Baseball
 

February 21, 2006

Trinity Evens Season Record With Win at Mary Hardin-Baylor

Belton, Texas - Trinity's baseball team continued its season-opening road trip with a 6-1 win over the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday afternoon.

Trinity (2-2) evened up its season record with the win, scoring four times in the final two innings to preserve the lead and take the win.  The Tigers opened the scoring with single runs in the third and fourth innings, and then broke open a 5-0 lead with a three-run eighth.  After another insurance run in the ninth, the Crusaders broke up the shutout with a run in the final frame.

Starter Brian Oates (1-0) , selected as the SCAC Pitcher of the Week today, had another strong performance to open the season.  Oates threw 7.2 innings, allowing no runs on six hits and striking out 10 batters. 

Bobby Zabor and Zach Fregosi each finished 2-3 in the game, while Will Becker was 2-4 with one RBI.  Johnny Baugus finished 1-2 with one run scored, but reached base four times total after being hit by a pitch and drawing two walks in the game.

The Tigers will open up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play against defending champs Millsaps College at home this weekend.  This becomes the conference opener after last weekend's games at Rhodes College were postponed due to bad weather in the Memphis area.