SAN ANTONIO — Aaron Burns pitched the nine-inning distance on
Saturday afternoon in leading UTSA to a 6-1 Conference USA baseball victory over the Rice Owls at Roadrunner Field.
Ryan Stacy, Brian Arias and Skyler Valentine produced RBI singles in the Roadrunners’ three-run eighth to put away the Owls (9-9, 1-1).
UTSA (10-8, 1-1) will try to win the conference-opening series in the finale on Sunday, with the first pitch set for 1 p.m.
In the series opener on Friday afternoon, the Houston-based defending conference champions and perennial national power trailed by a run after eight innings but scored six times in the ninth to claim a 9-4 victory.