Baseball
 

April 22, 2007

Season Ends as Rhodes Secures Divisional Series Over Trinity

Millington, Tennessee - Trinity's baseball team watched its 2007 season come to a close as Rhodes won game three of the SCAC Divisional Playoff series 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity (19-22) forced a decisive game three with a 9-0 shutout in yesterday's action, which was preceded by a 15-4 series-opening win by the Lynx.  Rhodes entered the playoff as the SCAC East Division champions, while Trinity was the No. 4 seed in the West Division.

The Tigers fell behind after Rhodes put up three runs in the third inning off of starter Zach Bukowski (1-2), who was charged with the loss.  Nick Vera cut into that lead with a fourth-inning RBI single, but the Lynx would not be denied access to next weekend's SCAC Championships Tournament.  The team scored two more runs in the fifth to pull ahead 5-1.

That would be all that Rhodes starter Chris Catalanotto (6-1) needed as he pitched a complete-game four-hitter, allowing just one earned run.  Three different players had three hits on offense for the Lynx, including J.R. Bizzell, Mason Mosby, and Daniel Vanaman.

Vera finished with two hits in the game for the Tigers, including a seventh-inning triple that led to the team's second run.  Jordan Pennington and Bobby Zabor also had hits for Trinity, with Zabor scoring the team's second run. 

Rhodes will play at next weekend's SCAC Championships in Georgetown, advancing with today's victory.  The Trinity baseball season ends with the loss.