UTSA leadoff man Mason Lytle clubbed a three-run home run to highlight a five-run second inning. – Photo by Joe Alexander

Mason Lytle, Drew Detlefsen and Ty Hodge all homered in a 14-hit attack Friday night, allowing the UTSA Roadrunners to tie a 31-year-old school record with their 12th straight win, a 12-2 decision over the Texas Southern Tigers.

The game was called on the run rule in the seventh inning after back-to-back homers from Detlefsen and Hodge.

With the victory, the Roadrunners improved their record to 11-0 at home at Roadrunner Field. They have outscored opponents 124-31 in games played at home, including seven ended on the run rule.

UTSA starter Zach Royse struck out nine in five innings. Allowing one run on three hits, he picked up the first win of his three-year UTSA career – Photo by Joe Alexander

Starting pitcher Zach Royse pitched five innings to notch the first win of his college career.

Throwing a nasty slider, he struck out nine and walked one while allowing one run on three hits. Royse is turning heads this season with 28 strikeouts in 21 and 2/3 innings, not to mention an earned run average that has dipped to 2.70.

Offensively, the Roadrunners were electric once again, with five players picking up multiple hits. Lytle, the leadoff man, went two for five and had five RBI.

He belted a three-run homer to left off Texas Southern starter Calvin McClendon to highlight a five-run second inning. McLendon lasted only two and a third innings and took the loss. He allowed nine runs, seven of them earned, on eight hits.

Records

Texas Southern 4-10
UTSA 13-3

Coming up

Texas Southern at UTSA, Saturday, 4 p.m.

Notable

The Roadrunners returned to open a three-game series against Texas Southern in the wake of a 7-4 road victory at 14th-ranked Texas A&M on Tuesday night.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi transfer Garrett Gruell went three for four with two RBI in his first game of the season for UTSA. Gruell batted in the No. 9 spot as the designated hitter.