{"id":286688,"date":"2026-05-10T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286688\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:15:13","slug":"big-innings-early-propel-texas-state-past-arkansas-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286688\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Innings Early Propel Texas State past Arkansas State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/texas_state_200x200.png\" alt=\"Texas State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Texas State<\/p>\n<p>5\/10\/2026 | 11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        95.3 The Ticket&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    May. 10 (Sun) \/ 11:00 AM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/texas_state_200x200.png\" alt=\"Texas State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Texas State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>JONESBORO, Ark. (5\/9\/26) \u2013\u00a0Arkansas State (28-21, 11-15 SBC) clamped down on Texas State (30-21, 12-14 SBC) after the Bobcats scored seven runs in the first two innings, Texas State held onto the lead for the 8-3 win Saturday night at Tomlinson Stadium-Slayton Family Field.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Bobcats jumped early with an RBI-double after drawing a pair of walks to put ducks on the pond with one out. A strikeout gave little relief to the Red Wolf defense as an RBI-single and two-run home run totaled five in the inning in the top of the first.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTexas State worked a hit batter and a walk into another two runs off a pair of singles in the second inning for a 7-0 tilt. A-State logged a hit in each of the first three innings, but left all three stranded.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Red Wolves finally changed the score in the fourth as <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/derek-martinez\/7956\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7956\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Martinez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/lane-walton\/7966\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7966\" target=\"_blank\">Lane Walton<\/a> both struck solo home runs to the home bullpen in succession. <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-houseworth\/7935\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7935\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Houseworth<\/a> made it to first after getting plunked, and <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jake-henry-williams\/7926\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7926\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Henry Williams<\/a> sat for four straight balls to move Houseworth into scoring position. <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kaden-amundson\/7909\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7909\" target=\"_blank\">Kaden Amundson<\/a> also earned first on an HBP to juice the bags, and <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ashton-quiller\/7940\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7940\" target=\"_blank\">Ashton Quiller<\/a> scored one on a sacrifice hit to right field, the inning ending with the score at 7-3 for the road side.<\/p>\n<p>\nReliever <a href=\"https:\/\/astateredwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kole-turner\/7924\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7924\" target=\"_blank\">Kole Turner<\/a> entered in the second inning for the Red Wolves and commanded the rest of the game. The Canadian national hurled 7.1 innings on an efficient 79 pitches for five strikeouts, three hits, one run (unearned), and no free passes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTexas State scored their eighth run in the top of the seventh, a bouncing ball to Turner thrown past the first baseman to allow the run to plate from second.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWin:\u00a0Cade Smith (4-2)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nUP NEXT<\/p>\n<p>A-State faces Texas State in the series finale on Sunday, May 10, with first pitch set for 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nSOCIAL MEDIA<\/p>\n<p>For the latest on the A-State baseball program, follow @AStateBaseball on Twitter\/X and @astatebaseball on Instagram, and Arkansas State Baseball on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Texas State 5\/10\/2026 | 11:00 AM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; 95.3 The Ticket&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-286688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}