February 20th, 2009
Box Score
(Photo of Andrew Femath by Ron Macklin)
RICHARDSON, Texas - The University of Texas at Dallas Comets belted three home runs and recorded 14 hits Friday in a 13-6 win over Texas Lutheran.
Randy Lorber, Adam Hudec and Chris Biguenet each homered for the Comets (4-3).
TLU (6-3) led 1-0 after the first half-inning and trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth inning. UTD put up four runs in the fourth and six runs in the sixth to take a commanding 12-2 lead.
Travis Staggs (Elmendorf/Southside/Western Texas JC) took the loss for the Bulldogs and dropped to 2-1.
Drew Waggoner (1-1) tossed six effective innings and picked his first victory of the season.
TLU's Kyle Harvey (Houston/Houston Christian) was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, and Andrew Femath (El Paso/Montwood/Howard JC) had three hits, an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base.
Lorber, Hudec and Biguent accounted for 10 RBI for the Comets.
The two teams, both members of the American Southwest Conference, plays games two and three of the three-games series on Saturday. The doubleheader starts at noon at UTD's baseball field. The games between the Comets (out of the ASC East) and the Bulldogs (from the ASC West) do not count toward conference standings.
Baseball Linescore
Texas-Dallas 13, Texas Lutheran 6
Texas Lutheran 100 012 020 - 6 11 1
Texas-Dallas 200 460 01x - 13 14 2
TLU Pitching - Staggs, Zamora (5), Compton (5), Pederson (5), Lee (8) and Siniff, Griffith (6). UTD Pitching - Waggoner, Buchanan (7) and Hudec. Win - Waggoner 1-1. Loss - Staggs 2-1. TLU Batting - Harvey 2-4, 2 RBI, 2R; Femath 3-4 RBI, R, SB; Nokelby 2-5. UTD Batting - Lorber 2-3, HR, SB, 3 RBI; Hudec 2-5, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI; Biguenet 2-4, HR, 2R, 3 RBI. Records: UTD 4-3; TLU 6-3.