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UTA Drops Baseball Team 5-3
3/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The Mavericks scored four runs in the fifth on three hits, a pair of walks and a wild pitch, lifting the Mavericks to the 4-2 lead. K.J. Hendricks and Jason Severson delivered consecutive run-scoring base hits, then Daniel Ortmeier sacrifice fly brought home the final run of the inning.
The Frogs scored single runs in the second, third and ninth innings. Tom Bates homered to lead off the second inning, his second home run of the year, allowing the Frogs to take a 1-0 lead. TCU increased the lead to 2-0 in the third, when Rudy Rivera, who had doubled to start the inning, scored on Erick Macha's sacrifice fly. Mike Settle homered in the ninth to account for the final run. Bates and Settle each had two hits to lead the Frogs.
TCU starter Chad Durham (2-1) suffered his first loss of the year. He allowed four runs on six hits, five walks and five strikeouts in 6.0 innings. Clayton Jerome pitched a scoreless seventh inning, then Stan Newton allowed an unearned run in the eighth.
UTA reliever Dave Engelson, who improved to 2-2 this season, struck out six in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief. UTA starter Michael Snapp allowed two earned runs on five hits in three innings of work. Overall, the Mavericks recorded 13 strikeouts, including 11 in the last six innings. TCU had eight basehits in the game, but only three after the third.
The Frogs will host Iowa State on Wednesday at the TCU Diamond. Game time is scheduled for 2:35 p.m. The Cyclones lost to UTA on Tuesday, 7-6, in 10 innings.
Game Linescore 123 456 789 R-H-E TCU 011 000 001 3-8-2 UTA 000 040 01x 5-8-0 Chad Durham, Clayton Jerome, Stan Newton and Jason Price. Michael Snapp, Dave Engelson, Pierce Loveless, Darrell Preston and Joel Alvarado. Winning pitcher -- Engelson (2-2). Losing pitcher -- Durham (2-1). Save - Preston (1). 2B - TCU- Rivera. HR - TCU - Bates (2), Settle (4). Time: 2:12. Attn: 188.
