By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

With the famed New Orleans Jazz Festival in full swing across town, the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday night played hard-rock baseball, ripping three home runs in a 8-2 victory over the Tulane Green Wave.

Caden Miller, Cade Sadler and Diego Diaz all homered as the Roadrunners beat the Green Wave for the second straight night and moved into sole possession of first place in the American Conference.

Miller hit a solo shot and Sadler added a grand slam in a six-run first inning. It was the first homer of Sadler’s two-year career with the Roadrunners.

Diaz slammed a two-run homer in the fifth that expanded UTSA’s lead to 8-0.

On the mound, Conor Myles (7-1) pitched into the seventh inning to earn the victory as the Roadrunners clinched their sixth straight series win in the American this season and their 17th overall dating back to 2024.

Myles has been pitching well for an extended period of time, allowing only two earned runs in his last five starts. The southpaw from Australia is 5-0 during that stretch.

For UTSA, the finale in the series with Tulane is set for noon on Sunday.

If the Roadrunners can win, they’d clinch their first series sweep in conference this season. They’d also nail down their fifth straight year with at least 30 victories.

Records

UTSA 29-13, 12-5
Tulane 21-23, 7-10

Coming up

UTSA at Tulane, Sunday, noon
UIW at UTSA, Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Notable

UTSA leads the American standings at 12-5, followed by East Carolina and UAB at 11-6.

Earlier in the day on Saturday, Memphis downed UAB 13-9 in Birmingham to open the door for the UTSA to take over sole possession of first in the American.

In addition, East Carolina beat South Florida 12-4, creating a two-way tie for second.

Later in the day, East Carolina led South Florida 6-2 in a game that was suspended in the third inning due to weather.

East Carolina and South Florida are scheduled to complete the game and the series Sunday in Greenville, N.C.