| June 5, 2005
Contact: Matt Schabert (210) 458-4930 UTSA defeated by Stanford, 6-2, to end NCAA Regional run Box Score
WACO, Texas – The University of Texas at San Antonio baseball team saw its second-ever appearance in an NCAA regional come to an end Sunday against the third-seeded Stanford Cardinal. The Roadrunners dropped a 6-2 decision to the Cardinal, seeing their season end at 27-34.
Junior Ryan Crew led the Roadrunners at the plate for the second day in a row, hitting 2-for-4 on the day. Crew hit 5-for-7 in the regional. Senior Eric Moreno closed his career on a high note, going 2-for-4, while sophomore Ryan Saltzgaber went 2-for-2. Sophomore Michael McKennon ended the year on a good note as well, hitting his third home run.
Sophomore Steven Vasquez was charged with the loss, allowing just four earned runs over the first six innings. Vasquez fell to 4-2 to close the year. Noah Tritz, Caleb Barton and Jason Vecchio finished the game on the mound for UTSA. Matt Leva picked up the win for Stanford to move his record to 5-2. San Antonio native Matt Manship recorded his fourth save. John Mayberry, Jr., led Stanford with a 3-for-4 day, including a three-run homer.
The Cardinal drew first blood in the third inning as Jim Rappaport walked before pinch hitter Ben Summerhays reached on a UTSA throwing error. Leadoff hitter Jim Sorgi then lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to plate Rappaport.
Stanford tacked on a solo run in the fifth as leftfielder Chris Lewis sent a ball over the left field fence for his seventh homer of the year and a 2-0 Cardinal advantage. Stanford then broke the game open I n the top of the sixth inning, 5-0, as Mayberry, Jr., hammered a Vasquez offering deep over the left field wall for his three-run homer.
Stanford added another tally in the seventh for a 6-0 lead as Rappaport doubled and moved to third on a Roadrunners error. Sorgi then singled to right field to score Rappaport.
The Roadrunners broke onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh as Eric Moreno led off with his second hit of the day – a single to right field – before sophomore McKennon cracked his third home run of the year over the right field wall to make it a 6-2 Stanford lead. However, with two runners on and one out, Manship came on for the Cardinal and recorded two strikeouts to quell the UTSA rally.
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