Box Score

Dallas Baptist (27-27, 12-13) scored five runs in the first five innings of Thursday night's game at Texas State (26-27, 15-10) but were shut out from  there until they scored a run in the fifteenth inning - only to see Texas State score two of their own to walk off with a win, 7-6. The Patriots scored in four innings out of the fifteen but, in every inning they scored, they saw the Bobcats score runs as well, never able to get the shutdown inning they needed. Brandon Koch (0-2) was handed the loss as he gave up a game-tying double and then loading the bases in the fifteenth before watching Blake Webster throw two pitches to surrender the game winning single with one out.

The brightest spot for the Patriot offense was Duncan McAlpine as the senior third baseman tied the DBU All-Time Homerun Record with a two-run shot to left field in the third inning. His 14th homerun of the season, and 45th of his career, put him at the top of the career list at DBU alongside Chris Gavriel and Trevor Head. McAlpine would finish the night with four hits and a triple shy of the cycle.

Ronnie Mitchell, Michael Miller, and Chane Lynch also recorded multi-hit games for DBU even though the Patriot offense went nine straight innings in the game without scoring a run. The Patriots were helped by four Bobcat errors early in the game and thought they had outlasted the Bobcats in the fifteenth inning. Lynch led off with a single, moved to second on a Jaime Garrido sacrifice bunt and to third on a wild pitch. Mike Wesolowski moved the Patriots ahead in the sixth extra frame with a sacrifice fly to right and DBU was three outs away from their second extra inning win on the season.

Those second and third outs would never come. A single a double with one out tied the score before a hit by pitch and a walk loaded the bases. Webster came on to try to induce a groundball double play but the groundball he surrendered skittered into centerfield for a game-winning hit. From the ninth inning on, Texas State had men on base every inning and DBU pitching had to pitch out of jams. Michael Smith and Joseph Shaw were able to do that in extra innings - Koch and Webster were not. Cy Sneed, the Patriot starter, threw 4.2 innings and allowed five earned runs. Aaron Gilbreath was outstanding in his 3.2 innings as he, Shaw, and Smith held the Bobcats scoreless for eight innings.

DBU and Texas State will play again Friday and Saturday with Friday's first pitch set for 4:00 pm. Jake Johansen will start for DBU with the Patriot Pregame Show beginning at 3:35 pm.