NORFOLK, Va. — Karl Craigie tossed a six-hit shutout and UTSA blanked Old Dominion, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon.
Craigie (3-0) matched a season high with five strikeouts and issued just one walk in the first shutout of his career.
UTSA (13-21, 4-10 C-USA) outhit Old Dominion (24-11, 7-7 C-USA), 12-6, and was the first time since the Texas State game in San Marcos that the Roadrunners reached double figures.
The shutout was the second for the Roadrunners after Aaron Burns pitched a complete-game shutout against FIU in the beginning of the month.
UTSA scored its first run of the game in the third after Matt Hilston tripled down the right-field line to score J.T. Gilmore.
The Roadrunners went on to score a pair of insurance runs in the ninth.
Gilmore was the first base runner for UTSA after he reached first on an error by the first baseman. He then made his way to second on a wild pitch and scored on Tyler Straub's two-run double, which also scored Hilston on the play.
UTSA's defense was on point in the bottom of the ninth after C.J. Pickering made an incredible stop at third to get the first out of the inning. Craigie then got Kurt Sinnen swinging for the second out and closed out the game with his fifth strikeout.
Victor Diaz was charged with the loss in his 5.1 innings of work. Diaz allowed one run on eight hits, walked two and struck out one.
Bryan Arias, Gilmore, Ryan Stacy and Straub each had two hits for the Roadrunners.
Sunday's rubber game is scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT).
