SAN ANTONIO – Cedric Vallieres opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo home run for Texas State, but the Bobcats went quiet until the sixth inning after that. After giving up two runs to UTSA in the bottom of the first and three more in the fourth and fifth innings, Texas State scored struck a home run in the sixth and belted two homers in the eight to come up just short against UTSA, 5-4.
 
Vallieres and Granger Studdard were impressive from the plate for the Bobcats, both going 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk. Vallieres finished with two RBI and two runs scored while Studdard tallied an RBI and a run. The third home for the Bobcats came from Cory Geisler, who was one of three other Bobcats to tally a hit in the game.
 
On the mound, Pasquale Mazzoccoli took over in the sixth inning and only gave up one hit with four strikeouts the rest of the way for the Bobcats. His work from the mound settled the team down, and they began their comeback, down 5-2, after solo homers from Vallieres and Studdard.
 
Studdard gave the Bobcats their second run of the night after Vallieres's first-inning home run. It was Studdard's fourth roundtripper of the season, and his fourth in the past seven games, to make it 5-2 in the sixth inning.
 
Sticking with the home run theme of the night for Texas State, the Bobcats knocked back-to-back bombs in the eighth inning. Geisler led off with his second of the season and Vallieres followed with his second of the night and his team-leading sixth of the year to close the gap to just 5-4 in favor of UTSA.
 
Unfortunately, after holding the Roadrunners without a run in the bottom of the eighth, the Bobcats could not close the gap to stay alive in the game in the ninth inning.
 
Texas State is set to meet Baylor next in a three-game series this weekend. The Bobcats will host the Bears Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Bobcat Ballpark before traveling to Waco for the final two games of the series at 6:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.