San Marcos, Texas – Despite battling back to take a lead in the sixth inning, it was not enough as the Texas State baseball team fell 4-2 in 10 innings to Houston, Sunday afternoon at Bobcat Ballpark.

In the top of the tenth inning, Houston's Landon Appling laced a double down the left field line to score Jonathan Davis from first, giving the Cougars the 3-2 lead. It became 4-2 when Caleb Barker launched a sacrifice fly to right field, bringing in Appling from third.

Texas State got on the board in the fifth as Brooks Orton singled up the middle. He stole second to give the Bobcats the tying run on second with just one out. With two outs in the inning, Morgan Mickan singled to right to bring home Orton and tie the game at 1-1.

The Bobcats threatened again just an inning later when Cody Lovejoy and Garrett Mattlage had back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second with just one out. The next batter, Colby Targun, got on base via a hit-by-pitch, to load the bases. With two outs Lovejoy was able to score from third on a Cougar passed ball that went through the catcher's legs, giving the Bobcats a 2-1 lead after six innings.

On the mound, Texas State got a quality start from Scott Grist who settled down after allowing a first inning run to Houston. He went 6.1 innings, and struck out seven Cougars, walking just one while allowing just one run over his final five innings of work.

Mattlage was the top hitter of the day for the Bobcats, going 3-for-5, accounting for three of the team's seven hits. He also swiped his first base of the year in the eighth inning.

The Bobcats will next take on former Southland Conference foe Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a midweek game on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., in Corpus Christi.