SAN ANTONIO -- Bryan Arias hit for the cycle and Matt Hilston set UTSA's single-season record for walks in a 9-8 loss to Incarnate Word on Wednesday night at Roadrunner Field.
In the third inning, Hilston walked for the second time of the night and set the single-season mark, surpassing Brent Houtchens record set back in 1995. The senior closed out the night going 1-for-2 with a run and three free passes.
Meanwhile, Arias etched his name in two different categories in the record books as he tied the freshman single-season record for triples with four with his two-run three-bagger in the seventh and he then hit for the cycle with his double in the ninth. Arias finished 4-for-5 with three runs, four RBIs and his first home run of the season.
The last time a Roadrunner hit for the cycle was back in 2009 when Lance Brown went 4-for-6 with three runs and a RBI at Texas-Pan American (now Texas-Rio Grande Valley).
Both teams combined for 21 hits with Incarnate Word (13-35) outhitting UTSA, 11-10.
The Roadrunners (15-32) trailed the entire way, but they came within a run on two occasions. The Cardinals scored three early runs in the second inning, but that was countered in the home half with Arias' two-run homer.
UIW exploded for four runs in the fifth to push its lead to 9-2, but two innings later, UTSA bounced back with five runs to make it 9-7.
Skyler Valentine led off the seventh with a walk and that was followed by Hilston's single to center and he made his way to third on a fielding error by the Cardinals' center fielder, which scored Valentine. Tyler Straub then laced a ball through the right side that drove in the second run of the inning and the scoring was capped off by Arias' two-run triple and J.T. Gilmore's RBI ground out.
In the ninth, C.J. Pickering starting things with an infield single, but he was erased from the basepaths on the following play when Mason George lined into a double play. Arias then doubled and scored on Gilmore's RBI single, but that would be the last action for UTSA as Ryan Stacy went down on strikes.
The Roadrunners will continue their five-game home stand this weekend with three contests against Charlotte.
