University of Houston
Texas-Arlington
Musick Leads Baseball to Win in Southwest Diamond Classic Finale
2/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 24, 2007
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FRISCO, Texas - Freshman southpaw Wes Musick allowed only two runs off seven hits with a career-best five strikeouts to help lead the University of Houston baseball team to an 8-3 win over Texas-Arlington during the final day of the Southwest Diamond Classic at Dr. Pepper Ballpark.
Musick, a native of Lufkin, evened his season record at 2-2 after picking up the win. He struck one batter in each of his final five innings of work with two runs in the sixth inning being the only blemish on his scorecard.
The Cougars (6-6) struck for four runs in the fifth inning and never looked back in the win. UTA pulled to within 4-3 in the seventh inning, but the Cougars scored three more runs to break the game open.
Reliever Shea Hancock earned his first save of the season after allowing only one run off four hits with a strikeout during the final three innings.
UTA starter Nathan Long picked up the loss and fell to 0-2 after allowing four runs off six hits with three strikeouts in five innings.
Bryan Pounds went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs and an RBIs, while Ryan Lormand batted 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs to pace the Cougar offense, which rapped out double-digit hits for the eighth time in 2007.
David McLeod and Daniel Reeder each went 2-for-5, while Leo Radkowski went 2-for-4 for the Mavericks offense. Kyle Rudy also batted 2-for-3 with a run in the losing effort.
With the win, the Cougars evened their season record at 6-6, while Texas-Arlington fell to 4-7.
The Cougars continue their season when they face Texas-San Antonio at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Wolff Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. All Cougar Baseball games can be heard live on UHCougars.com with former Cougar letterwinners Nick Torina and Pat Cauley calling all the action. Fans can follow live stats by clicking on the "Gametracker" link on the front page of UHCougars.com or on the Schedule and Results page off the Baseball main page.
The Cougars put the first marks on the scoreboard in the fifth inning when Josh Stirneman led off with a towering home run to center field. Two batters later, Bryan Tully laced a triple into right field and scored on Pounds' RBI-double into left field. After a Zak Presley single through the left side put runners on the corner, Lormand lifted a sacrifice fly into center field to hand the Cougars a 4-0 advantage.
However, the Mavericks answered the next half-inning with two runs off their own, courtesy of Ben Burum's pinch-hit home run to center field.
UTA trimmed the Cougar lead down to a single run at 4-3 in the seventh inning when Lance Nobile's bases-loaded groundout allowed Mitch Putman to score from third base.
However, the Cougars broke the game open in the bottom of the frame with three runs. After being hit by a pitch to lead off and moving to second base following Presley's sacrifice bunt, Pounds scored easily on Lormand's RBI-single up the middle. Felix Fanaselle then plated Lormand with a double down the right-field line. Two batters later, Dustin Kingsbury slapped an RBI-single through the right side to score Fanaselle from third base for a 7-3 UH lead.
In the eighth inning, Luis Flores blasted an 0-2 offering over the wall in right center to give the Cougars an 8-3 lead and cap the scoring for the day.
