Box Score 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.