Saturday, April 10, 2010

College Baseball: Wrapping up a 7-3 win vs Central Arkansas

  • Texas State waited a while to bring out the bats against Central Arkansas, but finally swung the sticks in the seventh inning, sending six men across the plate on six hits. The Bobcats tacked on another run in the eighth on a home run by Laurn Randell to beat the Bears, 7-3.
  • Speaking of Randell, the fifth-year senior has been on fire recently. Randell went 5 for 5 in the first game of the series and then followed it with a pair of hits Saturday afternoon.
  • Randell's home run was his second of the season. He launched his first Friday night.
  • After missing several games due to a hamstring injury, Tyler Sibley returned to the diamond Saturday afternoon. He pinch-hit in the seventh and beat out a ground ball for a single. He looked to favor his leg, but soon shook it off and later scored on a single by Bret Atwood.
  • Texas State got another solid performance out of Michael Russo on the mound. Russo held UCA to six hits in 7 1/3 innings while striking out six.
  • QUOTABLE: "What Laurn has been doing hasn't surprised me," Bobcats head coach Ty Harrington said. "He's a fifth-year senior in this program and he knows what's expected of him."

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