Baseball
 

February 14, 2006

Tigers Unable to Hold Late-Inning Lead in Loss to Bulldogs

Seguin, Texas - Trinity's baseball team was unable to hold a two-run lead late in the game, losing 3-4 to Texas Lutheran University on Tuesday afternoon.

Trinity (1-2) led 3-1 heading into the eighth, but the Bulldogs scratched two runs across to tie the game.  In the ninth, Texas Lutheran singled home the game-winning run with two outs.

The Tigers squandered a solid start from right-hander Brian Oates, who struck out nine TLU hitters in six innings.  Oates yielded just one run on three hits - two of which came in a one-run first inning.

The Bulldogs held the one-run lead for the next three innings before Trinity finally tied it on a two-out RBI single from Johnny Baugus. 

Blake Holman gave Trinity its first lead of the game with a solo homer to lead off the seventh inning.  Ryan Cavan then made Texas Lutheran pay for a two-out walk in the eighth by driving in the third run of the game for the Tigers. 

Texas Lutheran loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, and then tied the game on a fielder's choice that followed an RBI single.  The Bulldogs got a leadoff single in the ninth, which led to the game-winning hit.

Holman finished 2-2 with a walk for the game, while Cavan was 2-4 with one run and one RBI.  Nick Vera swiped a pair of bases in the game, and leads the team with four steals in three games this year.

Trinity will begin SCAC play this weekend as the team travels to Memphis, Tennessee to take on Rhodes College in a three-game weekend series.