Baseball
 

March 24, 2006

Tigers Blank Rhodes to Open SCAC Series

San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team handed Rhodes College a 9-0 loss to open a four-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series on Friday night at E.M. Stevens Field.

Trinity (18-6, 7-2 SCAC) jumped out to an early lead with a two-run first inning, then added four more in an unusual fashion in the fourth inning.  In that inning, all four Tiger runs were scored via walks with the bases loaded, as Rhodes pitchers walked six consecutive hitters.

Trinity finished off the scoring with a three-run homer from J.B. Sowyrda in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Sowyrda finished the game 2-4 with one run and four RBI.

Tiger starter Adam Frey (2-2) evened his record with a solid performance from the mound, pitching 6.2 innings without allowing a hit to the Lynx.  The no-hit bid was broken up with a single through the left side of the infield, and Frey finished his night allowing just the one hit and recording 10 strikeouts.  Evan Bronson pitched the final two innings to combine with Frey for the shutout, allowing two hits in the final two innings, and striking out two batters.

Nick Vera and Jordan Pennington each went 2-5 in the game, while Ryan Cavan scored three runs.  Blake Holman added two runs himself, and both he and Cavan drew three walks in the game.

Adam Keckler collected two of the team's three hits in the game for Rhodes, finishing 2-4 on the night.

The two teams play a doubleheader tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m., followed by a single series-ending game at noon on Sunday.