Baseball Splits Series With Come From Behind Win

SAN ANTONIO – If you left the park or turned off the stream after the first inning where UAFS scored eight runs, you missed a ton of offense as the St. Mary's Baseball team clawed back, took a lead and hung on for the 16-14 victory on Sunday to split the series.
 
The two teams combined for 30 runs on 24 hits with eight errors, 16 walks and four batters were hit by a pitch on getaway day. All four games in the series were decided by one or two runs.
 
Freshman Billy Baehr (San Antonio) came in to finish the first frame and worked 5.2 innings in winning his first collegiate game. He gave up one earned run on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Junior Brett Brown (Sinton, Texas) started on the hill, while freshman Brody Ticer (San Antonio), senior Connor Schmidt (Devine, Texas) and freshman Chase Bright (San Antonio) also came out of the bullpen.
 
The top eight spots in the batting order all recorded hits for the Rattlers (5-7, 5-7 Lone Star) with junior catcher Devin Goins (San Antonio) leading with a 3-for-4 day. He drove in two, walked once and scored once.
 
Clay Bradford (Atascocita, Texas), Brandon Broughton (Corpus Christi, Texas), Easton Parrish (La Vernia, Texas) and Rudy Solis (El Paso, Texas) all collected two hits each. Bradford hit a double and home run, Broughton doubled and Parrish doubled and tripled as the Rattlers had five hits for extra bases.
 
The Lions (5-5, 3-5 Lone Star) scored eight runs on two hits with two Rattler errors in the first inning. St. Mary's answered with one in the first, six in the second and four in the third to take the 11-8 lead. UAFS plated one in the sixth, but the Rattlers responded with three in the seventh and two in the eighth to stretch the lead to 16-9. The Lions tried to pull off the third last inning comeback in the series, but fell just short, scoring five runs. Bright finished the game with a strikeout for the exclamation point on the contest.
 
UAFS used seven pitchers in the game. Brayden Ross was on the hill when the Rattlers scored their ninth run to move to 0-2 on the young season.
 
St. Mary's steps out of Lone Star Conference play on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. contest against cross-town foe Our Lady of the Lake. The team heads to Oklahoma Christian for a four-game series beginning Friday at 5 p.m. The Eagles had a bye week in LSC play and are 5-3 on the year.