Posted: May 07, 2022
CLEBURNE, Texas - Centenary will head to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball championships for the fourth time in program history, and first time since 2018 after a 12-8 victory over Trinity Saturday afternoon at the Depot at Cleburne Station at the 2022 SCAC Baseball Tournament. Official Website l Tournament Stats l Photo Gallery | Postgame Interview
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The scoring opened in the visiting half of the third inning when Brady Robinson singled in Noah Koehmstedt to give the Gents a 1-0 lead.
- Centenary got a pair of runs in the fourth, its first multi-run inning of the tournament after a throwing error led to Zachery Van Gorkom and Gary Hewitt crossed the plate to extend the Gents lead.
- Ben Bridges blasted his sixth home run of the season in the top half of fifth to give Centenary a 4-0 lead.
- Trinity finally got on the board in the sixth after leaving seven runners on in the previous five innings when Christian Holloway collected his first hit of the weekend, driving in Jack Vonderhaar and Brian Schaub. MJ Metz collected his fourth RBI of the tournament with a double down the left field line, scoring Michael Montrezza to get the Tigers within one, 4-3.
- Centenary immediately responded to the Tiger flurry of runs by posting four in the top of the seventh beginning with Robinson knocking in Tyler Welch for his second RBI of the afternoon. Julien DeLeon came through with a pitch hit two RBI double and then Cole Collins closed out the four run seventh for the Gents with a RBI single to left center.
- Both teams traded runs in the eighth and then combined to score seven in the ninth. Centenary extended its lead to 12-4 after Gary Hewitt doubled to right center scoring Cole Collins. Tyler Welch picked up his fourth hit of the day to score Hewitt and then a balk plated Koehmstedt. Trinity didn’t go away quietly in the bottom of the ninth as Tyler Pettit, Holloway, Ezra Gore were all credited with an RBI and Metz scored on a wild pitch, but Barrett Keene came in to secure the save for the Gents.
CENTENARY COLLEGE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Tyler Welch: 4-5, 1 RBI, 1 run, 1 triple
- Brady Robinson: 2-5, 3 RBI, 1 run
- Ben Bridges: 2-5, 2 runs, 1 HR, 1 RBI
- Noah Koehmstedt: 1-4, 3 runs
- Gary Hewitt: 1-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI
- Parker Primeaux (WP): 6.0 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 5 Ks
TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Jack Wisnieswski: 4-6, 1 RBI
- Jack Vonderhaar: 3-5, 2 runs
- Christian Holloway: 2-4, 3 RBI, 1 run
- Tyler Pettit: 2-4, 1 RBI
- Samuel Conte: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks
NOTABLES
- With the win, Centenary moves into the SCAC Championship game for the first time since 2018 and fourth time in program history.
- Today marked the 13th meeting between Centenary and Trinity at the SCAC Tournament. Centenary is now 5-8 with its last victory coming against the Tigers back in 2018 prior to today’s matchup.
- Since the tournament went to a four-team format in 2014, the team that has won Game 3 to advance to the championship round has won five of the last seven championships.
- Trinity, which finished the game with 18 hits, falls to 11-1 on the year when pounding out 15 or more hits in a game.
- Parker Primeaux improved to 9-4 on the season after allowing just three runs in six innings of work and striking out five. Primeaux, who also earned the save in last night's win over TLU, now has 13 career strikeouts at the SCAC Tournament in 14 innings of work over the last two years with four total appearances .
UP NEXT
Centenary advances to championship round and will play for the SCAC title tomorrow with first pitch set for Noon CT. As the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament, the Gents will have two chances to win the league crown on Sunday.
