UTSA’s Zach Royse started and struck out seven in six innings Saturday against Long Island. He allowed two runs on two hits and two walks. – Photo by Joe Alexander

By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

Caden Miller and Mason Lytle homered to back starter Braylon Owens, who pitched six shutout innings Saturday as the UTSA Roadrunners beat Long Island, 13-0, in seven innings on the run rule for a doubleheader sweep.

On opening day at Roadrunner Field, UTSA rallied for two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to tame the Sharks, 6-5, in the first home game of the season. The teams are expected to play two more games on Sunday starting at 9 a.m.

UTSA evened its win-loss record on the season to 3-3 by shutting down the Sharks in Saturday’s second game. Owens did the job, striking out eight and walking none while allowing only two hits. The Sharks fell to 2-4 on the season in the wake of a 16-hit attack by the Roadrunners.

Miller, a freshman from Madisonville, went three for five with two doubles and his second home run of the season. Lytle, the preseason Player of the Year in the American Athletic Conference, had a four-for-four game with a double and a homer.

Lytle has hit safely in all six of UTSA’s games this season. He had three hits in the first game and four in the second on Saturday.

Game One

In a game played under cloudy skies with temperatures in the 30s, the Roadrunners took an early lead, fell behind and then pulled together late to win. Andrew Stucky went three for four with two RBI to lead the Roadrunners.

Records

Long Island 2-4
UTSA 3-3

Coming up

Long Island at UTSA, second game of a doubleheader, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Long Island at UTSA, doubleheader, starting at 9 a.m.

Mason Lytle produced three hits in four at bats, scoring twice and driving in one, in the first game of a doubleheader. Lytle added four more hits and a home run in the second game to extend his hitting streak to six. – Photo by Joe Alexander