San Antonio - The Tiger baseball team opened up a two-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series with an 8-3 win over the University of Dallas on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity and Dallas came into the game in second and third in the SCAC standings, and the Tigers increased their lead to two games to move to 12-5 in conference play.  Dallas falls to 16-18 overall and 10-7 in the SCAC.

The Tigers added single runs in the second, fifth, and sixth innings to take a 3-0 lead, but the Crusaders rallied with three runs in the seventh to tie the game.  Trinity answered quickly with four runs in the bottom of the inning, then added an extra insurance run in the eighth to cap the scoring.

Connor Moore and Kevin Clements had three hits each to lead the Tiger offensive attack, accounting for six of the team's 10 total hits.  Moore was 3-5 with one RBI, while Clements was 3-4 with one run and two RBI, and both players hit doubles.  Will Donnan and Kevin Francke both scored two runs.

Ryan Lucero improved to 7-1 this season, giving up three runs on nine hits through seven innings, and striking out four batters.  Michael Bentz finished the game with two shutout innings, allowing just one hit.  

Trinity and Dallas complete their regular season series with a single game tomorrow afternoon.  The Tigers have won each of the four previous meetings between the two teams this year, taking all three road games earlier this year.