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Corpus Christi, Texas – The Texas State baseball team received another outstanding pitching performance on Friday night as junior Colton Turner tossed eight scoreless innings and struck out 11 batters in a 2-0 Bobcat victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Chapman Field.
Turner's performance comes on the heels of a complete-game, 12 strikeout performance from Travis Ballew on Thursday night as the Bobcats won game one of the series 6-1 on Thursday night.
Turner (3-1) earned his third victory of the season as he limited the Islanders to just five hits over eight innings without allowing a walk. The performance dropped Turner's season ERA to 1.36 while increasing his season strikeout total to 53 in just 46 1/3 innings.
Dylan Adamek came in to record one out in the ninth inning before Jeff McVaney recorded a double play that ended the game with a 2-0 score. McVaney tallied his sixth save of the season and 15th of his career as he secured the shutout victory.
Texas State improved to 20-10 overall and 8-6 in the Southland Conference with the win, the team's sixth shutout victory of the season. The win clinches the series and was also the sixth in a row for the Bobcats over the Islanders dating back to last season.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi dropped to 12-18 overall and 5-9 in the Southland Conference with the loss. Islanders starting pitcher Adam Hoelscher (5-3) was charged with the loss after limiting the Bobcats to just two runs over 6 2/3 innings on the mound.
Texas State drove in its two runs of the game without the help of a hit on Friday night as the Bobcats scored on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and a bases loaded walk in the eighth inning. The Bobcats won despite leaving 13 runners on base for the game.
McVaney tripled to lead off the sixth inning, extending his hitting streak to 14 games, and came in when Casey Kalenkosky flied out to center field, allowing McVaney to come home for the first run of the game.
In the eighth inning, the Bobcats drew four walks for the second run of the game. Nick Smelser drew the fourth walk of the inning that brought home Kevin Sah for the game's final run.
Andrew Stumph extended his hitting streak to 14 games as part of a 2 for 5 night at the plate, while Joey Fuda was also 2 for 5 for the game.
Texas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will play the series finale at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Chapman Field in Corpus Christi. Sophomore RHP Kyle Finnegan (4-2, 2.96) will toe the rubber for the Bobcats.
