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March 21, 2008

Tigers Finish Friday Sweep With Comeback Win

San Antonio - The Tiger baseball team was able to erase a four-run deficit to come from behind and win 10-7 in game two of a Friday afternoon doubleheader against Southwestern University.

Trinity (16-8, 5-2) won 2-0 earlier in the day behind a four-hit shutout from Evan Bronson.  The Tigers actually led 3-1 after the first inning of this one, scoring three runs on three hits in the opening frame.

Southwestern, though, was able to tie it in the next half-inning, scoring with a pair of doubles and a wild pitch in the inning.  The visitors then took a 4-3 lead by scoring on another wild pitch in the third, and pulled ahead by another run with a leadoff homer in the fifth.

In the seventh, Trinity had still not been able to cut into the lead when Southwestern seemed to take full control with two more runs on three hits, pushing the lead to 7-3.  With the game slipping away, the Tigers were finally able to something together in the bottom of the seventh.

After a leadoff single and a walk, Evan Jones doubled home a run to make it 7-4 and a wild pitch cut the lead to just two.  After another walk, an RBI groundout scored another run to make it 7-6.  Eventually, Steven Ramos came up with two on and two out, delivering a game-tying RBI single to right-center. 

Ramos then made a nice catch up against the backstop for the third out of the eighth, setting up Trinity's three-run eighth that gave them the lead.  Jones doubled home another run, and both Jordan Pennington and Jeff Claydon also drove in runs.  That would be all Tiger reliever John Prato Matthews would need, finishing off his second inning of work to earn the win.

Prato Matthews (2-0) didn't allow a hit in the final two innings, walking two and striking out two more for the Tigers.  Brian Oates threw five innings at the start, giving up five runs - four of which were earned - on seven hits and recording seven strikeouts. 

Jones finished 3-5 with three RBI and two runs scored for the Tigers, while Stosh Hoover and Dominick Robusto both scored three times.  Robusto also had two hits and three stolen bases for the Tigers.  Catchers Zach Fregosi and Steven Ramos - who came on in the sixth inning - both went 2-2 in the game.

Trinity and Southwestern will conclude the four-game series tomorrow at noon.  The Tigers can win their second SCAC series of the year and remain in first place in the SCAC West Division standings with a win.