WICHITA, Kan. – Texas State fell to Wichita State in both games of a doubleheader Friday in the first action on the road for the Bobcats. The Shockers prevailed, 14-1, in the opener and won the second game, 6-1. Texas State did see three hitters impress with .500 days for Ben McElroy and Tanner Hill while David Paiz finished 3-for-9 for a .333 day with all three hits in the second game.
 
McElroy paced the Bobcats with four hits, finishing 4-for-8 with an RBI while Hill went 3-for-6 with a run scored. Paiz added the other RBI for Texas State and knocked the only extra-base hit for the Bobcats with a double in the fifth inning of game two.
 
No Bobcat pitcher went long for Texas State, but Montana Parsons looked the best for the second game in a row. In 3.1 innings, he did not give up an earned run and struck out three batters while walking one. Braden Pearson also looked good, allowing just one hit in two innings and allowing Wichita State just a .143 batting average in those two innings.
 
Pasquale Mazzoccoli went four innings and gave up three runs but was on first in his first three innings of work. He sat down Wichita State, 1-2-3, in the first inning and only gave up a walk in the second. He made short work of the Shockers in the third inning as well, but they did score on a hit and a sacrifice fly.
 
The Bobcats actually scored first in the opener with Cedric Vallieres scoring on an RBI-single from McElroy after reaching base on a hit by pitch in the first inning. Unfortunately, Wichita State answered with seven runs on six hits and an error in the bottom of the third to break the game open. The Shockers added six runs in the fourth and fifth innings and one more in the eighth to put the game out of reach, 14-1.
 
Texas State fell behind in the second game of the day when Wichita State scored five runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. The Bobcats scored in the top of the ninth when Paiz plated Hill with a single to centerfield on a 2-2 pitch.
 
Texas State and Wichita State will face off in the final game of the series at 1 p.m. Saturday. After that, the Bobcats will return home to host No. 3 Houston on Tuesday at Bobcat Ballpark. It will be "Goldy Night", as Texas State honors Paul Goldschmidt with a formal jersey retirement ceremony.