Bobcats Strike Out 10 in Loss

by, Joshua Flanagan, TXST Assistant Director of Sports Information

AUSTIN – Texas State pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts against Texas with Jeremy Hallonquist and Chase Hodson leading the effort with four apiece. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough as the Longhorns knocked eight hits and scored a combined four runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to beat out Texas State, 6-2, dropping the Bobcats to 22-20 on the season.

The Longhorns scored two runs in the opening inning, but the Bobcats struck back in the top of the third with a two-RBI hit from Ryan Newman to tie it up. Texas rebounded with two runs in the bottom of the third, both coming with two outs to regain the lead and added a run in both the fourth and fifth innings.

Newman finished with two hits as did senior Tanner Hill, knocking two doubles.

The Bobcats will host Troy in a three-game set this weekend starting at 6 p.m. Friday night at Bobcat Ballpark.

WHO STOOD OUT

Ryan Newman / IF/C / Freshman / Brenham, Texas

The freshman was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the third inning to tie the game, 2-2. It’s his first multi-RBI game since April against UTSA and his fourth of the season. It’s his ninth multi-hit game of the season and first game with multiple hits since April 6 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Tanner Hill / IF/C / Senior / San Marcos, Texas

Hill also finished 2-for-4, knocking two doubles. Both doubles came with two outs in the inning as he tried to spark a rally. It was his 12^th multi-hit game of the season and the first time he’s hit multiple extra-base hits since March 24 against South Alabama, the only other time he has done it all season.

Chase Hodson / RHP / Senior / Richmond, Texas

After walking one, Hodson proceeded to strike out four consecutive batters and retire six in a row in two innings pitched and seven batters faced. Four other times this season Hodson has struck out four or more batters with the most recent being at Georgia Southern on April 2. He is the only Bobcat pitcher this season with more strikeouts than innings pitched (34 strikeouts to 24.0 innings).

SCORING RECAP

–       Bottom 1^st – With two outs, Texas drew a walk and knocked a double to put both runners in scoring position. A single through the left side plated both runs for a 2-0 Texas advantage. (2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)

–       Top 3^rd – Jared Huber drew a walk to lead off the inning, and Jacob Almendarez knocked a single after that. Jonathan Ortega pushed both runners into scoring position with a groundout, and Ryan Newman brought them both in on a base hit to right field. (2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)

–       Bottom 3^rd – Kacy Clemens hit a two-out solo home run. A hit by pitch and back-to-back singles scored another run for Texas. (2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base)

–       Bottom 4^th – Texas knocked a single and the runner took second on a passed ball. From there, he stole third and scored on a throwing error by the Bobcats to put Texas up, 5-2. (1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base)

–       Bottom 5^th – A walk and a double put runners in scoring position. A sacrifice fly to left field plated a run for the Longhorns to put Texas up, 6-2. (1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base)

NOTES

–       Texas scored two runs in the first inning. Now, the Bobcats are 2-5 when the opponent scores in the first inning, 5-13 when opponents score first and 0-5 when trailing after one inning.

–       His two RBIs in the third inning are the first RBIs for Ryan Newman since hitting one in April 16 against Little Rock. It is his first multi-RBI game since going 4-for-4 with two homers against UTSA on April 5. It’s his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.

–       With the team’s error in the fourth inning, the Bobcats are now 12-6 on the season with one error.

–       In the sixth inning, Newman knocked his second hit of the night to make it his first multi-hit game since April 6 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He has nine multi-hit games this season.

–       The hit for Luke Sherley in the seventh inning is his third hit in as many games.

–       With two doubles on the night, Tanner Hill notched his 12^th multi-hit game of the season. It was his second game with multiple extra-base hits this year.

–       Texas State notched 10 strikeouts Tuesday night. It is the 10^th time the Bobcats have made double-digit strikeouts this season.

–       With four strikeouts in two innings of work, Chase Hodson continues to be the only Bobcat pitcher with more strikeouts than innings pitched. Tuesday night marked the fifth time this season Hodson has struck out four or more batters with the last time being at Georgia Southern on April 2.

NEXT UP

Texas State hosts Troy for a Sun Belt Conference series this weekend with games at 6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday. After that, the Bobcats will travel to UTSA for a 6:30 p.m. game on Tuesday.