'Roos Come Up Short Against LeTourneau
SHERMAN, Texas - Some early errors helped visiting LeTourneau build an early 6-1 lead and Austin College was unable to complete its comeback bid, falling 8-6 against the Jackets on Tuesday evening at Baker Field.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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LeTourneau
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2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
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Austin College
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
SHERMAN, Texas - Some early errors helped visiting LeTourneau build an early 6-1 lead and Austin College was unable to complete its comeback bid, falling 8-6 against the Jackets on Tuesday evening at Baker Field.
A wild pitch brought home the first run in the game's opening inning, and LeTourneau would extend the inning with a catcher's interference, resulting in an unearned run to make it 2-0 early. Austin College got one run back in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Hill, but two errors in the second opened the door for four runs and a 6-1 lead for LeTourneau. Walker Davis scored on an error in the bottom of the second to cut it to 6-2, and Scott Hosmer had a sacrifice fly in the third to make it 6-3.
LeTourneau added a run in the fourth and one more in the sixth to make it 8-3, but Jake Trapani doubled home a run and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 8-5 in the seventh, and Trapani would knock home one more run in the ninth to cut it to 8-6. However, that's as close as things would get and the Jackets would hold off the 'Roos.
Kurtis Gustafson took the loss for Austin College, surrendering six runs - only one earned - on three hits. Tripp Thoms went 2-for-3 with two runs scored to pace the 'Roos, while Dylan Cortes picked up the win in relief for LeTourneau.