USAFA, Colo. - Theo Hardy hit two home runs and had seven RBIs, Dalton Bowling and Hunter Dorraugh also went deep to lead San José State baseball (19-26, 14-12 MW) in a 17-8 win at Air Force (20-25, 12-11 MW) Saturday afternoon in the second of three games from Erdle Field this weekend.
With his three RBIs on Saturday, Bowling is the SJSU all-time RBIs leader with 148 passing Kyle Bellows who had 146.
Hardy led the game off with an inside-the-park home run to give the Spartans an early 1-0 lead and the Spartans were just getting started as they scored in five consecutive innings to start the game and led 9-1 before the Falcons put three across in the fifth inning to make it 9-4, but Jeriah Lewis, Hardy and Bowling all hit two RBI singles in the ninth inning to help put the game completely away.
- Hardy has seven home runs on the season and 36 RBIs which makes him the fifth Spartan to have 30 or more RBIs this season
- It's the first career inside-the-park home run for Hardy
- This is the second time Hardy has ever had two home runs in the same game and his seven RBIs are a career-high
- Hardy's seven home runs are a single-season best
- Hardy ended the game 3-for-6 with two home runs, seven RBIs and three runs scored, plus he extended his on-base streak to 18 games
- Dorraugh has 13 home runs this season and has an SJSU record 38 home runs as a Spartan and 42 career home runs
- Dorraugh went 2-for-5 and also scored two runs and has 34 runs scored on the season
- Bowling went 4-for-6 with two doubles as well as his 10th home run and three RBIs
- Bowling now has 17 doubles on the season to lead the Spartans
- Bowling has 32 career home runs and 36 RBIs this season which ties Hardy for the team lead
- Bowling also scored a run off a balk
- LHP Micky Thompson started and went 6.0 IP with two strikeouts while allowing three earned runs
- Jackson Forbes want 1-for-4 with an RBI
- Robert Hamchuk has a season-best 11-game hitting streak and went 2-for-6 with an RBI and run scored
- Jared Lewis went 4-for-6 with his first career double plus scored a run
- It's the first four hit day for Ja. Lewis in his career
- Je. Lewis went 3-for-4 and had his second multi-hit game of the season
- This is the first time Je. Lewis had ever had three hits in a game
- It was also a season high two RBIs for Je. Lewis
- Je. Lewis also stole his third base of the season and a season-high with three runs scored
- The four home runs the Spartans hit are the second most they've hit in a game this season
- It was a season high with 21 hits for the Spartans and the most since the Spartans had 27 hits at Air Force on May 15, 2022
- The 17 runs for the Spartans tie a season high
- Every Spartan who started the game had a hit in the game
UP NEXT: The Spartans play the final game of the three game series at Air Force at 11:00 a.m. (PT) on Sunday and it can be seen on the Mountain West Network.
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