The Bobcats defeated the Nicholls Colonels on Saturday 10-2. They were led by Brian Borski who went 8 innings giving up only 7 hits allowing only 2 runs to cross homeplate.
The Cats started the scoring early as they got 6 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Three of those runs came when Kyle Kubitza hit a three run home run scoring Kyle Livingstone and Ben Theriot. The Cats turned around and scored in the bottom of the second inning win Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo homerun to centerfield.
The Colonels scored one of their 2 runs in the second inning when Keith Kulbeth scored on a sacrifice fly hit by Jacob Knight. Both side threatened throughout the game, but were unable to score any runs until the sixth inning when Kulbeth hit a homerun. His home run was the last time a Colonel would score. In the bottom half of the sixth Keith Prestridge hit a bases clearing double to give the Bobcats 10 runs.
Mitchell Pitts came on in the ninth to close the door giving Texas State the win. With that win the Bobcats are only one victory away from clinching the SLC regular season championship. The winning pitcher for Saturday was Brian Borski and the loss went to Tyler Minto. Game 3 of the series will be Sunday at 1 P.M. as the Cats will be looking for the series sweep. You can listen to the game on 89.9 KTSW and also listen online at txstatebobcats.com or ktsw.net.
- TJ Ladusky, KTSW Sports Staff Writer
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