San Antonio - The Tiger baseball team opened its 2012 season with a 6-2 victory in game one of a doubleheader against Schreiner University on Sunday afternoon.

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame member Jerry Grote (class of 2011). 

Trinity came back from an early deficits in the game, as Schreiner opened the game with a run in the first inning.  The Tigers answered quickly, though, with two runs of its own on a home run by Nick Pappas. 

After Schreiner tied the game 2-2 in the second, Trinity took the lead for good with its third run in the bottom of the inning.  The Tiger offense added three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.

As it turned out, the insurance runs weren't needed, as Trinity starter Ben Klimesh heated up in the middle innings.  He struck out the side in the fourth and the sixth innings, and finished up a complete-game five-hitter in the seven-inning game.  Klimesh struck out a total of 13 batters in the game, giving up just two runs (one earned) on five hits.

Kevin Clements joined Pappas with two RBI in the game, collecting two hits and scoring a run.  Christian Muscarello also drove in two runs, while Jonathan Hall scored a pair of runs. 

The win marked the third straight season that the Tigers opened the season in victory, with each of those coming against Schreiner.