SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Five

SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Five

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After mother nature rolled through last week, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball teams got back on track, posting a cumulative record of 11-6.

After falling in a series against UT-Tyler last week, Texas Lutheran University bounced back to sweep a series against McMurry University. The Bulldogs moved to 12-3 with the wins.

Trinity University earned its first loss of the season to MIT on Friday, but rebounded to win the series against the Engineers with victories on Saturday and Sunday. The Tiger also earned a win earlier in the week against Mary Hardin-Baylor. Trinity is now 8-1 on the season. 

The University of Dallas went 2-1 against Texas Wesleyan University, earning wins in the first two games of the series, but falling in the final contest 5-4 in 11 innings.

The Mountaineers of Schreiner University earned a series win against Dallas Christian at home, including a huge 13-1 victory in the first game of the series.

Austin College collected the final win of the week for SCAC programs, defeating Sul Ross State in the second contest of a three-game series.

This Week's Leaders:

*Batting Average (.615): Oscar Gonzalez Austin College (8-13)
Hits (8): Austin Dudley, Austin College; Oscar Gonzalez, Austin College
Runs Scored (6): Logan Morrison, Trinity
Doubles (3): Austin Contreras, Schreiner; Josh Gilliam, Schreiner; Eric Rabinowitz, Texas Lutheran
Triples (1): Ben Benavides, Schreiner; Keaton Boysen, Texas Lutheran; Austin Dudley, Austin College; Hudson Valenti, Schreiner; Cameron Wilson, Texas Lutheran
Home Runs (1): Rafe Chaumette, Trinity; Michael Davis, Trinity; Josh Gilliam, Schriener; Brent Taff, Austin College; Jeffrey Williams, Schreiner
Runs Batted In (10): Austin Contreras, Schreiner
Steals (3): Riley Schaefer, Texas Lutheran; Jordan Stickler, Dallas

Innings Pitched (14.0): Kolby Kitchens, Schreiner
Strikeouts (17): Kevin Flores, Trinity
Wins (1): 11 tied
+Earned Run Average (0.00): Kyle Baird, Schreiner (9.0 IP); Conrad Voss, Dallas (6.0 IP); James Nittoli, Trinity (5.0 IP)

*minimum of 2.5 plate appearances per game
+minimum of 1.0 innings pitched per team game

For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's action, click below: 

This Week's Results:

Date Away Home Status Links
February
Mon. 26 LeTourneau 18 Schreiner 10 Final
Tue. 27 Trinity (Tex.) 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor 6 Final
  Texas-Tyler   Centenary (La.)   Postponed
 
March
Fri. 2 Dallas Christian 1 Schreiner 13 Final
  MIT 10 Trinity (Tex.) 3 Final
  Austin College 3 Sul Ross St. 8 Final
  McMurry 2 Texas Lutheran 5 Final
Sat. 3 Dallas Christian 6 Schreiner 2 Final
  Dallas 5 Texas Wesleyan 4 Final - 7 innings
  Austin College 9 Sul Ross St. 3 Final
  MIT 3 Trinity (Tex.) 7 Final
  McMurry 1 Texas Lutheran 6 Final
  Dallas 4 Texas Wesleyan 2 Final - 7 innings
  Austin College 8 Sul Ross St. 15 Final - 8 innings
  Dallas Christian 1 Schreiner 2 Final
  McMurry 9 Texas Lutheran 17 Final
Sun. 4 MIT 5 Trinity (Tex.) 11 Final
  Dallas 4 Texas Wesleyan 5 Final - 11 innings

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