Box Score

SAN MARCOS, Texas – No. 17 Texas State plated six runs through the first three innings in a 10-2 series-opening win over the University of South Alabama baseball team Friday at Bobcat Ballpark.

Texas State (33-10, 16-3 SBC) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning before a solo home run by Landon Jordan in the top of the second cut the Bobcat advantage to 4-1. But Texas State added a pair of runs in the third inning, two in the fifth and two in the eighth to secure the series-opening win. 

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it faces Texas State in game two of the series at 2:30 p.m.

GAME FACTS
- Texas State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a leadoff solo home run to left field by Dalton Sheffield. A two-out RBI double to left field by Wesley Faison doubled the Bobcat lead at 2-0. Peyton Lewis later delivered a two-run single to right field for a 4-0 TXST advantage.
- USA loaded the bases in the top of the second on a leadoff double to center field by Landon Jordan, walk by Hunter Stokes and single through the right side of the infield by Joseph Sullivan. Diego Altamirano followed with an RBI walk to plate Jordan and cut the Bobcat lead to 4-1.
- Texas State took a 5-1 lead in the bottom of the third on a leadoff solo home run to right-center field by Jose Gonzalez. A two-out RBI single to right field by Cameron Gibbons extended the TXST lead to 6-1.
- Texas State loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth, and took a 7-1 lead on an RBI walk by Lewis. Gibbons then grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that allowed Daylan Pena to score for an 8-1 Texas State lead.
- USA cut the Bobcat lead to 8-2 in the top of the sixth on a leadoff solo home run to left-center field by Jordan.
- A two-out, two-run single to right field by Bobcat third baseman Justin Thompson scored the final two runs of the game.

NOTES
- Turner extended his on-base streak to 27 games with a two-out walk in the top of the fifth. 
- Altamirano extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a bases-loaded walk in the top of the second. 
- Orbeta extended his on-base streak to 23 games with a leadoff walk in the top of the third.  
- Jordan extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a leadoff double to center field in the top of the second. 
- Simington extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-out single up the middle in the top of the seventh. 
- Jaguar right-hander Jake Glenn tossed two scoreless relief innings, and struck out a career-high three batters against three walks.
- Jordan went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, one RBI and two runs scored to lead the Jags at the plate. Erick Orbeta and Joseph Sullivan added two hits apiece. 

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"They (Texas State) are a really good club, we knew that coming in. We just didn't get off to a good start. They had 10 hits and we had eight, and we hit another eight balls on the screws but just didn't have a lot to show for it. We had some men on (base), we just didn't get that big hit. But you have to be better on the mound. I give Texas State credit, they hit some good pitches and jumped us early. Boz (Matt Boswell) has been a bulldog for us. I thought he had good stuff and made some mistakes out over the plate, but the wind was blowing out and they got into a couple. And they had four runs on the board (after the first inning) and six through three before we could kind of settle it down and stop it. Sometimes the game is won late, sometimes it's won early and sometimes it's the middle, and tonight it was won early on in the game. But Boswell competed and (Jake) Glenn and (John) Gillis were really good for limited action; they were good out of the bullpen, and they kind of kept things at bay. We had some runners on and threatened a couple of times, but it wasn't our night and it only counts for one (loss) and we'll be back and ready to go tomorrow."

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