| April 20, 2004
Contact: Erin Molina (210) 458-4930
UTSA falls to Houston, 16-8 Box Score
SAN ANTONIO – Senior Lucas Stewart delivered a three-run home in the third inning to give UTSA its only lead of the game as the Houston Cougars pounded a season-high 22 hits on their way to a 16-8 victory over the Roadrunners Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action at Roadrunner Field.
Three Cougars collected four hits apiece including, Rob Johnson who was 4-for-5 with two home runs, three runs and five RBI, Stuart Musslewhite going 4-for-6 with two runs and Brett Logan with a 4-for-5, two-run, two-RBI day.
On the Roadrunners side it was Ryan Crew who was 2-for-3 with a pair of runs, to extend his hitting streak to nine games, Chris Lewis with a 3-for-5 day with a two-run homer, and J.R. Voyles who was 2-for-4.
The Cougars jumped ahead 2-0 on Johnson’s two-run shot in the first inning. Stewart briefly grabbed the lead for UTSA in the third, launching a two-out, three-run bomb to left center, his fourth homer of the year.
Johnson collected two more RBI in the fourth as the Cougars regained a 4-3 advantage. The Houston right fielder punched a two-run single into left that plated Thano Papavasiliou, who walked aboard and Brett Logan, following a single for his second hit of the afternoon.
Houston struck for three more runs in the fifth on a Kevin Roberts long ball before Logan doubled home Nick Bott who also doubled aboard. Logan crossed the plate on an error by UTSA’s second baseman that extended the inning and made it 7-3 in favor of Houston.
The Cougars did not stop there as they opened up an 11-3 lead with a four-run sixth frame. Johnson led the charge with his second homer of the day, a leadoff shot to left, giving him his third hit and fifth RBI on the day. Houston added three in the seventh making it 14-3.
UTSA outfielder Chris Lewis gave the Runners some offense in the seventh, blasting his ninth long ball on the year, a two-run job, to make the count 14-5. After another Cougar run in the eighth, UTSA put together a three-run rally on an RBI-double by J.R. Voyles along with a run-scoring single by Aaron Semper and finally a double-play ball that brought home a run. Houston would add one final run in the ninth.
UTSA (20-19, 7-7 SLC) travels to Corpus Christi tomorrow for a doubleheader against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beginning at 1 p.m. at Islander Field.
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