On a cool April night the Texas State Bobcat Baseball team lit the fireworks to beat the Houston Baptist Huskies 18-4, getting the Cats their 20th win of the season.
Spencer Dennis continued his hitting ways going 2-2, with 5 RBIs that included a three run home run shot going off the lights of the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth that gave fans images of Robert Redford in "The Natural". You could almost hear the iconic theme music from the music as Dennis trotted around the bases to open the game up to a comfortable 10-2 lead going into the 7th inning.
The night was capped off by another three three run home run shot by Soph. SS Jason Martinson in the 7th. The softball complex grounds crew will thank Martinson for having to fill the divot in right field that was caused by the booming home run that had no chance of staying in the ball park. Martinson had a solid performance going 2-4, with 4 RBIs and 1 run scored.
After the smoke from the fireworks settled, the Cats were looking at an 18-2 advantage and closed the door on the Huskies with a couple of unneeded innings. The Bobcats definitely 10-run-ruled the Huskies, but the pre-game decision not to have the rule in place made fans curious. With the Huskies coming into the game at a (2-23) record, why would you not agree? None the less, the Cats got the mid-week win, which has been a good trend for the Cats as of late. The Cats haven't lost a mid-week game in almost a month and that was against Baylor in one of the weirdest and wildest games thats been played at the new Bobcat Field complex.
The Cats started Matt Steiner, who has improved every single time he heads to the mound. The young Freshman pitcher game into the game versus the Huskies fresh off his good performance in the big Baylor win last week, and he pitched a darn good three innings to start the game versus the Huskies. The Huskies went through only 11 batters in the first three innings and couldn't even muster a hit off the confident Steiner. It wasn't until the fourth where Steiner started to get in some trouble and then Head Coach Ty Harrington decided to pull the improving pitcher out of the game.
Although Steiner's stamina seems to fall out around the fourth and fifth innings, he is a promising pitcher for the Bobcats in the near future. Steiner went 4 2/3 innings when Garret Carruth came in to record the win after pitching 2 1/3 innings. The good efforts from the first two pitchers on the mound was all the Bobcats needed against the Huskies winning with a final score of 18-4.
With the Bobcat bats being so good this year, it's hard for anyone to count them out of a game... Even if they're down by 10 runs. The Cats put on 8 runs in the 7th inning keeping the trend of the "big rally" innings alive.
The Bobcats are now (20-10) on the season and will hope to keep their bats alive as they will face the Southeastern Louisiana Lions in a three game series starting on Thursday. This could be the Cats' biggest series of the season with the Lions being tie for first place in the SLC with the Cats. The Bobcats continue to have major success against SLC opponents and have only lost one series in the SLC this season. Still with all of that said, the Bobcats have yet to sweep a series and would love nothing more than to get that sweep this weekend.
The Bobcats are scheduled to start the series against the Lions on Thursday at 6:30. You can listen to all the action on stretch internet by logging on to txstatebobcats.com.
James McNeal- KTSW Sports Director/Blog Editor
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