UTSA baseball powers past Utah

UTSA's Antonio Valdez hit his 2nd and 3rd home runs of the season and drove in 5 runs in the Roadrunners' 14-3 victory over Utah on Sunday, March 5, 2023. - Photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Antonio Valdez hit two home runs and drove in five home runs Sunday.
Antonio Valdez and Caleb Hill combined to hit three home runs to lead UTSA to a 14-3 victory over Utah on Sunday at Roadrunner Field.

UTSA (10-3) won the last two games of the three-game series after Utah won the opener. The Roadrunners had 12 hits on Sunday after scoring 11 runs on 17 hits on Saturday.

Valdez hit his second and third home runs of the season and drove in five runs. Valdez has 23 hits and 22 RBIs in UTSA’s first 13 games.

Hill hit his first home run of the season and finished with two hits, two runs and three RBIs.

Hill also scored on a double steal. It was the second time in the last week that UTSA scored on a double steal.

UTSA's Caleb Hill hit his first home run of the season in the Roadrunners' 14-3 victory over Utah on Sunday, March 5, 2023. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Caleb Hill hit his first home run of the season in the Roadrunners’ 14-3 victory over Utah on Sunday.

UTSA’s Leyton Barry hit a three-run double in the sixth inning. Shane Sirdashney, Taylor Smith and Isaiah Walker scored on the hit. The Roadrunners scored six runs in the inning to take an 11-2 lead.

UTSA's Leyton Barry hit a three-run double in the sixth inning in a 14-3 victory over Utah on Sunday, March 5, 2023. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Leyton Barry hit a three-run double in the sixth inning.

UTSA starting pitcher Robbie Maldonado went 4.0 innings and allowed one run. Reliever Daniel Garza went 3.0 innings and allowed 1 run and got the win.

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