SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College baseball team fell 18-4 to visiting LeTourneau University on Tuesday, as the Jackets plated 12 runs in the third to blow things open and hand the 'Roos the loss. Austin College is now 0-3 overall on the year.

After a pair of scoreless innings, LeTourneau exploded for 12 runs in the third, with 10 of those runs coming after Austin College had already recorded two outs. In the next inning, the Jackets pushed five more runs across to make it 17-0, and Austin College was unable to bounce back. The 'Roos finally got on the board in the bottom of the sixth when Scott Hosmer scored on a wild pitch, and Ashton Milton would score on another wild pitch later in the frame. Brant Stuber launched a two-run homer to cap off the four run inning, making it 17-4 heading into the seventh. 

LeTourneau tacked on one more run in the seventh before both teams went scoreless over the eighth and ninth, making it an 18-4 final. Ryan Culp absorbed the loss for Austin College, surrendering eight runs on five hits in 2.2 innings of work. Seven different 'Roos picked up one hit apiece, with Stuber going 1-for-2 with two RBI, also drawing a walk in the game.