SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State softball team launched four home runs and 12 total hits in game one of a doubleheader to defeat the No. 8 UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns by a score of 14-13 Saturday afternoon. Texas State would ultimately fall in game two by a score of 15-2. The 14 runs scored by Texas State was the most any opponent had ever scored against the Ragin' Cajuns in Sun Belt Conference play.
 
The Bobcats move to 21-14 overall and 6-4 in Sun Belt Conference play after the Saturday split.
 There were a combined 27 runs and 24 hits in the first game of the day. Ariel Ortiz led the Bobcats with a perfect 3-for-3 showing in game one while Kelli Baker, Kendall Wiley, and Braegan Hamilton all add two apiece.
 
For the day, Ortiz notched four runs on just five at bats with a pair of walks and an 85.7 percent on base percentage. She, along with Wiley, were the two Bobcats who averaged over .500 over the course of the doubleheader.
 
Run production started early and often in game one of the doubleheader as the Ragin' Cajuns started the contest off with a two-run shot to left center field. A pair of strikeouts by Randi Rupp in the inning limited the damage to just two in the top of the first.
 
Texas State quickly answered the call and set the tone as to how the rest of game one would go. Baker led the inning off with a single through the left side and was followed by Ortiz to the bases by way of a walk. With two on and no outs, Courtney Harris sacrificed herself to advance the runners to second and third. A wild pitch by UL Lafayette starter Jordan Wallace scored the first run of the contest for Texas State.
 
After Baker scored on the wild pitch, Wiley kept the inning alive with a single down the right field line to score Ortiz and to tie up the game at 2-2.
 
The Bobcat defense proceeded to hold the Ragin' Cajuns scoreless in the top of the second before rattling off a four run, three hit second inning to take a 6-2 lead over the visiting Cajuns. Texas State capitalized on a hit by pitch to start the inning by Sara Rupp to get the ball rolling for the Bobcat offense.
 
UL Lafayette then returned the favor in the top of the third as it took advantage of two Bobcat errors in addition to a pair of hits to cut the Texas State lead down to one.
 
Back-to-back home runs by Ortiz and Harris boosted the Bobcat lead back up to three in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was Ortiz's seventh and Harris' fifth home runs of the season.
 
The only completely scoreless inning of the first game was the fifth inning.
 
The Ragin' Cajuns came raging back in the top of the six, adding three more on a double and a home run to tie up the contest at 8-8.
 
Texas State was up to test in the bottom of the sixth and rallied back to score six runs on five hits. After Ortiz singled to right field to lead off the inning, Kortney Koroll rocketed her eighth homer of the season to dead centerfield to give Texas State the lead once again at 10-8. The Bobcats were not finished in that half of the inning as small ball and an error by UL Lafayette loaded the bases. Katie Doerre then stepped up to the plate as a pinch hitter and hit a grand slam to left center to give the Bobcats a 14-8 lead. Both of Doerre's home runs this season have been in pinch hitting situations.
 
UL Lafayette wasn't finished itself as it led off the top of the seventh with a solo shot to left field. The Cajuns then got the bases loaded on a single, double, and a walk for Shellie Landry who would then hit a grand slam to all of a sudden cut the Bobcat lead to one with two outs. A fly-out to Braegan Hamilton in centerfield ended the contest to give Texas State its first victory of the season over a ranked opponent.
 
Rupp earned her 15^th victory of the season as she put in seven innings of work in the circle for Texas State. She struck out eight while walking just three.
 
Game two fell in favor in the beginning to UL Lafayette. The Ragin' Cajuns got on the board in the first inning on a two-run shot and that would prove to set the tone for the remainder of the game.
 
UL Lafayette ultimately scored two more in the second, seven in the third, and four in the fourth to end with 15 runs in the game.
 
The offensive highlight in game two for the Bobcats was in the bottom of the third inning when Bianca Prado hit her first home run of the season to score the only two runs for Texas State.
 
Garner was handed the loss in game two after putting in four innings of work in the circle while fanning three. She falls to 3-2 on the season.
 
Texas State will continue play against the Ragin' Cajuns tomorrow afternoon with first pitch scheduled at 12 p.m. at the Bobcat Softball Stadium. Live stats, live audio and live video will be available at www.txstatebobcats.com.