Baseball
 

February 22, 2007

Trinity Falls to Hastings to Finish Opening Day of Desert Classic

Peoria, Arizona - Trinity's baseball team closed the first day of the Desert Classic with an 8-5 loss to Hastings (NE) College on Thursday night.

Trinity (3-3) fell behind after Hastings scored three runs in both the third and fourth innings, and never recovered.  The Tigers scored all five of its runs were scored in the middle innings, but they could not erase the deficit.

The lead was down to just two runs (7-5) after six innings, but an insurance run in the eighth by the Broncos capped the game's scoring. 

Earlier today, Trinity opened the three-day tournament with a 9-5 win over Whitworth (WA) College, scoring four runs in the ninth to break up a tie game.

Evan Bronson (0-2) allowed just two earned runs on 10 hits through 7.1 innings, striking out a career-high 12 hitters and walking just one.  Bronson did allow eight total runs, though, taking his second loss of the young season. Zach Bukowski came on in relief in the eighth and struck out six straight batters.

Steven Ramos led the Tigers with three hits in the game, scoring once and driving in one run.  Jordan Pennington finished 2-4, while Blake Holman was 2-5, and both players drove in one run.  Both of Holman's hits were for extra bases, cracking a double and a triple.