SAN ANTONIO – UTSA baseball plated nine runs in the first inning to fuel a 12-6 win over Rice in the nightcap of a seven-inning doubleheader, on Saturday night at Roadrunner Field.
UTSA (16-17, 8-10 Conference USA) exploded for nine runs in the first inning, adding single tallies in the second, third and sixth inning and fighting off a five-run Rice third inning to post the win.
The Roadrunners got a two-hit game from Griffin Paxton to lead a seven-hit offensive attack. UTSA also got two hits from Jonathan Tapia and hits from Dylan Rock, Joshua Lamb and Leyton Barry.