GoDeweyPirates Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 By Mike Forman • Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Zane Williams knows his job on the University of Houston-Victoria baseball team is to produce runs and he has done more than his share. Williams hit two home runs and a double, and drove in six runs to help the Jaguars sweep a doubleheader from Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday at Riverside Stadium. UHV won the first game 14-2 and cruised to an 11-1 win in the second game while improving to 26-13. Both games were stopped early because of the 10-run mercy rule. Williams hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the first game before adding an RBI double. He added a two-run shot in the second game to improve his team-leading totals to 13 home runs, 18 doubles and 60 RBI. "I'm seeing the ball pretty well and swinging it really good," said Williams, who transferred to UHV from Southern Arkansas. "Coach (Terry) Puhl talked to me. I was rushing my swing. He just told me to sit back and work on the things I need to work on and it's starting to pay off." Williams hit both of his home runs to the opposite field. His first was a line drive that cleared the top of the fence in left-center field and his second went over the scoreboard. "Zane has really zeroed in in that fourth slot," Puhl said. "He got some real big hits for us and the long ball hits." The Jaguars had 20 hits and scored in eight of the nine innings they batted. Puhl was just as pleased with starting pitchers Ray Maldonado and Bobby Gomez. Maldonado surrendered two runs in four innings while improving to 9-0 and Gomez yielded one run in five innings to even his record at 4-4. "I've been working on my velocity. It's been my problem since the beginning," said Gomez, who had nine strikeouts. "I didn't have confidence with that fastball, but today I felt a little bit better and I felt my velocity was coming back from my last outing so I just wanted to pound the zone." The Jaguars swept four games from the Rams (13-33) by a combined total of 51-9. Leo Garcia and Josh Darnell each hit two-run home runs in the first game and David Baker added a solo homer. Jon McDonald hit a solo home run in the second game. UHV 14-11, Huston-Tillotson 2-1 Zack Potts and Jonathan Rodriguez. Ray Maldonado, Rex Garner (5) and Tank Peterson. W: Maldonado (9-0). L: Potts (1-2). Highlights: (HT) Ben Alaniz 3-for-3, 2B, run. (UHV) Zane Williams 2-for-3, 3-run HR, 2B, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Leo Garcia 2-for-3, 2-run HR, 2 RBI; David Baker 1-for-2 solo HR; Josh Darnell 1-for-3, 2-run HR, 4 RBI; Jon McDonald 2-for-3, run, RBI, SB; James Green 2 runs, 3 SB. --- Two outs when game-ending run scored. Austin Cook, Chad Simpson (4) and Jonathan Rodriguez. Bobby Gomez and Josh Darnell. W: Gomez (4-4). L: Cook (0-1). Highlights: (HT) Pat Sherek 3-for-3, RBI. (UHV) Zane Williams 1-for-1, 2-run HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Jon McDonald 1-for-3 solo HR, 2 runs, RBI; Darnell 2-for-3, RBI; James Green 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, SB, John West 2-for-2, 3B, 2 runs, RBI. Records: Huston-Tillotson 13-33; UHV 26-13.
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