Baseball
 

April 15, 2007

Trinity Splits Series With Comeback Win at Southwestern on Sunday

Georgetown, Texas - Trinity's baseball team not only rallied to win the final two games of this weekend's SCAC series at Southwestern University, but overcame today's 6-1 deficit to earn a 10-7 victory.

Trinity (17-20, 7-8) was shut out 7-0 in Friday's series opener, then lost 7-2 to start a Saturday doubleheader.  The Tigers then rallied with an 8-3 win to split the doubleheader, and then won today's game to split the overall series.

The Tigers had a rough start to this game, allowing four runs in the first inning and then two more in the second.  Trinity did manage one run in those innings to keep from being blanked to start things off.  Beginning in the fourth, Trinity started slowly chipping away at the lead - scoring once in the fourth and fifth, then twice in the sixth. 

In the seventh, trailing 6-5, the Tigers exploded with a four-run inning of its own to take a 9-6 lead, adding another run in the eighth for insurance.  The Pirates scored a run in the bottom of the ninth as Trinity traded a run for a double play defensively. 

Eric Samulski led the Tigers with a career-best performance on Sunday, as the senior was 3-4 with three RBI, a double, and one run scored.  Samulski's two-run single in the seventh turned out to be the difference in the game, as he put Trinity up by three runs.

Blake Holman also stood out offensively with three hits and three runs to go with two RBI - also knocking in two runs in the decisive seventh inning.  Two of Holman's hits were doubles, giving him three extra-base hits in the last two games.  Teddy Wilson and Nick Vera also cracked a pair of hits each, and Andreas Verrios had two stolen bases and two runs scored.

Ryan Poffenroth (5-5) came on late in the game to earn the win, pitching the final 4.1 innings and allowing one run on one hit.  Clint Robertson also pitched well in relief, giving up three hits in 2.2 innings in the middle of the game without allowing a run.

Trinity will host Texas Lutheran University in the regular season finale on Tuesday night at E.M. Stevens Field.  The Tigers have also qualified for next weekend's SCAC Divisional Playoffs, facing the East Division top seed in Rhodes College.  The two teams will play a three-game series next weekend, with the winner advancing to the SCAC Championships at Southwestern.