Belton, Texas - The Trinity Tigers baseball team won its fourth straight game with a 16-5 non-conference victory over the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders Tuesday afternoon at Red Murff Field.
 
Trinity, ranked No. 20 by d3baseball.com, improved to 5-1. Mary Hardin-Baylor dropped to 0-5. The two teams will meet again March 1 at the Trinity Baseball Field.
 
Tiger senior catcher Kyle Felix (Woodside, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep) swatted his second home run in as many games. He hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and crossed the plate with senior right fielder Kevin Calbick (Burnaby British, Columbia/Burnaby South). Felix batted 2-5, with two RBI, two runs, and a double.
 
Trinity started off the game with a run in the top of the first, on an RBI double by junior designated hitter Nick Pappas (Los Angeles/Loyola). The Tigers added four runs in the second, keyed by Felix's homer. The Cru tightened the game a bit with  a two-run second inning.
 
But the Tigers took a 9-3 lead with one run in each of the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. The eighth inning was big as Trinity put four runs on the board. Sophomore first baseman Jonathan Hall (Kenilworth, Ill./New Trier) singled to center field for a two-run RBI. Hall, the SCAC Offensive Player of the Week, hit 2-5 with three RBI, and scored two runs.
 
Trinity scored three runs in the ninth, highlighted by a two-run double by first-year shortstop Christian Muscarello (Tuscon, Ariz./Catalina Foothills). Muscarello, who banged out two doubles, hit 2-4 with three RBI and three runs scored.
 
The batting champion of the game was first-year second baseman Nicholas Iacovella (Tampa, Fla./Jesuit) who was 5-5 at the plate, with an RBI, a double, while scoring three runs.
 
Junior right-hander Ben Klimesh (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) remained undefeated with a 2-0 record. Klimesh hurled seven innings and allowed three earned runs, six hits, three walks, and struck out nine Crusaders.
 
The Tigers scored 16 earned runs, blasted 21 hits, committed three errors, and left 12 players on base. Mary Hardin-Baylor had four earned runs, eight hits, one error, and stranded seven players.
 
Trinity travels to Alpine, Texas, for three non-conference games with Sul Ross Friday through Sunday.