Box Score San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team staged a
comeback win over Southwestern University on Sunday afternoon, and
senior Kyle Felix broke the school's career home run record.
Trinity (25-8, 12-5) gave up eight runs in the first two
innings, as Southwestern tried to avoid the weekend sweep in
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The Tigers
fought back with runs in each of the first seven innings to earn
the victory.
Kyle Felix crushed a fifth-inning solo home run to break a
four-way tie atop Trinity's record book. Felix was tied with
Doug Grigar (1996-99), Bo Edwards (1997-00), and current assistant
coach J.C. Bunch (1998-01). Bunch, who coaches third base
during games, was the first to congratulate the Tiger catcher on
his achievement as Felix rounded third. Felix was 2-4 with two runs
in the game, and his record-breaking homer also puts him seventh in
SCAC history for a career.
After a five-run first and a three-run second, Southwestern led
8-1 over the Tigers, and looked to be in control of the game.
Trinity scored three times in the bottom of the second, then took
advantage of three Pirate errors in the third to add three more
runs and make it a one-run game.
Trinity tied the game in the fourth, then scored two runs in
each of the next three innings to pull away in the end. The
Tigers finished with 16 hits, and scored five unearned runs off of
seven Southwestern errors.
In addition to Felix, five other Tiger hitters had multi-hit
days at the plate. Nick Pappas was 2-5 with two runs scored,
while Christian Muscarello was 2-6 with three runs.
Kevin Jackson led all Trinity players with three hits, going 3-5
with two runs and two RBI. Dominick Robusto reached base five
times in the game, going 2-2 with two runs scored, and drawing
three walks.
Dylan Early was 2-5 with two RBI, with his leadoff home run in
the fifth giving Trinity its first lead of the ball game.
Michael Bentz (2-2) came on in relief in the second inning, and
enjoyed his best outing of the year. He went 7.1 innings,
giving up just six hits and striking out eight batters. Most
importantly, he held Southwestern scoreless over the final seven
innings, putting the offense in position to complete the
comeback.
Trinity will face McMurry University in a non-conference game on
Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. The Tigers will be on the road
this weekend, taking on Millsaps in a three-game SCAC series.