Tigers Drop Finale in Extras to League-Leading Roadrunners

Sunday, April 27

San Antonio, Texas

12 P.M.

University of Memphis

16-27, 4-14

UTSA

33-10, 15-3

Memphis

UTSA

Photo by: Brock Busick

Tigers Drop Finale in Extras to League-Leading Roadrunners

Apr 27, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

SAN ANTONIO – The University of Memphis baseball team fell 6-5 in 11 innings to league-leader UTSA in the series finale of a three-game American Athletic Conference series on Sunday afternoon at Roadrunner Field in San Antonio, Texas.

The Tigers moved to 16-27 (4-14 AAC) on the season while the league-leading Roadrunners improved to 33-10 (15-3 AAC) on the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Memphis jumped out to an early lead with a two-run first inning, getting on the board on a perfectly executed double steal where Justin Fogel took second base and Cade Greer took home for the game's first run. An RBI single by Seth Cox gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead.
• UTSA got a run back in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by last week's AAC Player of the Week Norris McClure.
• A solo home run by Roadrunner Andrew Stucky in the bottom of the third tied the game up at two runs apiece.
• Cade Greer gave Memphis the lead right back in the top of the fourth with a two-out RBI single after Creek Robertson doubled the at-bat prior.
• The Roadrunners got the run back on another solo home run – this time from UTSA slugger James Taussig – to tie the game back at 3-3.
• The Tigers regained the lead in the top of the sixth on a sac-fly by Shane Cox that scored Robertson once again.
• Justin Fogel came through with a big insurance run for Memphis in the top of the eighth inning, blasting a no-doubt, two-out solo shot to give the Tigers a 5-3 lead.
• The lead would not last long as an RBI single and an RBI triple by the Roadrunners in the bottom half of the eighth tied the game back up at 5-5.
• RHP Brayden Sanders got the final out of the eighth inning and came back out for the ninth. He worked around a single and a walk with a little help from Greer, who made an outstanding diving catch for the final out of the inning to send the game to extra innings.
• The Tiger offense went down in order in the top of the 10^th before Sanders went back out for another inning and returned the favor to send the game to the 11^th.
• In the bottom of the 11^th, the Roadrunners loaded the bases with two outs, bringing Ty Hodge to the plate. He worked the count full before delivering a game-winning single to walk the Roadrunners off.

NOTABLES
• Memphis has now tallied 10-plus hits in 10 of its last 14 games.
• Greer went 3-for-5 from the lead-off spot and was on base four times. He drove in a run, stole a base and scored a run.
• Fogel ended the game 2-for-4 with his second home run of the season and scored twice. He also stole his first bag of the year.
• Seth Cox made his first career start at first base for the Tigers and went 2-for-5 with an RBI single.
• Robertson went 2-for-5 with a double and scored two runs.
• Chase Nixon, Jack Pitts and Michael Politte each recorded a hit.
• Lefty Luke Ellis made his first start of the year on the mound. He went 2.1 innings and allowed a pair of runs on two hits. He struck out four and walked two.
• RHP Davis Oswalt went 3.2 innings in relief and allowed a run on two hits and three walks, striking out one.
• RHP Will Howell threw 1.2 innings of relief. He allowed two runs on three hits and a walk and struck out three.
• Sanders threw the final three innings and allowed one run on just two hits with three walks. He struck out a pair and was tagged with his first loss of the season.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers are back in action Tuesday night in Starkville, Mississippi, vs. Mississippi State at 6 p.m. (25-18, 7-13 SEC). The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ and Jeff Brightwell will have the audio call on GoTigersGo.com.

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