San Antonio - The 10th-ranked Trinity Tigers opened a two-game Division III series with a 12-4 victory over the DeSales Bulldogs Wednesday night at the Trinity Baseball Field.
 
Trinity (16-2) and DeSales (3-2) will next play a single game at 7 p.m. Thursday.
 
The Tigers scored all of their runs in the first six innings, highlighted by three runs in each of the second and fifth stanzas, collecting nine hits along the way.
 
Trinity's 13 total hits were spread among 10 players. Sophomore first baseman Jonathan Hall batted 2-2, picked up two walks, smashed a triple, and scored two runs. Senior outfielder Kevin Jackson hit 2-3 with an RBI and two runs. Kevin Calbick, a senior outfielder, went 2-4 with one RBI and one run.
 
Sophomore left-hander Ryan Lucero (4-1) was the pitcher of record, and hurled for 5 2/3 innings. Lucero, who did not allow an earned run, yielded only four hits, three walks, and fanned seven batters.
 
The Bulldogs scattered  five hits, and did not score an earned run. DeSales committed three errors, and the Tigers made two.