BOONE, N.C. – The Texas State baseball team's bats were stifled in a 3-0 loss at Appalachian State in the series finale at Smith Stadium on Sunday.
 
The loss dropped the Bobcats to 18-10 on the season and 6-3 in the Sun Belt Conference while the Mountaineers improved to 11-15 overall and 4-5 in conference play.
 
Jaylen Hubbard and Jaxon Williams accounted for four of TXST's five hits on the day. The first four base knocks all came without a runner on base as the Bobcats were just 1-for-17 with runners on base and were hitless with a runner in scoring position. Only other player with a base hit on the day was Cole Coffey.
 
Three times in the first five innings Texas State got a runner to third but were unable to bring them home. The best opportunity came in the third when John Wuthrich smoked a 2-1 offering that was caught by the leaping shortstop to prevent a hit.
 
APP's Joel McDaniel hit a solo home run in the second for the team's first run of the game. The Mountaineers added their final two runs in the fifth.
 
The ninth inning began with Coffey drawing a walk. Two batter latter, Hubbard singled through the left side on the first pitch he saw to put two on with one out. However, APP's Kaleb Bowman induced a fly out and got a strikeout to end the game.
 
Connor Reich suffered his first loss of the season to drop to 4-1 on the mound. He struck out seven and walked just one, but the Mountaineers tagged him for three runs on four hits. Picking up the win was Brandon Boone (3-1) after pitching five shutout innings with seven strikeouts. Bowman earned his second save of the season after throwing the final two frames.
 
Also seeing action on the mound for the Bobcats was Brayden Theriot. The senior right-hander recorded two strikeouts and surrendered only a hit in two innings.
 
TXST returns to action on Tuesday at Bobcat Ballpark against I-35 rival UTSA. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
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