Baseball
 

April 3, 2007

Tigers Lose Lead Late as Loyola Sweeps Doubleheader

San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team gave up two late runs in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday night, as Loyola-New Orleans University earned a doubleheader sweep with a 2-1 victory.

Trinity (14-15) scored a run in the sixth on a solo homer by Andreas Verrios, who finished 1-2 in the game.  Loyola then scored two unearned runs in the ninth inning to take the lead and ruin a solid outing by Trinity starter Zach Bukowski.

Bukowski (0-1), in his first start of the season, gave up just two unearned runs on three hits through eight plus innings of work, as he was lifted in the ninth.  Bukowski struck out four batters, but after the first hitter of the ninth reached on an error and the next batter singled to put two men on with no outs.

Loyola quickly got two outs in the bottom of the ninth, with the first being a warning track fly out to left-center by Blake Holman that nearly cleared the fence and tied the game.  Richie Smith had a pinch-hit single to left field, which was followed by Evan Jones reaching after being hit by a pitch.  Andreas Verrios then walked to load the bases, but Jeremy Bays pinch hit and popped up to end the threat.

Trinity was held to six hits in the game, but Tiger pitchers held Loyola to just four hits.  The biggest difference was the fact that Loyola had no errors and Trinity had two costly errors - one of which led to both runs by the visitors.

The Tigers will host Austin College in a four-game SCAC series that begins on Thursday night.  With a combined total of four Trinity wins or Hendrix losses, the team will officially qualify for the SCAC Divisional Playoffs in Millington, Tennessee.  Friday will feature a doubleheader, followed by Saturday afternoon's series finale.