AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State baseball team (19-9) battled it out Tuesday night in Austin with second-ranked Texas (24-4) but ultimately fell 10-8 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
 
Seven of the Bobcats' 11 hits went for extra-bases with a home run apiece being hit by Ethan Farris, Rashawn Galloway and Manny Salas. The trio all finished the evening with two RBI apiece. Also plating a run was Dawson Park and Jaquae Stewart.
 
Salas led the way with three hits and Galloway recorded two base knocks to extend his hitting streak to 21 games. Also totaling two base knocks were Clayton Namken and Farris.
 
A scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts earned Brody Walls (1-0) the win. Sam Cozart set the Bobcats down in order in the ninth to pick up his second save of the season. Taking the loss was Braylin Timmins after allowing three runs while recording only one out, which came via a strikeout.
 
Ryan Markwardt made his first start in a Texas State uniform and struck out two over the first two innings of the contest. Dylan Kerbow punched out two in three scoreless frames while both Wade Cooper and Keller Eberly recorded two strikeouts apiece in their innings of work.
 
The Bobcats jumped out to a three-run advantage their first time at the plate. Galloway began the scoring with a 429-foot home run to left center. A dropped fly ball allowed Park to reach base and came home when Stewart doubled. Ethan Farris followed with an RBI single to cap off the scoring in the first.
 
The three runs were the most TXST scored in a first inning against the Longhorns since putting up a three-spot in Austin on Feb. 22, 2006.
 
In the bottom of the inning, Aiden Robbins hit his 10th homer of the year to cut the Longhorns' deficit to 3-2. The hosts tied the game an inning later when Ethan Mendoza doubled, stole third and scored on a wild pitch.
 
Farris led off the fourth by sending the first pitch of the inning high into the air. The ball flew 347 feet into the Bobcats' bullpen for his sixth long ball of the year and put the team back in front 4-3.
 
Salas followed an inning lead with a solo shot of his own to left center with two gone to double the lead.
 
The bottom of the sixth saw UT take the lead with a six-run frame.
 
With one out in the seventh, Jackson Cotton doubled off the right field wall. It was the first of three consecutive doubles with the other two coming off the bats of Galloway and Salas to plate two runs. A passed ball allowed Salas to move up to third and he would later score on a groundout to cut the deficit to 9-8.
 
An insurance run was added in the eighth by UT when Ethan Mendoza led off the inning with a home run.
 
Next up for the Bobcats is a home Sun Belt Conference series against Georgia Southern. Game one of the series is scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch on Thursday.
 
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