SAN MARCOS, Texas – In the final midweek home game of the season, Texas State (15-23) fell 5-1 to No. 2 Texas Tuesday night at Bobcat Ballpark.
 
Suffering the loss was Tony Robie (0-1) as he struck out a career-high six batters in five innings while surrendering two runs on five hits and three walks. Pete Hansen (4-1) earned the win as he held the Bobcats to a run on three hits and struck out four.
 
Both Triston Dixon and Austin Smith threw 1.1 innings of relief with Smith striking out two. The duo of Cameron Bush and Otto Wofford recorded two outs apiece.
 
The only hits for the Bobcats came off the bats of Chase Evans, Jose Gonzalez and Dalton Shuffield.
 
After Evans nearly hit a deep fly ball that would have left the yard if not for the wind blowing in in the bottom of the first, Shuffield reached based on a bunt single. The junior shortstop would advance to third on a single to left by Gonzalez. Justin Thompson followed by hitting a 1-0 pitch deep to right for a sacrifice fly to put TXST up 1-0.
 
The Longhorns would take the lead in the third with RBI hits from Mitchell Daly and Zach Zubia.
 
UT would tack on two more runs in the seventh and added an insurance run in the ninth.
 
Following a single to extend his hitting streak to nine games by Evans in the bottom of the third, the final 19 Bobcat batters were retired.
 
Next up for Texas State is a return to Sun Belt Conference play when it hosts Arkansas State for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 6 p.m.
 
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