San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team hammered out 21 hits in an 18-10 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win over Southwestern University on Friday evening at E.M. Stevens Field.

Trinity (22-7, 10-4 SCAC) scored in all but one inning of the game, opening up a 9-0 lead after the first two frames. 

Southwestern got on the board with a pair of runs in the third, but the Tigers answered with two more runs of its own to keep it a nine-run advantage for the home team.  In the top of the fourth, though, Southwestern was right back in the game after scoring six runs on five hits to cut the Tiger lead to 11-8. 

After a scoreless fourth, the Tigers pushed across seven runs over the next four innings to pull away.  The Tigers also turned four double plays on defense to help hold Southwestern to just two runs over the final five innings.  Trinity had five home runs in the game offensively, and every starting player recorded at least one hit. 

Five different players had three hits in the game for the Tigers.  Leading hitter Evan Jones was 3-5 with four runs and three RBI, hitting his team-leading eighth homer of the year - a three-run shot to spark a seven-run first inning.

Kevin Jackson was 3-5 with three runs scored, while Kevin Calbick was 3-5 with two runs and three RBI.  Nick Pappas was 3-6 with a pair of runs, and Kevin Francke was 3-6 with three runs scored.  Pappas and Jackson each had homers in the game.

Chris Walden became the first player this season to hit two home runs in the same game, smashing a pair of opposite-field home runs for the Tigers.

Clint Robertson (1-1) earned the win in relief for the Tigers, giving up one run on six hits over the final four innings.  Robertson walked just one batter and recorded five strikeouts.  Ryan Lucero made his first start of the season, giving up three earned runs - seven total - on five hits in the first 3.2 innings.

Trinity and Southwestern conclude their regular season series with a single game tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m.