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SAN ANTONIO- Pitchers Haylee Staton and Jolene Graham scattered just six hits in 14 innings to help UTSA to a doubleheader sweep of North Texas by scores of 7-0 and 2-0 on Wednesday night at Roadrunner Field.
Both hurlers went the distance and combined to strike out 10 batters for the program?s first doubleheader sweep of the Mean Green (4-7).
Megan Low went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs to pace the Roadrunners, who improved to 6-4 on the season. Darian Blake, a North Texas transfer, added a team-high five hits on the day and drove in a run.
Alexis Ramirez opened the first game with a walk and moved to second on her seventh stolen base of the season. After a ground out, Courtney Buchman gave UTSA a 1-0 lead with a single up the middle off North Texas starter Brittany Simmons.
The Roadrunners offense got going with three runs in the third and another three-spot in the fourth for a 7-0 lead.
Ramirez led off the third with a double to left center and advanced to third on Blake?s single to left. The Birds used their speed for a run as the pair pulled off a double steal to make it 2-0.
Two batters later, Low connected on her third home run of the season and the blast to left pushed the lead to 5-0.
In the fourth, Victoria Birdwell took first base after being hit by a pitch and scored on Paige Hamilton?s triple down the left field line. Blake then plated Hamilton with a single to left and Low drove in another with a single later in the frame that capped the scoring.
Meanwhile, Staton kept the Mean Green offense from getting on track with a season-high eight strikeouts. The Austin native gave up just two hits and allowed one base runner in the final two innings to improve to 3-1.
Simmons took the loss for North Texas after allowing 10 hits and seven runs in six innings.
Both starters in the circle put runners on the basepaths early in the second game, but were able to work out of jams to set the stage for a pitcher?s duel.
The contest remained scoreless until UTSA plated the game?s only runs in the fifth.
Hamilton reached base to start the frame on an error and moved to second with a sacrifice bunt. An infield single by Blake put runners on the corners and the Katy native stole second to put a pair in scoring position.
With two outs, Low singled to left to score both runners and earn her fourth and fifth RBIs of the day.
That proved to be enough for Jolene Graham in the circle, as the Sutter, Calif., native allowed just a two-out single in the seventh, but got the final out for her second win of the season.
Graham (2-1) scattered four hits, allowed two walks and recorded two strikeouts in the victory, while Lauren Poole (0-2) took the loss after surrendering two unearned runs.
The Roadrunners will be back in action at 12:15 p.m. on Friday when they face Southeastern Louisiana (8-2) in the squad?s opening game of the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station.
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