Sherman, Texas - The Tiger baseball team began a two-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series with a 7-1 win over Austin College on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (18-3, 7-0 SCAC) fell behind early in the game, as Austin made a bid for the upset over the third-ranked Tigers.  The 'Roos knocked in a run in the second inning to take the 1-0 lead, which held up until the top of the sixth.

The Trinity offense was held to just two hits through the first four innings, then left the bases loaded after three hits in the fifth.  The Tigers finally broke through in the sixth, scoring three runs on a pair of hits, two hit batters, and a base on balls. 

The Tigers added another run in the seventh to go up 4-1, then tacked on three insurance runs in the ninth.

The three-run sixth inning was all Trinity starter Ben Klimesh needed, though, as he gave up just one run on five hits through eight innings of work.  Klimesh move to 8-0 this season, striking out 14 batters in the game.  Michael Bentz retired the side in order in the ninth to finish off the victory.

Dominick Robusto paced the Tiger offense with a 3-4 performance at the plate, scoring once, and driving home two more runs.  Nick Pappas also had three hits and two RBI, while Kevin Clements scored three runs in the game.

Trinity and Austin will finish off the series with a single game tomorrow afternoon.  The Tigers return home for a three-game series with the University of Dallas next weekend.  Prior to that SCAC series, though, the Tigers will take on Texas Lutheran University on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.