SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team (24-13) set single-game highs of hits, home runs and runs in a 17-8 victory over Houston Baptist Tuesday evening at Bobcat Ballpark. The Bobcats finished the game with 21 hits, most since Mar. 5, 2016 against Incarnate Word, and four home runs, the most since also hitting four against UTSA on Apr. 5, 2016.
 
Picking up the win was Garrett Herrmann (4-1) after we struck out four in the first four innings. Taylor Franzman (0-3) suffered the loss as he surrendered five runs on four hits and three walks in 2.0 innings.
 
Throwing a scoreless inning of relief apiece for TXST was Matthew Charles, Alex Klitsas, Anthony Pagano and Dontae Woodard. Charles struck out the side to close out the game, Klitsas recorded two strikeouts and both Pagano and Wood had a strikeout apiece.
 
Also seeing action out of the bullpen was Brayden Theriot and Kyle Bradford. Theriot recorded two outs and Bradford induced a fly out against the lone batter he faced.
 
Every starter recorded a base hit for the Bobcats led by Jaxon Williams' 5-for-5 day at the plate, in which he scored four runs. John Wuthrich record four hits and Will Hollis had three base knocks. Both players finished with 4 RBIs and fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
 
Driving in two runs apiece was Jaylen Hubbard, who scored three times, Dalton Shuffield and Skyler Valentine.
 
The Huskies opened the game by scoring four runs on three singles and a hit by pitch.
 
In the bottom half of the inning, it started with Hubbard walking and Williams singling to left field to start off the frame. Hollis then hit a ground to the first baseman, who went to second to try and start a double play. However, the throw sailed wide of the bag and allowed Hubbard to score.
 
Wuthirch followed by smacking a 2-1 pitch to left center that hit off the top of the wall and over for a three-run homer to tie the game at 4-4.
 
The bottom of the second saw the first three Texas State batters reach to load the bases. On the first pitch he saw, Shuffield singled back up the middle to plate two runs. A 2-1 offering to Valentine bounced off the left center wall to bring home two more runs and put the Bobcats up 8-4 as they would not relinquish the lead the rest of the way.
 
TXST tacked on three more runs in the third on a Williams sacrifice fly, a Hollis double and Wuthirch single.
 
HBU got back on the scoreboard in the fifth. Johnny Gonzales led off the inning by send the first pitch down the right field line for a home run. The Huskies scored three more times in the inning after a Theriot induced a ground back to himself but his throw to second on a potential inning-ending double play was screened by the umpire to force a bad toss.
 
The next half inning saw Hollis drive in his second run of the game on a single through the right side to put TXST ahead 12-8.
 
Texas State concluded the scoring for either team in the sixth. Cole Coffey led off the frame by sending a 1-1 pitch the opposite way over the left field wall for his first career home run. After a Peyton Lewis double that one hopped the right center wall, Hubbard smacked a 2-1 pitch down the right field line for a two-run home run.
 
Williams reached on an infield single when his hot shot bounced off the third baseman's glove. The very next pitch was crushed by Hollis over the right field fence as it bounced close to trucks in the parking lot to increase the advantage to 17-8.
 
The Bobcats home stand continues this weekend with a Sun Belt Conference series against Arkansas State. Game one is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m.
 
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