LOS ANGELES — The UTSA baseball team suffered a 5-2 defeat at the hands of No. 15 UCLA in game one of the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional on Saturday at Jackie Robinson Field. The Roadrunners will look to bounce back on Sunday with a 2 p.m. start time on ESPN2.
BASICS:
Score: UTSA 2, UCLA 5
Records: UTSA 47-14, UCLA 46-16
Location: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Win: Michael Barnett (12-1) | Loss: Zach Royse (9-5) | Save: Easton Hawk (7)
Mason Lytle opened the scoring in the first inning as he turned on the second pitch of the game, launching the ball over the left field wall to put UTSA up 1-0 in the first inning.
Caden Miller picked up the second hit of the game for the Roadrunners as he singled up the middle in the second. He was then able to get to third on a Ty Hodge single to right field. With Miller on third, he was able to steal home, putting UTSA up by two.
The Bruins threatened in the bottom of the second as they loaded the bases in the second. Starting pitcher Zach Royse managed to get out of it as he forced UCLA to ground into a double play turned by Hodge and first baseman Lorenzo Morresi.
UCLA tied the game up, scoring two runs in the bottom of the third on an RBI double and a ground out. In the fourth, UCLA added one more run on a sacrifice fly to take their first lead of the game. Three scoreless innings followed until a two-out RBI triple plated a pair and increased the Bruins' lead to three in the bottom of the eighth.
UTSA was unable to spark a rally in the ninth, falling 5-2.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Lytle’s long ball was his second leadoff homerun of the season, after launching one against Rice in the American Athletic Conference Tournament on May 20; it was his 10th round-tripper of the campaign, which ties James Taussig for the second-most on the team.
-Andrew Stucky was plunked in the top of the second, extending UTSA’s hit by pitch program record to 123 on the season.
- Royse made his 16th start of the season, which is tied for sixth on the all-time leader board; his five innings pitched increase his season total to 94.0, which leads the team.
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