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Tiger Baseball Edges Centenary to Advance to SCAC Final

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Georgetown, Texas - Trinity scored a dramatic 4-3 win in 11 innings over Centenary College on Saturday afternoon, earning a spot in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Championship.

The Tigers won for just the second time in six meetings against the Gents this season, who earned the tournament's top seed by taking four of five during the regular season.  Trinity improves to 35-7 on the season with the win.

With the Tigers trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Chris Bianchi sent a game-tying home run off the face of the scoreboard to send the game into extra innings.  The round-tripper was the first of the season for Bianchi, who went 3-4 in the game.

In the 11th, Christian Muscarello rapped a single to center field with two men out and two outs, vaulting Trinity into the conference final.  Muscarello was 3-6, and the game-winner was his only RBI of the day.

Kevin Clements was 2-4 as the Tiger offense had eight players collect 13 total hits.  That follows Trinity's record-breaking performance in a 21-1 win over Dallas yesterday.  In the win, Trinity finished with a tournament record 26 hits.

Trinity scored single runs in the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead over Centenary early in the game.  Centenary broke up the shutout with a suicide squeeze in the fifth, then tied the game in the sixth.  The Gents took their first lead of the ball game in the eighth, scoring an unearned run on a walk with the bases loaded.

Andrew Alig went 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits, and striking out five batters.  Michael Bentz and Ryan Gray finished off the game, with Gray earning his first win of the year.  Gray allowed just one hit over the final 2.1 innings, striking out three batters.

Trinity will face either Centenary or Dallas in tomorrow's final.  The Gents or Crusaders will have to win against the Tigers twice to secure the SCAC Championship.

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Alig

#21 Andrew Alig

P
5' 10"
Freshman
Michael Bentz

#43 Michael Bentz

P
6' 3"
Senior
Kevin Clements

#5 Kevin Clements

INF
5' 9"
Senior
Ryan Gray

#16 Ryan Gray

P
6' 4"
Freshman
Christian Muscarello

#3 Christian Muscarello

INF
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Andrew Alig

#21 Andrew Alig

5' 10"
Freshman
P
Michael Bentz

#43 Michael Bentz

6' 3"
Senior
P
Kevin Clements

#5 Kevin Clements

5' 9"
Senior
INF
Ryan Gray

#16 Ryan Gray

6' 4"
Freshman
P
Christian Muscarello

#3 Christian Muscarello

5' 10"
Junior
INF