RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas baseball team secured its second straight Lone Star Conference series by defeating West Texas A&M 11-4 at the UTD Baseball Field Saturday afternoon.
Graduate student first baseman
Korson Hastings, who drove in the Comets' (4-1 LSC) walk-off run on Friday, recorded a pair of three-run doubles for a six-RBI performance on Saturday.Â
The Buffaloes (1-0) scored a run in the second, but were answered in the bottom of the frame when senior catcher
Nico Fernandez drove in
Austin Wallace with a bloop single. WT went up 2-1 in the third, but
Trent McCown gave the Comets a 3-2 lead with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning. Hastings followed with his first double of the game to give the home team a 6-2 lead.
Brock Bunker recorded a two-run single, plating Jake Alwine and Anthony Picciano to cut the lead to 6-4 in the fourth. Freshman third baseman
Gavin Barker plated Fernandez with a base hit in the fifth. Hastings made the game 10-4 with the second double in the sixth. Fernandez then knocked in Hastings for the final 11-4 score.
The Comets outhit the Buffs 15-11, including four doubles.Â
UT Dallas Performances
- Hastings' six RBI was tied for the ninth-most in a game in program history.
- Wallace went 3-for-5 with three runs scored.
- Fernandez was 3-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI and a double.
- Shortstop
Jake Amoroso reached base in all five plate appearances with two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch. He also stole two bases.
- Sophomore
Baley Ray (1-0) picked up the win with a strikeout and one hit allowed in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.
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Landry Powell and
Andrew Brown each threw a scoreless frame.Â
West Texas A&M Performances
- Jacob Police, Timothy Haynes and Luis Reyes each had a pair of singles.
- Bunker drove in two runs.
- Gavin Brummund (0-1) started and took the loss, allowing five hits, three earned runs and two walks in two innings.
Up Next
The series finale between the Comets and Buffaloes will be Sunday at noon.
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