The Patriots losing streak increased to three games on Saturday afternoon, after DBU was defeated by UT-San Antonio at Patriot Field by the score of 8-4.
DBU was swept by the Roadrunners and the offense was held to only six runs in the entire series. On the season the Patriots record is now 8-6, while the Roadrunners improve to 7-7.
UTSA scored their first run in the top of the second inning on a sacrifice fly, taking an early 1-0 lead.
DBU responded with a solo homerun by Senior Drew Holder in the bottom of the inning, to tie the game.
The Patriots added another solo homerun by Freshman Brandon Bantz, his first collegiate homerun, giving DBU a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.
In the fifth inning, Freshman Evan Bigley hit his own solo homerun, making the score 3-1.
DBU starter Junior Rodney Brantley, pitched the first five and two-thirds inning, allowing only one hit and an unearned run, but gave up back to back walks in the sixth and UTSA followed with a three-run homerun to retake the lead 4-3, chasing Brantley from the game. Brantley fell to 3-1 on the season.
The Roadrunners struck again in the eighth inning, scoring four runs on five hits, increasing their lead to 8-3.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Patriots scored one run, after Senior Cody Montgomery tripled and scored on a RBI single by Senior Jeremy Goldschmeding, but could not get anything else going, leaving the final score 8-4.
The Patriots resume action on Tuesday afternoon against UNC-Ashville beginning at 6:00 at Patriot Field.
