By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

Caden Miller and Jacob Silva produced three RBIs each to back left-handed pitcher Conor Myles’ five innings of shutout baseball, and the UTSA Roadrunners downed the Baylor Bears 11-6 Sunday night in Houston.

Sophomore Caden Miller, shown here making a play in the season opener at Roadrunner Field, slammed a three-run home run to highlight a four-run second inning against Baylor in Houston. – File photo by Joe Alexander

With the win, the Roadrunners swept three games at the prestigious BRUCE BOLT College Classic (formerly the Astros Classic) and improved to 10-1 on the season.

After the Roadrunners knocked off the Big Ten’s Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday afternoon, they followed with a victory over the ninth-ranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Saturday.

Coastal Carolina reached the College World Series finals last season.

Against Baylor, a member of the Big 12, UTSA of the American Conference scored four runs in the second, highlighted by a three-run homer from Miller.

The Roadrunners added two runs in the third and fourth innings and another in the fifth for a 9-0 lead.

Silva, a TCU transfer from San Antonio Clark High School, had an RBI double in the third inning and a two-RBI single in a two-run eighth.

Meanwhile, Myles (1-0) pitched effectively in his first start of the season. The lefty from Australia pitched five scoreless innings, allowing only three hits.

Myles struck out four and walked two.

Baylor starting pitcher Cade Hansen (0-2) took the loss. Hansen worked three and 1/3 innings, yielding seven runs on seven hits.

The Roadrunners are off to a fast start on the season, a year after they won a program-record 47 games and reached the NCAA Super Regional round of the playoffs.

Records

Baylor 6-5
UTSA 10-1

Coming up

UTSA at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.