Georgetown, Texas - The Trinity Tigers baseball team swept a weekend Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series with an 8-7 win over the Southwestern Pirates Sunday afternoon at Rockwell Field.

Trinity, which captured Saturday's doubleheader, upped its record to 12-4 and 6-2 SCAC. Southwestern dropped to 3-16 and 0-8 SCAC. The two teams will play a two-game series April 2-3 at E.M. Stevens Field.

The game started with the Tigers scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. Kyle Felix and Evan Jones each had extra-base hits that drove in runs. Trinity scored runs in the second and third innings as well to take a 4-0 lead.

Then, the game became a seesaw affair. Southwestern took the lead, with five runs on five hits in the bottom of the third inning; however, the Tigers evened it up with a run in the fourth inning. Trinity then led 6-5 after a Nick Pappas sacrifice fly in the seventh.

In the eighth, it was the Pirates' turn to take control, scoring two runs in the inning.

Trinity then took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth. Pappas doubled for the tying run, then Dominick Robusto was responsible for the eventual game-winning run, driving it home with a ground out to first base.

Jones, from Hillsborough, Calif. (Junipero Serra), batted 2-3 with one RBI, one run, two doubles (five for the season), and two walks. Felix, from Woodside, Calif. (Bellarmine College Prep),  hit 2-5, with one RBI, one run, a triple, and a double.  Pappas, from Los Angeles (Loyola), went 2-5 with two RBIs and a double. Robusto, from Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach), was 2-5 with two RBIs. Junior outfielder Dylan Early of Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica), batted 2-3, with a double.

Junior third baseman Kevin Jackson of Bellevue, Wash. (O'Dea), had an excellent performance, batting 3-4 with one RBI, two runs and a double.

All told, the Tigers accounted for seven doubles and a triple.

Sophomore right-hander Ben Klimesh of Wilmette, Ill. (New Trier), was the starter, the first of four pitchers for the Tigers. Senior right-hander Eric Binder of Burr Ridge, Ill. (Hinsdale Central), pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and earned his first victory of the season. Binder (1-0) allowed no runs, one hit, one walk, and fanned two batters.

Trinity, which won its fourth straight game, scored eight earned runs, swatted 15 hits, made two errors, and left eight players on base. Southwestern scored seven earned runs, collected 13 hits, committed no errors, and stranded 12 batters.

The Tigers return home to host DeSales (Pa.) in a two-game series Wednesday and Thursday. The starting time is 7 p.m. each day.