Box Score

SAN MARCOS – Texas State opened the second day of tournament play with a 6-1 loss to Washington Saturday. Redshirt junior Taylor Black pitched a career high 8.1 innings, striking out eight batters. Unfortunately, despite a home run from senior catcher Tyler Pearson, the Bobcats fell short.
 
Black and the Bobcat defense held Washington to just three runs on four hits through his 8.1 innings on the mound. Both teams played a pretty even defensive game through the first eight. Shortstop Garrett Mattlage started the Bobcats on the right foot defensively in the first inning. He made two consecutive stops for the first two outs of the game. The second came on a diving stop on a ball up the middle that elicited cheers from the Texas State crowd.
 
Texas State's offensive highlight came from Pearson in the seventh inning. Trailing 2-0, the catcher sent Texas State's first home run of the season over the left field fence to cut the lead in half. Before that, the Bobcats only had three base runners, all coming in the first two innings of play.
 
Pearson finished the day 2-for-3 while David Paiz was 2-for-4 for the only Bobcats with multiple hits. Freshmen Matt Sanchez and Granger Studdard each added a hit apiece.
 
For Washington, Andrew Ely led the way. He tallied two hits, but one was a solo bomb and the other was an RBI double in the sixth for the early 2-0 lead.
 
With just a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth, the Huskies put the leadoff runner on due to a hit by pitch. After Washington sacrifice bunted the runner to second base, the Bobcats gave Black a rest. From there, the Huskies added four hits, one of which was a two-run homer en route to the 6-1 final score.
 
In Texas State's final at bat, Paiz knocked a two-out single straight back at the pitcher. As the ball rolled into right field on the ricochet Paiz made it to first. Unfortunately for the Bobcats, they could not take advantage of the runner.
 
Texas State looks to bounce back against Air Force at 3:30 p.m. Sunday after Michigan and Washington will play their second game against each other of the tournament at 12 p.m. For complete information on the Texas State Invitational, click here.