RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas baseball team opened its three-game American Southwest Conference series with a 10-7 victory against first place East Texas Baptist at UTD Baseball Field Friday afternoon.
Despite being outhit 13-9, the second-place Comets (22-12, 14-8 ASC) took advantage of six walks and four hit batters by the #23 Tigers' (25-9, 19-3 ASC) pitching staff.
In the top of the first, ETBU second baseman Carson Wilson singled up the middle, moved to third after an error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Austin Barry for the early 1-0 lead. UTD exploded for six runs on four hits and three hit batters in the bottom of the frame. They sent 11 batters to the plate, as Tiger starter Hayden Robichaux (5-2) allowed the first six batters to reach.
Catcher
Austin Nairn hit a two-run double in the second and a balk allowed
Robert Hines to score from third in the fourth to go up 9-1. In the top of the fifth, Jase Jones led off with an infield single and was doubled in by Ben Lea. A grounder by Jake Miller allowed Lea to score to cut the deficit to 9-3.
Keagan Vance doubled and scored on an
Andrew Skivington single down the right field line to give the Comets their 10th run in the fifth. ETBU added two more runs in the eighth to make the game 10-5, tacked on two more in the ninth before UTD got out of the jam with the win.
UT Dallas Notes
- Comet starter
Ryan Vera improved to 6-2 on the year, allowing eight hits, two earned runs and two walks to go with four strikeouts in seven innings.
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Jake Jennings closed out the game, allowing two unearned runs and two hits with a strikeout over two innings.
- Finn was 2-for-3 with two runs, a RBI and a pair of walks.
- Skivington was also 2-for-3 with a walk, a hit by pitch, a run and a RBI-single.
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Jaeger Self extended his team-leading hitting streak to 11 games.
- Hines reached base for the 32nd consecutive game by being hit by a pitch twice. He also scored twice and drove in a run.
- Third baseman
Daniel Zamora had a hit, two runs scored, a RBI, two walks and stole his first career base.Â
East Texas Baptist Notes
- Rece Gustafson walked four, but did not allow a hit over three scoreless innings of relief.
- Brett Wagner hit a pair of doubles with a RBI and a run scored.
- Wilson was 2-for-5 with a run scored.
- Jordan Hara went 2-for-4 with a walk.
- Jones was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
- Lea finished 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run.
Up Next
The Comets and Tigers will continue the series with a double-header beginning at noon in Richardson Saturday.
