SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Diego Diaz homered twice and drove in six runs as Texas-San Antonio rebounded from a one-run loss a day earlier to hammer UAB 19-9 in American Athletic Conference baseball Friday night at Roadrunner Field.

The Roadrunners improved to 36-18 overall and snapped a two-game skid. The Blazers fell to 30-24.

Diaz went 3 for 5 with a pair of solo homers in the first two innings and a two-run shot in the second, finishing with six RBIs. Jacob Silva added two home runs and four RBIs, going 2 for 5. Caden Miller drove in three runs with two hits, and Drew Detlefsen collected four hits and an RBI.

For UAB, Max Price homered and drove in three runs, going 2 for 4. Landon Beaver homered and added two RBIs, finishing 3 for 4.

UAB jumped out to a quick lead in the top of the first inning. Kevin Hall Jr. grounded out before back-to-back solo homers by G. Head and Beaver put the Blazers up 2-0. They added a run when a fielding error by Diaz allowed another runner to reach, though the inning ended with a popup and a flyout.

Texas-San Antonio answered immediately in the bottom half. After a walk and a single, a walk loaded the bases. Mason Stucky walked to force in a run, then Diaz cleared the bases with a grand slam to right field, giving the Roadrunners a 5-2 lead. They added two more in the second on Diaz’s second homer, a two-run shot that scored Detlefsen, making it 7-2.

The Blazers chipped away in the third. Hall walked, advanced on a wild pitch, and scored on Beaver’s single to cut the deficit to 7-3. But the inning ended on a pickoff.

UAB broke through in the fourth. Singles by Waugh and Hunt set up a run-scoring single by Helms. Price then launched a three-run homer to left field, putting the Blazers ahead 8-7. Hall later doubled in a run and scored on a wild pitch, extending the lead to 9-7. Texas-San Antonio turned to reliever Mike DeBattista, who ended the inning with a strikeout.

The pivotal moment came in the bottom of the fourth. Stucky walked and Silva followed with a two-run homer to center, tying the game at 9-9. After a single, a walk and a single loaded the bases, Caden Miller singled in two runs to give the Roadrunners an 11-9 lead. Detlefsen added an RBI single, making it 12-9.

Texas-San Antonio blew the game open in the fifth. A walk and a double put runners at second and third. Silva grounded out to plate a run, and a wild pitch scored Diaz. After a strikeout, a walk and an error put a runner on second. Eshelman singled in a run and advanced on an error, then stole third. Miller singled him home, and Detlefsen singled. Haworth’s RBI single made it 17-9. Silva homered again in the sixth, and Christian Hallmark tripled in a run to cap the scoring at 19-9.

UTSA relievers Sam Simmons and Mike DeBattista combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out five.

The game followed a 7-6 UAB victory Thursday. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 6-2 Texas-San Antonio win, and the Interstat ELO system gave the Roadrunners a 74.80 percent probability to win.

The teams meet again Saturday for the series finale.