Box Score

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Texas State held an early 2-0 lead on No. 4 Oregon State and tied the game 3-3 in the sixth, but could not prevail as the Beavers knocked a sixth-inning home run to win, 6-4. The Bobcats drop to 5-10 with the loss but will look to rebound against No. 11 Oregon at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
 
Outfielder Kevin Sah led the Bobcats in hits with two while outfielder Cory Geisler led the team in RBI with two. Sah was the only Bobcat with multiple hits while Geisler, Ben McElroy, Cody Lovejoy, Brode Boyd and Matt Smith all tallied a base knock.
 
Sah sparked Texas State's first two runs. He led off with a double down the left line and stole third. Geisler knocked him in with a single up the middle. Then in the third, Sah hit a triple down the right line and scored on a Geisler groundout.
 
Down 3-2 in the top of the sixth, Andrew Stumph scored an unearned run for the Bobcats. He walked and moved to second on an error by the OSU second baseman. McElroy (seven RBI in his last six games) plated Stumph with a single up the middle.
 
Unfortunately, the Beavers' Tyler Smith broke the 3-3 tie with a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning, his first of the year, to put Oregon State up, 6-3. The Bobcats started a comeback in the ninth when Lovejoy hit a leadoff double and moved to third on a wild pitch. But the next two Texas State batters flied out and struck out. Smith doubled down the left line with two outs to score Lovejoy, but the three-run deficit was too much to overcome.
 
Scott Grist, the Texas State starter, went 5.2 innings, striking out two and walking three. He gave up five runs on six hits. Lucas Humpal, Donnie Hart and Hunter Lemke also spent time on the mound. The trio combined for 2.1 innings pitched, four hits, one run and two strikeouts.
 
Texas State is next in action against No. 11 Oregon at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday (all times Central Standard Time).