Belton, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team took
game one behind Chance Ryan's solid pitching performance, but a second
game comeback fell short as the Cru split a doubleheader with U.T.-Tyler
Saturday
in Belton. UMHB won 3-2 in game one before falling 5-4 in game two to
move to 3-5 on the season. The Patriots are 7-3 on the year following
the split.
UMHB scored three runs in the bottom of the
second inning to erase a 1-0 deficit in game one. Jake Ricketts walked
with the bases loaded to get the first run home and Zack Whiddon added a
two-run single to make it 3-1 Cru. The Patriots cut it to 3-2 on Jeff
Kosta's RBI single in the top of the fourth. U.T.-Tyler would then load
the bases in the top of the seventh, but Ryan struck out Tanner Sheets
looking to end the game. Ryan (1-0) scattered seven hits and struck out
eight in a complete-game win. Will Stafford had two of UMHB's seven hits
in the game. Jordan Marah took the loss for the Patriots to drop to
2-1. Cayden Cunniff and T.J. Martin had two hits apiece for U.T.-Tyler.
The
Patriots three-run sixth inning was too much for the Cru to overcome in
a 5-4 game two loss. UT-Tyler took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first,
but Chase Burrow's sacrifice fly and Garrett Webb's RBI single made it
2-1 UMHB after one inning, The Patriots tied the game in the fourth and
took a 5-2 lead with that three-run sixth. Jared Gobert's two-run single
was the biggest hit in that frame. Heath Spencer scored on Zack
Whiddon's groundout and Austin Greene scored on a wild pitch as the Cru
cut the lead to 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh, but Matt Sheppard and
Derek Miller set UMHB down in the eighth and ninth innings to preserve
the win. Nick Bergmann took the loss for the Cru to fall to 0-2. Chris
Florack and Robert Loewe led the UMHB offense with two hits apiece. Jack
Barkley earned the win for U.T.-Tyler and Miller notched his fifth
save. Kevan House had two of the Patriots seven hits in the game.
UMHB
will return to action with a three-game series at LeTourneau University
next weekend in Longview. The two teams will open the series with a
6:00 PM single game on Friday.
