Baseball
 

April 18, 2006

Trinity Falls to Texas Lutheran for Second Time in 2006

San Antonio - The Tiger baseball team lost a 3-6 decision to Texas Lutheran University on Tuesday night at E.M. Stevens Field, finishing 0-2 against the Bulldogs this season.

Trinity (29-10) missed the chance to earn its eighth 30-win season in the past nine years.  The teams also suffered a lightning delay of nearly one hour in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The Tigers fell behind early as the Bulldogs jumped ahead in the first with a four-run inning.  Trinity was never able to fully recover from the early deficit, despite cutting the lead in half with a two-run second inning.  Texas Lutheran added two more insurance runs in the fourth inning, and Trinity only managed one more run - that coming in the sixth after the long delay.

John Allen (1-2) was charged with the loss.  Tom Dailey was a bright spot on the Tiger pitching staff, though, retiring 10 straight batters over the final 3.2 innings of play. 

Johnny Baugus and Nick Vera collected four of Trinity's six hits on offense, as Baugus was 2-4 with two RBI and Vera was 2-3 with a run scored and a double. 

Trinity will conclude its regular season with a home game tomorrow afternoon against Hardin-Simmons University at 3:00 p.m.