Baseball
 

March 29, 2008

Tigers Finish Saturday Sweep at Austin College

Sherman, Texas - Trinity's baseball team finished off a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep at Austin College with a 14-6 win in game two on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (21-8, 9-2) clinched a spot in the SCAC Divisional Playoffs with the win, which will be held April 18-20 in Millington, Tennessee.

The Tigers opened up the game where they left off in game one's 12-0 victory, scoring seven runs in the first three innings - including a four-run first to start off the game.  Trinity went deep three times in the game, including the second homer of the day by Kyle Felix. 

Felix went 2-5 with four RBI and a run scored in this game, as well as going 2-4 with two runs and four RBI in game one on Saturday. 

Kevin Calbick posted the third four-hit game of his career, finishing 4-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.  Evan Jones and Dominick Robusto also collected three hits each.  Jones scored three runs and drove in three more, while Robusto had two runs and two RBI in the game.

Jeff Claydon and Steven Ramos nabbed two hits each, while Stosh Hoover had two doubles in the game for the Tigers.  Hoover and Kevin Jackson scored twice each, while Jackson also drew three walks from his leadoff spot in Trinity's batting order.

After the Tigers went up 7-0, Austin College scored its first runs of the day with a five-run fifth inning that chased starter Ryan Poffenroth from the game.  Poffenroth gave up just five hits in four-plus innings of work, but walked five batters as well.

Clint Robertson (3-0) came on in relief to earn the win, giving up just two runs - only one of which was earned - in three innings, striking out a pair of batters.  Mike Panozzo pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings to finish off the game. 

After Austin College's big inning cut Trinity's lead to just two, the Tigers responded with three runs in the top of the sixth to make it 10-5, then added four runs over the final three innings to ensure the win.

Trinity and Austin College will finish off the SCAC series tomorrow at noon, playing a single nine-inning game.  The Tigers face Texas Lutheran on Tuesday, then return home on Wednesday night against Schreiner University.