No. 18 Dustdevils Take Tough Loss

Box Score SAN ANTONIO (March 12, 2013) – Just one day after receiving their first ever national ranking, the no. 18 TAMIU baseball team suffered a disappointing setback Tuesday evening, committing a season-high five errors and allowing 10 unearned runs in a 21-5 loss to the 24^th ranked Incarnate Word Cardinals at Sullivan Field.

The Cardinals jumped all over starting pitcher Manolo Mendoza, who was sharp in his previous outing versus Incarnate Word, scoring three runs on four hits in the first. UIW then added five more in the second taking advantage of a pair of TAMIU errors.

TAMIU got RBI from Sean Smedley and Alvaro Rondon in the second and two more in the third by Fernie Garza and Smedley to make it 8-4, but the Cardinals added six runs in the fourth to blow the game open.

The 14-4 Cardinals batted around in both the second and fourth innings and scored at least two runs in six different innings.

The Dustdevils finished with 10 hits led by Alex Salas and Fernie Garza who recorded two hits apiece. Smedley drove in two runs and Alvaro Rondon added TAMIU’s final RBI.

TAMIU used six different pitchers in the loss, with each giving up at least two runs. Mendoza was tagged with the loss falling to 0-3 on the season.

TAMIU falls 16-7 on the season, but remains tied for first place in the conference standings with an 11-4 league record.

The Dustdevils will return to conference play this weekend, hosting St. Edward’s University in a three-game set at Uni-Trade Stadium. Friday’s doubleheader is slated for a 3 p.m. start with Saturday’s series finale set for 1 p.m.

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