Baseball
 

April 8, 2008

Mary Hardin-Baylor Finishes Season Series Sweep

San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team lost the second game of a doubleheader against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday, which was the third loss in the season series.

Trinity (24-10) came out in game two on fire, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings to jump ahead 6-0 early.  The visitors cut the lead in half with a three-run homer in the fourth, but Steven Ramos hit a solo homer to make it 7-3 through five innings.

In the eighth, UMHB hit back-to-back homers after a leadoff double to make it 7-6, then singled home the tying run later in the inning.  In the bottom of the eighth, Trinity responded with two more runs, and seemed to regain control of a game that seemed to be slipping away.

After a leadoff walk and a hit batter in the top of the ninth, though, UMHB hit its fourth homer of the day to score the go-ahead run and make it a 10-9 ballgame.  In the bottom of the inning, a one-out walk gave Trinity some life, but an unlucky double play against the home team finished off the game. 

Kevin Calbick smashed a hard line drive to the right side, but it was right at the first baseman, who snared it and took the one step over to the bag to finish the game.

Evan Jones was 2-3 with three runs scored in the game, hitting his 20th double of the season to tie the school's single season record.  That record, held by Jason Armstrong, was set in 2004, and Jones will have five more regular season games to try and break the tie.

Kyle Felix also had two hits, driving in three runs, and Jordan Pennington also finished with three RBI.  Dylan Early and Ramos both grabbed a pair of hits and scored one run each. 

Trinity will host Millsaps College in the final SCAC games of the year this weekend.  The Tigers need just one win in the four-game series to lock up the SCAC West Division's top seed for the Divisional Playoffs.