A three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh by Alex Bishop and an insurance run in the eighth by UT Tyler spoiled a comeback by the LeTourneau University baseball team in the opening round game of the 2016 ASC Baseball Tournament Blue Bracket. The matchup was a rematch of the last two champions of the American Southwest Conference Tournament. The Patriots (26-15) tied the game in the sixth at 4, then a three-run blast by Bishop over the right-field wall put UT Tyler ahead 7-4. Bishop and the top five in the UT Tyler order accounted for nine of the 12 hits to support six-different pitchers in the win. LeTourneau (15-21) quickly found itself behind 3-0 in the first inning before scoring twice in the fifth and sixth inning to take a 4-3 lead. Sophomore Rayne Hobbs had three hits to lead an eight-hit attack for the YellowJackets. Freshman Andrew Harlan was the losing pitcher after allowing nine hits, seven runs (four earned) and striking out three in the loss to fall to 4-7. …show more content…
LeTourneau capitalized on a pair of defensive miscues by UT Tyler in the fifth to cut the deficit to one, 3-2. In the inning, senior Dylan Wadyko reached on a fielding error. Then, he moved to second on a LETU sacrifice bunt. Next, senior Sean Sellers reached on a wild pitch on strike three and Wadyko moved to third to put runners on the corners for senior Taylor Empkey. A bloop single by Empkey plated Wadyko for the first LETU run; then a fielder's choice by junior Kyle Jacobs brought in Sellers to make it a 3-2
Freshman Cody Crowder’s single put runners on the corners, and an error on a sacrifice bunt scored Zapata. Trinity then threw an error trying to turn a double play to allow another runner to score, and Guin’s two-out single put 11-0.
The YellowJackets (2-2) rallied from a two-run deficit with a three-run sixth inning to take the opener. LeTourneau had 12 hits including four from freshman Kennedi Dillow in the win. Junior Kayla Cosby came off the bench to pitch 3.1 innings of one-hit relief of starter junior Courtney Matulis to secure her first win at LETU.
Facing a two-run deficit, Haley Kodama had a two out, RBI double in the sixth to cut the deficit to 7-6. Then, the Wildcats added to their lead with two more runs in its half of the sixth inning for 9-6. In the seventh, Miller hit a two-run home run to make it a one-run game with none out. A fly out, strike out and line out ended the comeback
The Bruins got the run back in its half of the third to take a 3-1 lead. Again, Meyer was involved in the scoring for Pacific in the fourth inning. With two out, Von Ferguson (Everett, Wash.) was hit by a pitch, who would later come around to score when Meyer doubled to centerfield. With George Fox holding a 3-2 lead, the Burins added to their lead with a run each in the fifth, sixth and eighth inning en route to the 6-2
The Horned Frogs (28-19, 9-10) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Coby Boulware singled up the middle before stealing two bases. He scored on a groundout off the bat of Michael Landestoy.
He tossed another quality start for the team, one night after Brett Morales (Florida) near perfect game. The third inning produced two hits, one error and a passed ball on the third strike allowed the Winter Park to register two runs and prevented Raftery from earning the victory. However it could have been worse except for the fact the Diamond Dawgs ran themselves out of the inning. Daniel Woodrow (Creighton) rounded third and was caught in a run down. He ran out of the base line and the home plate umpire called him
The Indians would make the Cougars pay for the turnover, when THE LICKING COUNTY FAN PLAYER OF THE GAME,TYLER TOLEDO scored from four-yards out. The point after made this a 21-14 game, with 8:37 left.
With Centenary leading game two 10-8 in the top of the seventh, sophomore Kylie Bradley blasted the first pitch she saw over the leftfield fence. However, Grambling State answered with three runs of its own to tie the game. With one out, McKenzie Johnson homered and Kenyshae Beasley singled. She stole second and scored on Mercedes Williams double. Tia Coleman followed with the game-tying single, but did not advance past first after sophomore Mackenzie Stewart struck out the final two hitters.
The Lumberjacks scored one in the seventh thanks to an Anthony Corrado triple and sacrifice fly by John Aguirre, but four runs all scored with two outs in the run-ruled game. With two down, Wilkinson walked, stole second, and scored when Quintanilla reached on an error. He stole second and scored on Crowder’s RBI single. A walk and Zapata single scored the third run, and a fielding error allowed the final run to score in the game and push the lead to
This past weekend as the top seed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, the Gents beat Southwestern 6-4 on Friday before knocking off Trinity 5-3 on Saturday in the winner’s bracket final. In the championship, Centenary fell to Trinity 10-9 in the first game before knocking off the Tigers 13-3 in seven innings in the if necessary game.
With the season on the line, the seniors team had to win against St. Francis Xavier. Down by two baskets at the end of
Deacon Liput singled with one out in the second, bringing up Mike Rivera. Florida’s designated hitter watched a strike, stepped out of the box and gathered his composure. Carlton set from the stretch but let a changeup float high.
Hill led off the frame with a base hit and scored on Jackson Cramer's double to tie the game. Then Maryland intentionally walked Davis. Zarbnisky's single through the right side gave WVU a 5-4 lead. But the Mountaineers weren't done there. Jimmy Galusky's base hit through the left side scored Davis. With the bases loaded, Kyle Gray drew
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