CLEARWATER, Fla. (Interstat) — Conor Myles pitched five shutout innings and the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners blanked the Memphis Tigers 4-0 on Friday afternoon at Spectrum Field in an American Athletic Conference game.

The Roadrunners improved to 37-19, while Memphis fell to 24-33.

Myles allowed two hits and struck out eight, rebounding sharply from a rough outing on May 15 against UAB, when he gave up nine earned runs in 3⅔ innings. He also threw six scoreless innings against Memphis on May 9. Connor Kelley followed Myles with four hitless innings of relief, striking out four, and the two combined to limit Memphis to five hits overall.

Memphis starter Seth Garner worked six innings and allowed two runs on two hits, striking out two and walking three, but did not record a hit against him. However, three of the four runs charged to Garner were earned, and he took the loss. Logan Rushing gave up one run in two innings.

The game’s most critical sequence unfolded in the bottom of the third inning. Memphis had just wasted a scoring opportunity in the top half when Caleb Hernandez singled and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, but was caught stealing second base by catcher Andrew Stucky, ending the threat. In the bottom of the inning, Roadrunners shortstop Aidan Eshelman led off with a double down the left-field line. After a groundout moved Eshelman to third, left fielder Drew Detlefsen doubled to left-center, driving in Eshelman for the game’s first run. Detlefsen went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Texas-San Antonio added a run in the fourth. Jordan Ballin singled with two outs, and center fielder Christian Hallmark doubled to right-center to score Ballin, making it 2-0.

The Roadrunners extended the lead in the sixth off Garner. Jacob Silva tripled down the right-field line, and Ballin followed with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Silva for a 3-0 advantage.

In the seventh, Rushing relieved Garner and allowed a run. After a hit-by-pitch and a walk, Stucky singled to right field, driving in Dalton Miller to make it 4-0.

Memphis mounted a minor threat in the ninth when an error put a runner on, and a single gave the Tigers two on, but a lineout and a popup ended the game.

The Tigers’ best scoring chance came in the sixth, when they had two runners on with one out after a walk and a single, but Kelley coaxed a double-play groundout to escape.

Memphis saw at least one batter reach base in six of the nine innings but stranded four runners and grounded into two double plays.

Top performers for Texas-San Antonio included Detlefsen with the RBI double, Stucky with an RBI single, Hallmark with an RBI double, and Ballin with a sacrifice fly. Silva tripled.

For Memphis, the only hits came from Rodriguez, Cox (two singles), Hernandez, and Gupton. The Tigers did not advance a runner past third base after the third inning.

The game was played as part of a neutral-site event in Clearwater. Memphis’s previous results included a 7-3 win at UAB on Thursday, but the Tigers had lost four of their last six before Friday. Texas-San Antonio had won three of its last four, including a 19-9 win over UAB on May 15.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Memphis 6, Texas-San Antonio 9, while Interstat’s ELO system gave the Roadrunners a 76.10 percent probability to win.