past UTSA (19-14, 4-5 WAC) Saturday night.
With UTSA leading 1-0 after 1 1/2, CSUB scored four times in the bottom of the second to take the lead. Bakersfield added one more in the sixth and five over the seventh and eighth innings.
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