Marshall University Athletics
HERD FALLS TO UTSA 11-2
3/24/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
SAN ANTONIO, TX-The Thundering Herd baseball team fell 11-2 to the UTSA Roadrunners Saturday at Roadrunner field.
The loss moves Marshall to 11-8 (1-4 C-USA) on the season. UTSA improved to 10-10 (2-2 C-USA)
Reynaldo Pastrana led the way offensively for the Herd for the second straight day. The catcher had two hits and an RBI while batting .325. Raul Cabrera had the team's other RBI. Geordon Blanton was tied for the team-high in hits with Pastrana at two. Dakota Robbins and Andrew Zban scored Marshall's two runs.
Starting pitcher Brad O'Connor picked up the loss to move to 2-3 on the season, O'Connor pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing three hits, five runs (four earned), while striking out one with three walks. UTSA starter Steven Dressler moved to 3-1 on the season with the win. Dressler pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits, one run (earned), and striking out seven batters with no walks.
The Roadrunners took the lead early and never relinquished it. UTSA scored a run apiece in the first and third innings. Three more runs in the bottom of the fourth gave the Roadrunners a 5-0 lead.
Marshall got on the board in top of the sixth. Zban doubled down the right field line, and shortly later Pastrana hit an RBI double to right field to make the score 5-1.
UTSA added five more runs in the bottom of the fifth, and another in the seventh for the 11-1 lead.
The Herd added one more run in the ninth on a sacrifice RBI by Cabrera that scored Robbins from third base. The lead was just too much to overcome in one inning though as the team fell 11-2.
Marshall finished the game with two runs off of eight hits and three errors. UTSA had eleven runs off of eight hits and played a clean game with no errors.
The Herd will look to avoid the sweep tomorrow at noon in its series finale before a home series next week against Florida Atlantic University (17-5, 3-1 C-USA), which currently sits atop the C-USA standings.
