Box Score

SAN MARCOS – After trailing No. 10 Texas by three runs Tuesday night, Texas State made up the deficit in the third inning to tie the game, 3-3. Unfortunately, it would not be enough as the Longhorns went ahead in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly and added two more runs in the ninth to win, 6-3, and drop the Bobcats to 10-6 on the season in front of a tied Texas State record of 2,603 in attendance.

David Paiz was a bright spot for the Bobcats with a 2-for-3 night with a walk and a run. Five other Bobcats knocked a hit for seven total in the game.
 
Cory Geisler was a highlight for the pitching staff, going 4.1 innings in relief and only giving up one hit and a walk with three strikeouts. He reached career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts. He did not allow a run. Starter Dylan Bein struck five out in the first 3.2 innings of the game.
 
The Longhorns made an early statement with a leadoff home run from Ben Johnson to start the game with an early 1-0 lead. Texas piled on in the second inning, scoring two more runs thanks to a hit by pitch, a single and a triple that almost went out of the park to push the lead up to 3-0.
 
Austin O'Neal and Matt Smith tried to answer in the bottom of the second when O'Neal hit a two-out single. Smith followed with a deep hit to right center, but Texas centerfielder Mark Payton made an impressive diving catch for the final out of the inning.
 
Texas State was able to answer an inning later when Garrett Mattlage and Paiz knocked consecutive singles followed by walks for Tyler Pearson and Colby Targun. Paiz's single was a pop fly that just fell dead in shallow right field.
 
Targun's walk plated Mattlage for Texas State's first run of the game. Tanner Hill followed with a shot the third baseman couldn't handle to score Paiz. The Bobcats continued rounding the bases when Granger Studdard knocked a single to left field to bring in Pearson and tie the game, 3-3.
 
After the three-spot from Texas State, Longhorn catcher Tres Barrera led off the fourth with a triple. Johnson was able to plate Barrera with a sacrifice fly to left field to regain a lead, 4-3.
 
From there, the two defensive teams played scoreless baseball for four innings until the ninth. In fact, the Bobcats knocked just one hit, a single from Hill, throughout the rest of the game after their big third inning.
 
Texas added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth to open the gap to 6-3 before Texas State's last at bat. The Bobcats went 1-2-3 with a groundout and two fly outs to the outfield
 
The Bobcats will stay at home to host UT Arlington for the weekend series starting with a 6:30 p.m. game Friday followed by games at 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.