SAN ANTONIO – For the second-consecutive week, UTSA's midweek opponent resides in Houston.
The Roadrunners (7-9) kick off the four-game road trip – all in H-Town – with a non-conference matchup at Southland Conference foe, Houston Baptist (5-14). First pitch at Husky Field is set for 3 p.m.
This is the first of two meetings in 2019 and the 16th overall. The home-and-home series wraps up April 23, when the Huskies visit Roadrunner Field.
UTSA's probable starter is A.G. Yowell. This is the first career start for the 6'6'' freshman right-hander from Dripping Springs, Texas. He has made one relief appearance in his collegiate career.
Houston Baptist counters with senior southpaw Taylor Franzman, making his seventh appearance and third start of the season.
GAME COVERAGE:
Live stream is on YouTube and is available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/HBUHuskies
Stats can be found at: https://hbuhuskies.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Houston Series History: 16th Meeting
UTSA leads 11-4 // Streak: W, 5
Home: 6-2 // Road: 4-1 // Neutral: 1-1
Last Season: 1-0 // Last 10: 8-2
Last Meeting: W, 6-5, March 27, 2018 (Houston)
Probable Starters:
UTSA: Fr. RHP, A.G. Yowell (0-0, 0.00)
HBU: Sr. LHP, Spencer Hynes (0-1, 6.75)
Last Meeting:
Trailing 5-2 in the eighth, UTSA rallied with four runs in the frame and claiming a 6-5 victory over the Huskies on their home field.
With two outs in the eighth, Bryan Arias scored from second on a game-winning RBI double to left center by Ryan Stacy.
Dylan Rock paced the Roadrunners at the plate with a 3-for-5 game, including a home run. Stacy went 2-for-4, with a triple to go along with his double.
Kyrell Miller worked the final four innings on the mound and earned the win, allowing one run – unearned – and striking out four.
Team Notes:
• UTSA is 6-5 in day games.
• The Roadrunners have hit a homer in a season-high three consecutive games, but they are just 2-5 this season when hitting a homer.
• UTSA has turned 16 double plays in 2019.
Individual Notes:
• Rock has a career-long 20-game hitting streak, matching Michael Rockett's mark (2008) for the fourth-longest hitting streak in program history.
Rock doubled Sunday for the team-leading eighth time and the 15th time in his career.
• Freshman RHP Hunter Grimes made his first career start in his sixth outing.
Grimes became the first UTSA freshman to start on the weekend since Karan Patel in 2016 vs. Charlotte.
• Senior 2B Bryan Arias played in his 181st career game and made his 177th career start.
Arias ranks sixth in UTSA career history with 231 hits.
Arias has had three hits in three straight games, each a season high.
Arias was hit by a pitch for the second this this year and the 12th of his career.
• Junior DH Bryan Sturges hung his second career sac fly Sunday.
• Junior RHP Hunter Mason tossed his team-leading 10th game of the year Sunday.
• Senior LHP Bradley Griggs appeared in his ninth game of the year Sunday and the 35th of his career.
About HBU:
- The Huskies have dropped 12 of their last 15 contests. The lone win in their last 10 was a 21-5 drubbing of Prairie View A&M, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, at home last Tuesday.
- As a team, Houston Baptist is hitting .230 and average 4.21 runs per game. The pitching staff has a 5.25 earned run average, allowing 120 runs in 168.0 innings.
- Johnny Gonzales and Anthony Jones are the only two Huskies with a batting average over .300 – amongst the players with the minimum plate appearances.
- Gonzales is 24-for-71 (.338), with 10 runs scored and 10 runs-batted-in. He leads the team with six doubles and is tied for the most triples (2) and home runs (2). His 13 walks is five more than the next closest of all the Huskies' position players.
- Jones enters Tuesday's tilt with a .304 average, registering 17 hits in 56 at-bats, with 10 runs scored and 11 RBIs. His two dingers match Gonzales for the most on the squad.
