Isaiah Ortega-Jones - Texas (Mar. 9)
Kate Connors
6
Winner Texas State TXST 11-3
4
Texas UT 12-2
Winner
Texas State TXST
11-3
6
Final
4
Texas UT
12-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas State TXST 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0
Texas UT 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 0

W: Wofford, Otto (1-0) L: Blair, Daniel (1-1) S: Stivors, Tristan (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Phillip Pongratz

Bobcats Take Down #1 Longhorns

AUSTIN, Texas – After coming up just short on Tuesday night at home against No. 1 Texas, 17th-ranked Texas State (11-3) defeated the Longhorns (12-2) 6-4 Wednesday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. It was the Bobcats' third ever win over a top-ranked team and the second on the road with the first being on Apr. 27, 2005 over the Longhorns in Austin.
 
Otto Wofford (1-0) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief and striking out one. Tristan Stivors earned his fourth save of the season as all three outs he recorded came via strikeout. It was also his 13th career save to tie Pasquale Mazzoccoli for third on the program's career list. Daniel Blair (1-1) allowed three runs on three hits and one walk and did not retire a batter as he was credited with the loss.
 
Throwing two inning of relief was Carson Keithley, who struck out one while surrendering a run on two hits. Matthew Nicholas was the only other TXST hurler to go longer than an inning as he retired five batters, two of them by strikeout. Jonathan Martinez, Tony Robie and Levi Wells all tossed scoreless frames with Wells striking out the side.
 
John Wuthrich paced the Bobcat hitters with a 3-for-5 day with three RBI and a home run, his third straight game with a round tripper. Isaiah Ortega-Jones also hit a homer and scored twice.
 
The Longhorns got on the scoreboard first with two runs in the first behind three hits. They would score once again in the second. The frame ended with a relay throw from Wuthrich to Cameron Gibbons, who made a perfect throw to Peyton Lewis to catch a runner between the bags and tagged him out after a short rundown.
 
With one out in the third, Lewis singled to right for TXST's first hit of the night. Ortega-Jones worked a walk and immediately afterwards saw UT make a pitching change. On the first pitch to Wuthrich, the senior outfielder smashed it into the Bobcats' bullpen in left field to tie the game.

 
Jose Gonzalez doubled to right center and Dalton Shuffield singled through the right side to put runners on the corners. A wild pitch allowed Gonzalez to score and Shuffield advanced to second. The senior shortstop moved to third on a passed ball and would later scamper home on a second passed ball to put the Bobcats ahead 5-3.
 
The lead was extended to three runs when Oretga-Jones smashed his second home run of the season to left field in the fourth.

 
In the fifth, UT got a sacrifice fly from Murphy Stehly to cut the Bobcats' advantage to 6-4.
 
The bottom of the ninth began with a single off the bat of Mitchell Daly. Stivors got the next two batters out swinging before plunking Eric Kennedy on a 3-2 offering to bring up Ivan Melendez. The right-hander fell behind 2-0 before evening up the count. After he threw another ball was thrown to bring up a full count, Stivors got the power hitting Longhorn looking on a breaking ball for the strikeout and wrap up the victory.
   
Next up for the Bobcats is a four-game homestand that begins with a weekend series against Southern University. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
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