PALO ALTO, Calif. — Texas State slowly, but surely, got its offense in gear, staving off UC Santa Barbara 7-3 in the NCAA Stanford Regional on Friday night. The Bobcats (46-12, 26-4 Sun Belt) take aim at No. 2 overall seed Stanford (42-14, 21-9 Pac-12) Saturday at 9 p.m. CT with the winner holding the hammer on Sunday.
“It will be fun,” Texas State coach Steven Trout said. “I told the guys, we came a long ways, not for just one win. We respect Stanford so much and what they do, the history of the program. They have an unbelievable ball club. We will be there to battle. We’ll see how good this Bobcats team can be.”
Gauchos sophomore starting pitcher Cory Lewis (9-1) fanned five batters in the first two frames of Friday’s game, striking out the side in the first. Lewis finished with 8 strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
