TYLER, Texas – The No. 2-ranked Angelo State baseball team split the series against UT Tyler, winning game four 10-6 on Sunday afternoon at Irwin Field.
With the win, the Rams improve to 13-3 overall on the year.
Thomas Cain put the Rams up in the third inning, hitting a three-run home run over the left field wall for the first runs of the game.
ASU added another run in the fifth as Austin Beck scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-0.
In the bottom half of the inning, the Patriots took a lead in the contest, scoring five runs capped off by a two-RBI single.
Mason Bryant started on the mound for the Rams, throwing 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and six hits. Scott Ellis pitched 4 2/3 innings in relief, picking up the win after allowing only two hits and one run.
The Rams regained the lead in the top of the seventh inning as Tripp Clark followed up an RBI single by Jacob Guerrero with a three-run homer over the left field wall to give ASU an 8-5 advantage.
Both teams added a run in the eighth inning while Weston Valasek recorded an RBI single in the ninth to stretch ASU's lead to 10-6,
The Rams will be back at home next weekend as they welcome in UAFS for a four-game series beginning on Friday, Mar. 3.