San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team was able to hold on in a wild 8-7 victory over Texas Lutheran University in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, reaching Sunday's conference championship game.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, senior Pat Hirschberg knocked in the game-winning run with a long single to right-center field.  That hit kept Trinity from allowing the game to slip away despite what was a seven-run lead at one point.

After three scoreless innings to start the game, the Tigers got the offense going in the fourth, plating three runs to take the lead.  Trinity then added two runs in both the sixth and seventh to go ahead 7-0, and looked to be on its way to an easy victory.

Texas Lutheran had other plans, though, scoring seven runs in the final two innings to tie the game - including a three-run ninth that was highlighted by a two-run double by Keaton Bohrmann.  That rally set up the walk-off hit for Hirschberg in the bottom of the inning.

Hirschberg finished the game 3-4 with two doubles, two runs, and two RBI to pace the Tiger offense.  Austin Singer also had another solid day with two runs and three RBI, going 2-5 with a home run.  Connor Moore was 2-4 with two runs, as three of Trinity's top four batters in the lineup accounted for seven of the team's nine hits.

Trinity starter Zack Speer gave up one unearned run on four hits over seven innings of work, but had to settle for a no-decision.  Kevin Flores picked up the win to improve to 3-0 on the season, pitching the final 0.1 innings to finish off the ninth inning.

Trinity will have to wait to find out its opponent in tomorrow's SCAC final, which will depend on the rest of today's results.  The tournament continues with Centenary College and Southwestern University in an elimination game at 3:30 p.m.  The winner advances to tonight's game against Texas Lutheran at 7:00 p.m.