HOUSTON – The Texas State baseball team fell 10-1 to Rice in a non-conference midweek tilt Tuesday night at Reckling Park.
 
Both teams now stand at 25-28 on the season. The contest also evened the season series after TXST defeated Rice 13-4 in San Marcos on March 15.
 
Rice initially took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first but added six in the third to gain an 8-1 advantage. The Bobcats were unable to mount a comeback.
 
Junior Dylan Paul finished 2-for-4 to extend his team- and career-best hitting streak to 14 games. The other two hits from Texas State came from junior Theodore Hoffman and sophomore Jaylen Hubbard.
 
Senior Brandon Courville (2-4) tossed the first two innings and allowed seven runs on five hits to suffer the loss. The Bobcats used five relievers across the final 6.0 frames, and both junior Blake Walden and sophomore Anthony Pagano did not give up any hits or runs in their appearances on the mound.
 
Dane Myers was the lone member of the home team with multiple hits, and he finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Ryan Chandler and Ford Proctor also scored twice, while Tristan Gray drove in three runs and Sheppard added two RBIs.
 
Evan Kravetz (3-1) pitched 5.0 innings and allowed just one run on four hits to earn the win. He struck out four and walked one.
 
The Bobcats will next host UTA in the last three games of the regular season May 18-20 at Bobcat Ballpark.

-TxStateBobcats.com-