Baseball
 

March 18, 2008

Tigers Handle Concordia for Second-Straight NAIA Win

San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team defeated a team from the NAIA for the second straight day on Tuesday, beating Concordia (NE) University 9-4 at E.M. Stevens Field.

Trinity (13-7) opened up a 6-0 lead to start the game, highlighted by a four-run third inning that featured three extra-base hits. 

After Concordia finally got on the board with a pair of runs in the sixth, the Tigers answered with a pinch-hit three-run homer from first-year John Prato Matthews to make it 9-2 through six innings. 

Prato Matthews finished 2-2 off the bench for the Tigers, relieving Evan Jones in the sixth inning.  Jones finished 2-3 with one run and one RBI before his departure.

Jordan Pennington was 2-3 with two runs scored, but was retired for the first time since Sunday's game at Hendrix.  Dillan Early also finished 2-3, driving in two runs. 

Jeff Claydon and Stosh Hoover grabbed two hits each, and the pair combined for three runs scored and two RBI.  Kevin Jackson also scored twice in the game, and drew three walks.

Zach Bukowski (2-1) pitched seven strong innings to earn the victory in today's game, giving up two unearned runs on four hits, and striking out a career-high 10 batters.  Ryan Tamez came on for the final two innings, giving up a pair of runs - only one of which was earned - and striking out five hitters.

The Tigers return to action tomorrow night, and will face Sterling (KS) College - a third consecutive NAIA opponent in this eight-game home stand.  Thursday, Trinity will open a four-game SCAC series with Southwestern.