Box Score Tyler, Texas - The 16th-ranked Tiger
baseball suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday
afternoon, as Louisiana College broke a tie late to steal a 7-6
victory at the University of Texas-Tyler.
Trinity dropped to 4-1 overall this season, while Louisiana
College evened its record at 2-2 with the upset victory. The
Tigers did rally from a 6-1 deficit to tie the game in the seventh,
but the Wildcats squeaked a run across in the top of the eighth
that proved to be the difference.
Louisiana opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the second,
then following a Tiger run in the bottom of the inning, added two
more runs in the third to make it 4-1. After the Wildcats
pushed it to 6-1 in the fifth, Trinity began its comeback.
The rally started with a single run in the fifth, then hammered
out three more in the sixth to make it a one-run game. After
Drew Butler singled home the game-tying run in the seventh,
Louisiana scored on an infield single in the top half for the
eventual game-winning RBI.
Jose Santos led the Tiger offense with a 3-4 performance at the
plate, picking up two runs and three RBI in the game. Butler
and Jeremy Wolf had two hits each, while Austin Singer hit his
third home run of the season - a solo shot to lead off the
fifth.
Nick Griffith lasted just 3.2 innings as the Trinity starter,
allowing four runs on six hits. Michael Walker (1-1) was
charged with the loss, allowing three runs on five hits over 3.2
innings. Troy Nelson and Teddy Turner finished off the game,
and the duo allowed just one hit over the final 1.2 innings.
Trinity will finish off the weekend tomorrow afternoon, taking
on host University of Texas-Tyler. The Tigers defeated the
Patriots 9-7 in the 2015 season opener in San Antonio on February
6. Trinity returns home next weekend for a three-game
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series against the
University of Dallas.
