COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Interstat) — Air Force’s offense overwhelmed San Jose State with 21 hits and 16 runs Saturday, handing the Spartans a 16-6 loss in a Mountain West game at Falcon Baseball Field.

The Falcons improved to 20-20 overall and evened their conference record, while the Spartans dropped to 17-22.

Air Force third baseman Landon Boyd went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, continuing his hot stretch after a 2-for-2, one-RBI performance in Friday’s 20-10 win over San Jose State. Second baseman Wyatt Hanoian was 3 for 3 with two RBIs, and designated hitter Garrett Hutchins contributed three hits and three RBIs. Catcher Walker Zapp led all hitters with four hits in six at-bats, driving in one run.

San Jose State struck first in the top of the first inning. Alex Fernandes tripled to left field and scored on a sacrifice fly by Peyton Rowles. After a scoreless bottom half, the Spartans extended the lead in the second inning but failed to score, stranding a walk.

Air Force answered in the bottom of the second. Garrett Hutchins singled and Christian Taylor doubled, setting the stage for Boyd, who tripled to left center to drive them both home, cutting the margin to 2-1.

The turning point came in the third inning. San Jose State erupted for four runs. Rowles tripled to right center, scoring Alan Ramirez and Fernandes. Jake McCoy then homered to deep center field, his 12th of the season, driving in Rowles to make it 5-2.

Air Force responded immediately in the bottom half, scoring five runs to take the lead. Walker Zapp doubled, and Hanoian doubled him home. Tripp Garrish doubled to score Hanoian, Luke Elmore doubled to score Garrish, and Hutchins singled to drive in Elmore, tying the game at 5. After a mound visit, with two outs, Boyd doubled to left field to score Taylor, giving Air Force a 7-5 advantage.

The Falcons added three more in the fourth. Hanoian walked, and after an error by Spartans first baseman JC OsorioAgard loaded the bases, Elmore delivered a sacrifice fly. Hutchins doubled to right center, driving in two unearned runs for a 10-5 lead.

San Jose State could not recover. The Spartans scored only one more run, in the eighth inning on a groundout by Brent Cota following a McCoy walk and a double by OsorioAgard.

Air Force continued to pile on. In the sixth, an error on a pickoff attempt allowed Hanoian to score from second, and Elmore singled in an unearned run. The Falcons added two in the seventh on a double by Ben Niednagel and a sacrifice fly by Hanoian. In the eighth, Boyd was hit by a pitch, and Kayden Bradshaw doubled to bring him home. Zapp singled for the final run, making it 16-6.

Air Force pitchers Marcus Downing and Richard Rutledge combined for five innings of relief. Downing tossed three shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out two. Rutledge worked two innings, giving up one earned run on one hit with one strikeout.

San Jose State’s Peyton Rowles drove in three runs, and Jake McCoy had a two-run homer. The Spartans managed only eight hits.

The game concluded a doubleheader-style weekend series after Friday’s high-scoring affair. The teams meet again Sunday for the series finale.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Air Force 7, San Jose State 5, and the ELO system gave Air Force a 57.30 percent probability to win.