RICHARDSON, Texas - Third baseman
Dylan Bivins hit a two-run homer over the fence in left center in the bottom of the ninth to cap off Saturday's American Southwest Conference double-header split between UT Dallas and Hardin-Simmons at UTD Baseball Field Saturday afternoon.
The Comets (4-3, 1-2 ASC) won the second game 4-2 after the Cowboys (3-6, 2-1 ASC) won the opener 4-3 in a seven-inning contest.
Sophomore left-hander
Caleb Vuono earned his first win as a Comet, striking out five and only allowing two hits and two walks over 7.2 innings of relief.
HSU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run homer by shortstop Colby Seltzer. The Comets were scoreless until the bottom of the seventh when shortstop Keegan Vance led off with a walk and later scored on a Bivins base hit.
In the ninth, Vance led off with a base hit and was replaced by pinch runner
Garrett Neeley. After a sacrifce bunt by
Jaeger Self,
Andrew Skivington followed with a base hit, scoring Neeley from second. Bivins blasted the first pitch off of reliever Wyatt Tumlinson to give the Comets the walk-off victory.
In the opener, UTD took a 2-0 lead in the second with back-to-back RBI-singles by catcher
Austin Nairn and Vance. The Cowboys took a 3-2 lead in the third with a two-run single off of Seltzer's bat and a runner scoring from third on a wild pitch.
Luke Finn led the bottom of the fourth off with a bunt single, advanced to second on a passed ball and scored on a Nairn double to left center to tie it up at 3-3. HSU took the final lead when Karson Leatherwood led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick Ellington.
UT Dallas Notes
- Bivins was 4-for-5 in game two, with three RBI and the walk-off home run.
- Vance had three hits on the day, walked and scored with an RBI.
- Finn was 2-for-3 with a pair of runs in game one.
- Skivington and first baseman
Robert Hines extended their hitting streaks to five games.
- Sophomore
Dylan Hugley struck out five batters, allowing seven hits and three runs in six innings in a no decision effort in game one.
Hardin-Simmons Notes
- Cole Antonelli was 2-for-3 in the first game
- Ellington was 2-for-2 with a RBI, run scored and sac fly in the opener.
- Grant Mitzelfelt (1-1) earned the win with five strikeouts, two earned runs, a walk and eight hits allowed over seven innings.
- Leatherwood had a double in each game.
Up Next
UT Dallas will travel to Georgetown, Texas to play Southwestern (Texas) at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
