San Antonio - Trinity's baseball team opened a three-game weekend series by sweeping both games of a Saturday doubleheader against the University of Dallas, winning 6-5 and 7-3.

The day opened in dramatic fashion, as the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to steal the narrow win.  The second game saw Trinity take a 3-0 lead after the first inning, and the Tigers never trailed in the finale.

The Tigers improved to 6-2 on the season with the two wins, while Dallas fell to 4-5 overall.  The opening win today also snapped a two-game losing streak for Trinity.

In game one, Trinity actually scored in each of the first three innings to take a 4-1 advantage, but the Crusaders added runs in the fourth and seventh to get to within one.  In the ninth, Dallas appeared to pull off the unlikely comeback, plating a pair of runs on two hits and a Tiger error.  

In the bottom of the inning, Austin Singer opened Trinity's rally with a leadoff single and a stolen base.  Connor Moore, seeing his first action of the season, promptly doubled home the tying run.  Moore then scored the game-winning run on a Dallas miscue.  The Crusaders attempted to pic Moore off of second, but the errant throw allowed Moore to come all the way around to win it for the Tigers.

Moore finished 3-4 with two runs and one RBI in his 2015 debut, leading the Trinity offensive attack.  Jose Santos also had a pair of hits, but no other Tiger player had more than one.  Moore's double was the only extra-base hit of the game for Trinity.

Zack Speer pitched into the ninth, but was relieved after an error put the leadoff runner aboard.  Speer finished with nine strikeouts in 8.0 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits.  Teddy Turner earned the victory, allowing a run on two hits in the ninth.

In game two, Trinity hammered out three runs on four hits, with Jeremy Wolf and Drew Butler both driving in runs.  Dallas did cut the lead to 3-2 with single runs in the fourth and sixth, but the Tigers scored twice in both the sixth and seventh to pull away.

Brody Fehmel cracked a two-run homer in the sixth, while Butler drove in another run in the seventh for the Tigers.  Fehmel finished 2-3 on the day, while Wolf and Carter McEachern had two hits each.  Colin Serkowski scored a pair of runs, drawing three walks and going 1-1 at the plate.

Trent Rape earned the Trinity victory, yielding three runs on seven hits, and striking out eight Dallas batters.  Matt Tindall pitched the final three innings to earn the save, striking out five without allowing a hit, and walking just one batter.

Trinity and Dallas finish off the series with a single game tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.  The Tigers will remain at home on Tuesday, hosting the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at 7:00 p.m.