MARSHALL, Texas – In a wild back and forth contest, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team's rally came up short, 15-13, against #1 Chapman University. ETBU is now 0-6 on the season.

Nick Deatherage (three RBI, HR), Dylan Singletary (three RBI, HR) and Samuel Rowland (RBI) led the way with three hits for ETBU. Ford Spigener (HR, three RBI), Brady Faulkner (RBI), and Will Kelley (two RBI) each had two hits in the game. Alan Underwood received the start going 3.1 innings allowing five runs on five hits. Erik Gipson took the loss allowing three runs on three hits. CU had a four-hit game from Aaron Wong while he and five other players would hit home runs in the game including two from Mack Cheli. Cody Turner started lasting only 1.2 innings allowing seven runs on six hits. Mitchell Briggs earned the win in relief for CU despite giving up three runs in two innings of work. Daniel Rubio (0.1), Alek Arellano (2.2), Julian Pokorny (0.2), Cole Godkin (1.0), Adrian Stover (0.1), and Zack Pierce (0.2) all saw action on the mound.
 
ETBU loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning and would grab two runs on an RBI fielder's choice by Kelley and an RBI groundout by Nick Deatherage. Strong defensive plays by ETBU ended CU's second inning threat. Spigener then connected on a three-run homer in the bottom of second inning to make it 5-0. Kelley and Deatherage followed to make it 7-0 on RBI singles.
 
The Panthers would break the shutout in the third with a pair of doubles to lead off the inning before Underwood held them in check. Yet, CU would creep back into the game with four runs in the fourth to trail 7-5. Arellano would stop the bleeding retiring seven straight hitters while both Rowland and Faulkner drove in runs to extend ETBU's lead to 9-5 through six innings.
 
CU would respond with a two-run homer in the seventh inning to trail 9-7 only for Dylan Singletary to get a run back with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame to make it, 10-7. But the game turned as the Panthers would put two runs in the eighth inning and six runs in the ninth to lead 15-10. The Tigers would get a pair of home runs in the bottom of the ninth by Deatherage and Singletary to make it 15-13, but that is as close as they would come to CU.
 
ETBU will travel to Bryan, Texas, for a neutral site game against #22 Texas Lutheran University on Tuesday. The first pitch will be at 6:00 PM.