RICHARDSON, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team dropped a Saturday doubleheader to UT Dallas, falling 1-0 and 12-2 to the Comets. UMHB fell to 20-12 on the season and 12-9 in American Southwest Conference action while the Comets improved to 23-9 overall and 13-5 in league play.
Rahul Champaneri opened game one with two shutout innings before allowing a single run on a single to center field. UMHB put a runner in scoring position in the next inning but a fielder's choice thwarted the Cru's effort. Champaneri continued to keep the Cru in the game with two more shutout innings before
Nicklas Fenner pitched in relief, getting out of a sixth-inning jam to keep the Cru alive. UMHB put one runner in scoring position in the final three frames but was unable to bring him around, falling 1-0 to the Comets.
Kyle Hogwood,
Jayden Chatman and
Chris Perez each recorded hits for the Cru. Champaneri took the loss, throwing five innings with one run allowed on five total hits. Fenner allowed just one hit in his single-frame outing. Ryan Vera earned the win for the Comets, throwing a full seven innings with just three hits allowed.
UT Dallas opened game two with a four-run first inning to grab an early lead on UMHB. The Comets added one more run in the third before the Cru tacked on two fourth-inning scores.
Carson Hagan stole home for UMHB's first run before
Kyle Hogwood hit in
Rhett Grosz with an RBI double. The Comets added six more runs in the fifth, highlighted by a three-RBI home run from Efren Munoz. UTD sealed the win with a seventh-inning score, earning the 12-2 victory.
Grosz, Hogwood and
Chris Perez all recorded hits while Hagan and Grosz each scored a run.
Quint Mullen took the loss for the Cru, throwing three innings with five runs on four hits.
Keegan Symons,
Jacob Haynes and
Cameron Bogan all pitched in relief. UMHB totaled two runs on three hits while the Comets had 12 runs on 10 hits with one error.
The Cru returns to action on Friday, April 19
th in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against University of the Ozarks at Red Murff Field in Belton.