Baseball: Stucky, Detlefsen power UTSA past Charlotte, 10-3

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By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

Bouncing back from a series-opening loss, the UTSA Roadrunners homered twice in a six-run third inning and downed the Charlotte 49ers 10-3 Saturday afternoon.

UTSA unleashed a 14-hit attack to back Braylon Owens’ pitching, winning its 18th game of the season and its second on the road this week.

Charlotte won a pitchers’ duel, 3-2, on Friday in the first game of American Athletic Conference play for both teams. The Roadrunners didn’t waste any time taking command of Game 2 in the three-game series. They scored three runs in the top of the first and added six more in the third.

Ty Hodge led off the third with a single to left, and Andrew Stucky followed with a two-run homer on the last pitch of the day thrown by Charlotte starter Andrew Kribbs. It was Stucky’s third home run in as many games this week.

With two outs in the inning, Detlefsen powered a ball out of the park off reliever Ed Wagner for a grand slam and a 9-0 lead.

Owens, who earned the victory at Texas in relief, worked eight innings against Charlotte, improving to 2-0 on the week and to 4-1 on the season. Owens allowed two runs on seven hits. Throwing 107 pitches, he walked only one and struck out seven.

Kribbs was charged with the loss and dropped to 1-1 on the year.

Records

UTSA 18-7, 1-1
Charlotte 11-10, 1-1

Coming up

UTSA at Charlotte, Sunday, noon

Notable

Andrew Stucky is on a roll. He hit a solo home run to decide an 8-7 victory in 12 innings against Texas on Tuesday in Austin. Stucky hit another one Friday night in a 3-2 loss to Charlotte. Continuing the trend, he added his third round tripper of the week and his fourth of the season to spark a six-run inning Saturday.

Charlotte righthander Blake Gillespie shut down UTSA on Friday night. He struck out 13 in eight innings while allowing two runs on five hits. Cody Gunderson stroked four hits and homered for the 49ers. For UTSA, starter Zach Royse struck out nine in seven innings. Royse yielded three runs — two of them earned — and five hits while walking only one.

Roadrunners speedster Mason Lytle tied the game 2-2 in the top of the sixth with an inside-the-park home run. He lashed a ground ball to the right side, with the ball kicking off the second baseman’s glove. Charlotte’s right fielder, caught out of position, watched the ball roll past him and into deep right field as Lytle raced around and slid in head first for the homer. Gunderson broke the tie with a solo homer in the bottom half.

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