Baseball
 

May 14, 2008

Tigers Start Regionals With Win Over George Fox

Abilene, Texas - Trinity's baseball team opened its part of the NCAA West Regional Tournament with an 8-1 win over George Fox University on Wednesday afternoon at Walt Driggers Field.

Trinity (33-13) was led by a dominating outing by left-handed starter Evan Bronson, as well as a multi-homer game from first-year Dylan Early.

Bronson struck out 10 in a complete-game victory, giving up just one run on six hits for the Tigers.  Bronson walked just one, and became just the sixth player in Trinity history to strikeout 100 or more batters in a season.  The junior lefty now has 102 strikeouts on the year, which is fourth in single season history.

Early went 2-3 with two runs and four RBI, cracking the first two home runs of his collegiate career.  Early hit a two-run shot in the second to make it 4-0 Trinity, then ripped another two-run round-tripper in the eighth inning.

Trinity opened the game with a run in the first, then added three in the second after Early's first dinger.  George Fox scored its only run in the bottom of the sixth, but a Tiger double play cut short any further rally.  Early's second homer made it 6-1, then Trinity added two more insurance runs in the ninth to finish the scoring.

Jeff Claydon went 3-4 for the Tigers, while Jordan Pennington was 2-4 with a double.  Both Claydon and Pennington had one run and one RBI in the game, while Stosh Hoover added two runs. 

Kyle Felix was 2-3 with two runs and one RBI, reaching base four times total for Trinity.  Evan Jones also had two hits, and is still hitting over .400 this season.

Trinity will take on the winner of tonight's final game of the opening day, which will be either hosting McMurry University or Cal State-East Bay.