San Antonio - The third-ranked Tiger baseball team earned an 8-2 victory over the Concordia (TX) University Tornados on Tuesday night.

Trinity improved its record to 24-5 this season, while Concordia dipped below .500 with a 14-15 overall record.  The Tigers took advantage of three Concordia errors to score four unearned runs.

Zack Speer improved his record to 4-0 this season, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits through 6.2 innings.  He did walk three batters, but recorded six strikeouts.  Troy Ward allowed one hit over 1.2 innings in relief, striking out four, and Theodore Turner finished off the final two outs for the Tiger pitching staff.

Trinity jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning, highlighted by a two-out single by Kevin Clements that drove in a pair of runs.  Concordia answered with a run of its own in the next half-inning, but the visitors would get no closer the rest of the game.  The Tigers added two runs in the sixth and eighth to pull away in the end.

Kelly Woodruff led the Trinity offense with three runs scored, going 2-4 with two doubles and one RBI in the game.  Clements also picked up a pair of hits, while Jeremy Wolf scored twice.  Connor Moore went 1-3 with one RBI and two stolen bases.

Trinity resumes Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Thursday evening, hosting Centenary College in the first of a two-game series.  The Tigers and Gents open at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, then finish the week with a Friday game that will start at 11:30 a.m.