Box Score San Antonio -- The Trinity Tigers wrapped up their
regular-season home campaign with an 8-5 win over McMurry Tuesday
at the Trinity Baseball Field.
Trinity, which won its fifth straight game, improved to 26-8.
McMurry dropped to 8-20. Next Tuesday's home game with
Schreiner, originally scheduled to be played at Trinity, was
moved to Kerrville, Texas.
Tiger senior catcher Kyle Felix swatted his second home run in as
many games, a solo shot in the third inning. Felix broke the Tigers
all-time home run record during last Sunday's SCAC win over
Southwestern. He now has 32 round-trippers to his credit, including
nine this season.
Trinity opened the scoring with three runs in the second inning,
and then added one run in the third, courtesy of Felix's home run.
McMurry came to life with three runs in the top of the fourth, but
Trinity took a 5-3 lead with a run in the bottom half of the
inning. A McMurry solo home run in the fifth made the score 4-5.
The Tigers scored two runs in the sixth, and one in the seventh.
McMurry did add one run in the eighth, but the Tigers
prevailed.
Senior third baseman Dominick Robusto batted 3-4 with an RBI, and
scored two of the Tigers' runs. First-year shortstop Christian
Muscarello hit 3-5, and also scored two runs.
Noah Solomon, a senior right-hander, entered the game in the
fourth inning and took the win. Solomon (4-1) hurled 4 2/3 innings,
allowed two earned runs, three hits, two walks, and struck out four
batters. Senior right-hander Michael Panozzo, Trinity's fourth
pitcher of the game, worked the final inning and picked up the
save, his first of the season. Panozzo sent McMurry down 1-2-3 in
the ninth inning.
The Tigers runs were all earned. Trinity cracked 11 hits and made
one error. McMurry scored five earned runs, made seven hits, and
committed two errors.
Trinity travels to Jackson, Miss., for a three-game series with
Millsaps Saturday and Sunday. The Tigers (12-5 SCAC) are in first
place in the SCAC West, 1 1/2 games ahead of Millsaps.
The Tigers earlier qualified for the SCAC Championship Tournament
April 21-24 at Millington, Tenn.