RICHARDSON, TX (02.25.17) -
Ruben Renteria teased a perfect game in the opener before the Comets pounded out 17 hits in the night cap as the UT Dallas baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games with a doubleheader sweep of Hendrix College Saturday afternoon. The Comets took Saturday's opener, 10-0, before run-ruling the Warriors, 14-4, in the series finale.
The Comets (9-1) opened the weekend three-game series with Hendrix with a 16-6 win over the Warriors, collecting a season-high 19 hits. UTD finished the series with 43 runs on 46 hits, hitting .460 as a team. UTD will look for an eighth straight win Monday afternoon when the Comets host Southwestern in another non-conference contest. Game time is 2 p.m. at the UTD Baseball Field.
GAME 1 - UTD 10, HC 0
Renteria sat down the Warriors in order in the first six innings and faced a minimum 21 batters as he finished three outs shy of the first perfect game in program history as the Comets downed Hendrix, 10-0, to open Saturday's twin bill.
Renteria struck out eight while limiting the Warriors to just one hit as he improved to 2-0 on the young season. HC lead-off hitter Jorge Leon ended the perfection with an infield single up the middle and beat out a close throw from Comet shortstop
Isaiah Swann. Leon was erased from the bases on a Drew Judson ground ball and Renteria then ended the game on a strike out, throw out double play.
Offensively, the Comets managed 10 hits off of three HC pitches with three UTD batters recorded two-hit contests.
Barry Casey and
Garrett Uhl were each 2-for-3 from the plate while
Ryan Burciaga was 2-for-4.
The Comets took control of the game with a six-run 1st inning, scoring three runs before registering an out. After back-to-back singles by
Josh Covey and Burciaga to open the bottom of the 1st, Casey belted his team-leading third home run of the season, lifting UTD to a very quick 3-0 lead. The Comets added an RBI single by Uhl and two runs on a pair of wild pitches to grab a 6-0 advantage.
UTD added four runs on two hits and two more Warrior wild pitches to extend its lead to 10-0 run after the second.
Luke Richter picked up two RBI in the frame on a triple to right field. Covey and Burciaga would pick up RBIs in the 4th before the Comets completed the scoring with a Covey bases-loaded walk in the 5th.
GAME 2 - UTD 14, HC 4 (7 inn.)
The Comets closed out the weekend set with Hendrix with a 14-4, seven-inning win over the Warriors in the series finale.
After a scoreless 1st, the Comets scored all 14 runs over the next four innings, including four runs in each the 2nd, 4th and 5th, en route to the run-rule victory. Richter was 3-for-3 with three runs scored as he finished a homer shy of the cycle while
Mitch Barati was also 3-for-3 with three RBI and Swann was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.
The Comets used four hits in the 2nd to plate their first four runs, capped by a two-run single by Covey to lift UTD to a 4-0 lead. UTD added RBI singles by Uhl and Barati in the 3rd to extend its lead to 6-0 before posted four runs each of the next two frames. The Comets used four hits and a Hendrix error in teh 4th as four different UTD hitters picked up an RBI. UTD plated its final four runs in the 5th, including a two-run double from Burciaga.
Jordan Murphy (1-1) earned his first win of the season as he gave up four runs on six hits in 4.1 innings with three strikeouts.
Tristin DerMargosian finished game,giving up just one hit with two strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work.
