Bobcats Run Rule New Mexico State, Fall to UTEP

Ciara Trahan SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State softball split its day in Lubbock with a run-rule loss to UTEP and a run-rule win against New Mexico State. After a slow start to the day saw the Bobcats lose its first road game of the season, the team battled back in dominant fashion to run-rule the Aggies.

In the game with UTEP, the Miners' bats were hot as they scored eight runs in just four innings, including a four-run fourth inning. The Bobcats were unable to answer the 8-0 in the top of the 5th to prevent the run rule.

Against New Mexico State, though, the 'Cats bats were hot from the get-go. With five runs in the first inning, including a 2 RBI homer from Anna Jones, the 'Cats had put the…