Georgetown, Texas - The Tiger baseball team was swept in both games of a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Southwestern University on Friday, losing 6-2 and 9-7.

Trinity fell to 24-6 overall this season, suffering the first two conference losses of the season to move to 11-2.  It is also the first time this season that the Tigers have lost two consecutive games.

In the opening game, Southwestern jumped ahead 3-0 after the third inning, starting with two unearned runs in the second.  Trinity rallied with runs in the fourth and fifth to make it 3-2, but a three-run sixth inning put the Pirates in front by four runs.  All three runs were unearned in the sixth.

Michael Bentz (2-1) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits through 3.2 innings of work.  Tanner Barron came on with 2.1 innings of relief, allowing three unearned runs on three hits to finish the game. 

The Tigers were held to six hits in the game, and no player had more than one.  Kevin Francke cracked his second home run of the season in the game, which was the last run scored by Trinity.

Game two saw the Tigers jump out 2-0 after the first inning, taking their first lead of the day.  Trinity scored again in the fifth to make it 3-0, before Southwestern got on the board with a run in the bottom of the inning. 

In the sixth, the Pirates exploded for six runs on four hits to take command of the game.  Southwestern went up 9-3 with two more runs in the seventh.  Trinity's ninth-inning rally resulted in four runs to make it 9-7, but ultimately fell short. 

Nick Pappas led the offense with two doubles in the second game, while Christian Muscarello had two RBI - both of which came in the ninth.  Chris Bianchi had a pinch-hit double in the ninth that drove in two runs as well.  Kevin Clements picked up two hits in the second game.

Zack Speer gave up five runs on five hits through five-plus innings, and Trinity used a total of four pitchers in the sixth inning.  Nick Griffith gave up just two hits over the final two innings to finish the game.

Trinity and Southwestern will conclude their regular season series with a single game tomorrow afternoon.  Each team has won twice, with Saturday's game clinching the series between the conference rivals.