LAKE CHARLES, La. – After falling behind by three runs, the Texas State baseball team came back to defeat Creighton 12-9 in the Lake Area Classic at Jim Miller Ballpark Saturday afternoon.
 
The win improves the Bobcats to 4-2 on the season while the Bluejays suffer their first loss of the year and are now 4-1.
 
Picking up the win on the mound was Hunter McMahon (1-1). The right-hander went six innings and struck out four while giving up six runs on six hits. Earning his second save of the season was Brandon Lewis that saw him toss the final three frames and record three strikeouts.
 
Jaxon Williams reached base all five times he came to the plate with three hits, a walk and was hit by a pitch. He also scored four times and drove in a run.
 
Recording multiple hits as well was Wesley Faison. The sophomore had two doubles in both of his times at bat and finished with two RBIs.
 
Driving in two runs apiece were Jaylen Hubbard, Ryan Newman and John Wuthrich. Finishing with two runs scored apiece were Chase Evans and Hubbard.
 
For the second straight game against the Bluejays, they took a 1-0 lead in the first when Parker Upton hit a solo home run.
 
With runners on the corners with one out, Wuthrich gave a 2-2 offering a ride to the right field warning track to bring home a run. Faison followed with a deep shot to left center for a RBI double and put TXST ahead 2-1.
 
Creighton responded in the next half inning with its second solo homer of the game. This one was off the bat of Jake Holton that went over the center field fence. A second run in the frame would score when David Vilches' long fly ball hit the wall just below the foul for a double.
 
The Bluejays' Will Robertson added a two-run home run in the third to extend their lead to 5-2.
 
In the bottom of the frame, Hubbard was hit by a pitch and Wuthrich singled to put two runners on base. Faison fouled off three straight pitches while facing a 3-2 count before doubling to left field to bring home a run and cut the deficit to two.
 
Creighton would go back up by three after getting a sacrifice fly in the fifth. In the bottom of the inning, Will Hollis hit a hard shot to first that the Bluejay misfielded and allowed Williams to score to make it a 6-4 advantage for the team from Nebraska.
 
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Riley King was on third. Williams sent a 0-1 offering through the right side to plate the junior. A single by Evans and a walk drawn by Hubbard loaded the bases. Wuthrich was walked to bring home a run and tie the game.
 
After a pitching change, the Bluejays' Mitchell Boyer was called for a balk to add a run to the Bobcats' total. He would walk Connor Anderson to reload the bases and was then called for his second balk of the frame to increase the TXST advantage to 6-8.
 
The damage wasn't done in the sixth as Ryan Newman laced a 2-RBI single to center field to conclude the six-run inning for the Bobcats.
 
With two runners on and two outs in the seventh, Hubbard ripped a triple down the right field line on a 3-2 offering to increase the lead to 12-6.
 
Creighton would score twice in the eight and once in the ninth for the final runs of the contest.
 
The Bobcats conclude their time in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the Lake Area Classic on Sunday at 1 p.m. against McNeese.
 
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