SAN ANTONIO – UTSA (6-1) shut out Seattle University (1-7) for the second straight game to end the four-game home-opening weekend series, completing a sweep of the Redhawks, winning 13-0.
Roadrunner freshman Braden Davis (1-0) worked six shutout innings in his first career start, walking one and striking out six. Hunter Mayo made his UTSA debut on the mound to open the seventh inning, working two scoreless innings. In the ninth inning, sophomore Fischer Kingsbery finished off the Redhawks to secure the UTSA shutout victory.
Seattle starter Alex Jemal (0-1) worked 4.1 innings, allowing nine hits and six runs, walking two and striking out three. The Redhawks also used Mason Hoover, Alex McBee, Blake Leaverton and Ethan Brown in relief.
The Roadrunners struck first in the bottom of the second inning, getting a two-out walk from Isaiah Walker and a two-out knock from Sammy Diaz. Kody Darcy would then force home Walker with a single into right-centerfield.
UTSA scored five runs on five hits in the bottom of the fifth to extend their lead to 6-0. Austin Ochoa reached on a one-out walk and singles from Leyton Barry and Jonathan Tapia loaded the bases. Chase Keng forced home Ochoa with a sacrifice fly and Ian Bailey followed with a two-run triple off the base of the wall in rightfield. Ryan Flores then singled into right-centerfield to plate Bailey and Flores came around to score on a Sammy Diaz single into centerfield.
Tapia stretched UTSA's lead to 9-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning, belting a three-run homer out to left field, his fifth career homer and first of 2022. He scored Ochoa and Barry, who each singled to lead off the inning. Walker followed a Flores single with a walk and Diaz scored Flores with a single into left-centerfield. Darcy followed with a single chopped up the middle for an 11-0 lead.
Following today, Leyton Barry is now up to a ten-game hitting streak that dates back to last season.
UTSA would add to their lead in the bottom of the seventh, as a Tapia Keng and Bailey would all single to load the bases. Then Austin Biehl, pinch-hitting for Flores, hit a single to score Tapia. The final run was courtesy of an Isaiah Walker sac fly that scored Keng, making the score 13-0.
The Roadrunners held Seattle to only five runs in four games this weekend, outscoring the Redhawks over the four-day span 34-5.
UP NEXT
UTSA will play host to the #4 Stanford Cardinal tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. The game will be the Roadrunners' fifth game in a four-day span. The fourth-ranked Cardinal will be the highest-ranked team to ever play on UTSA's campus in any sport in the modern era (since 2006). The game will be streamed on CUSAtv.
Sunday Information
Home Runs: Jonathan Tapia (1)
WP – Braden Davis (1-0): 6.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk
LP – Alex Jemal (0-1): 4.2 IP, 9 hits, 6 runs, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks
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