Box Score
SAN ANTONIO — The Rattlers fell to the new No. 1 team in the league, Texas A&M International, dropping the series 2-1 on Saturday.
Errors provided to be the detriment for St. Mary's in Saturday's 9-5 loss as the Rattlers tallied six for the game.
A two-error inning in the seventh helped cater to five Aggie runs for the inning, creating a hole the Rattlers couldn't climb out of despite a three-run inning in the eighth.
The Aggies (16-6, 11-5 in conference) totaled 17 hits to the Rattlers' 11 with their bats rotating through a four-Rattler pitching lineup.
Matt McClain (So., San Antonio) recorded the loss Saturday to fall to 3-2 on the season. As the starter, McClain tossed 3 1/3 innings for four strikeouts.
Kyle Bumpas (Jr., El Paso, Texas) pitched three innings and
Colter Bostick (Jr., Powell, Wyo.) and
Rick Villa (RS-Jr., San Antonio) tossed one and 1 2/3 innings, respectively.
Brandon Bates (Sr., Boerne, Texas) led the Rattlers' (15-6, 13-5 in conference) bats for three hits, while
Billy Richard (Sr., Schertz, Texas) and
Weston Heiligman (RS-So., Castroville, Texas) had two hits apiece.
Adrian Garcia (RS-Jr., El Paso, Texas) smacked his second triple on the season and
Al Gonzalez (RS-Fr., Pasedena, Texas) hit his third double on the season Saturday.
The Rattlers hope to have short memory of their two losses against TAMIU over the series as they start an 11-game road trip next week.
St. Mary's will face Texas A&M-Kingsville Tuesday in Kingsville, Texas at 3 p.m.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
