San Antonio - The Tiger baseball team opened a two-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series against Centenary College with a 3-1 loss on Thursday night.

Trinity, which is ranked third in the latest D3Baseball.com national poll, fell to 24-6 on the season with the loss.  It marked the third loss in four meetings against the Gents this season, as Centenary beat the Tigers two out of three games in Shreveport, Louisiana, earlier this month.

Ryan Lucero (5-1) was charged with the loss after allowing three runs on five hits over 5.2 innings pitched.  It is the first loss suffered by Lucero since the 2011 season, and just his third career loss for the Tigers.  Lucero suffered just one bad inning, giving up three runs and four hits in the top of the sixth. 

Reliever Kyle Bogese shut down the Centenary offense, pitching the final 3.1 innings without allowing a hit, and striking out five batters.

The Tigers led early with a run in the second inning, but left eight runners on in the game, and couldn't answer after Centenary grabbed the lead.  Trinity left two runners on in both the sixth and eighth innings.

Will Donnan was 2-3 with a run scored, and both Donnan and Kevin Francke hit doubles in the game.  Christian Muscarello also had two hits for the Tigers.

Trinity and Centenary will finish off the regular season series tomorrow, with the opening pitch scheduled for 11:30 a.m.