Orange, California - The Tiger baseball team opened up the 2013 season with a 7-1 victory at Chapman University on Thursday night, led by a pitching gem from senior Ryan Lucero.

Trinity (1-0) opened the game with a four-run first inning, which was all Lucero needed in what would turn out to be a masterful performance.  Lucero took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, and finished with 10 strikeouts and one unearned run.  

Chapman broke through with its only run of the game in that eighth inning, taking advantage of a pair of Tiger errors.  Trinity committed four errors in the game, but still pulled off the victory.

First-year Connor Moore opened the game with a single for Trinity, and eventually came around to score on a two-run single by Pat Hirschberg.  Kevin Clements also drove in a run in the first inning, and the final run of the frame was scored on a balk.

Lucero then struck out a pair of batters in the bottom of the inning, then pushed his total to eight strikeouts in the first five innings.  Colin Serkowski finished off the final 1.2 innings to finish off the team's victory, allowing no runs on just one hit.

The Tigers added a run in the sixth on a single by Will Donnan, then finished the scoring on a two-run home run in the ninth by Christian Muscarello.  

Trinity and Chapman will continue the season-opening three-game series tomorrow evening at Hart Park.  Friday's game will begin at 6:00 p.m., with Saturday's first pitch is set for noon.