Conway, Arkansas - Trinity's baseball team won 5-4 and 10-9 to sweep a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader from Hendrix College on Saturday, and pitcher Ben Klimesh broke the school record for career wins.

The Tigers increased their lead in the SCAC West Division over second-place Hendrix, improving the cushion to four full games.  Trinity now stands 28-6 overall, and 14-2 in SCAC play.

Klimesh earned the complete-game victory in the opening game for his 29th career win.  That breaks a tie with Trinity Hall of Famer Mickey Mahler (1971-74) for the all-time Tiger record for a career.  Klimesh is 11-1 this season, allowing four runs - only three earned - on five hits, and striking out four batters. 

Hendrix took the early lead with an unearned run in the second inning, but Trinity scored one in the fourth and two more in the fifth to pull ahead 3-1.  The Warriors staged a crucial two-out rally in the bottom of the fifth, though, scoring three runs to take a 4-3 lead in the seven-inning game.

After Trinity stranded a one-out double in the sixth, the Tigers were down to just three outs.  Trinity moved runners to second and third in the seventh, but were down to the final out when Pat Hirschberg delivered a two-run single that turned out to be the game-winner. 

Hendrix made a final comeback bid in the seventh, putting runners on the corners with just one out, but a line drive double play ended the rally, and gave the Tigers a victory.

The Warriors struck first again with a run in the first inning of game two, but Trinity responded with five unanswered runs to go up 5-1.  Hendrix rallied in the fourth with three runs to make it 5-4, but Trinity held off the home team throughout the game.

The Tigers added two more runs in the fifth to make it 7-4, and after another score in the top of the seventh, Hendrix again cut the lead to just one (8-7) with another three-run inning.  Both teams scored single runs in the eighth and ninth, and the Tigers held on in the end.

Michael Bentz (4-1) took the win in relief in game two, though he did allow three runs on four hits through 2.2 innings.  Zack Speer gave up a run on two hits over the final two innings, but earned his first career save. 

Kevin Francke was 3-3 with two runs and four RBI in the second game, while Kevin Clements also contributed three of Trinity's 14 total hits.  Kelly Woodruff and Dominick Robusto had two hits each, while Robusto also drove in two runs.  Nick Pappas scored twice in Saturday's finale.

Hirschberg was 2-3 with three runs and one RBI in the second game, which followed his two hits and two RBI in game one.

In the opener, Clements collected a pair of RBI, while Woodruff and Christian Muscarello were both 2-3 with a run scored.

Trinity and Hendrix are scheduled to complete their regular season series tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m.  The Tigers travel to Schreiner for the final road game of the regular season on Tuesday afternoon.