MARSHALL, Texas - Competing against conference rival LeTourneau University in a pair of non-conference doubleheaders, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team split the games winning game one, 9-0, and dropping game two, 10-7. ETBU is now 3-2 overall heading into this weekend's American Southwest Conference series with #21 Concordia-Texas.

Game one saw ETBU's bats erupt for five home runs on their way to a 9-0 victory. Colson Sledge's three RBI led the way for ETBU while Charles Gordon (2-of-4), Jake Miller, Will Kelley, Zach McAdams, and Cameron Neel would homer for ETBU. Four Tigers would combine for 13 strikeouts and two hits in the shutout. Isaiah Alvarenga (2.0 IP, two K) started the contest while Jacob Sherman's three scoreless innings with five strikeouts gave him the win. Blaine Parker and Sayers Collins would each strike out the side in the game.

Game two saw LETU overcome a five-run deficit to win 10-7 in the seventh inning. Austin Barry (two RBI) and Christopher Robinson (three RBI) would have a home run each in the game while Kelley, Miller, and Neal would also have a hit in the game. With 10 pitchers used, Collins took the loss going a third of an inning while giving up the go-ahead runs.
 

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Game 1: ETBU 9, LETU 0 (7 Inn.)
Alvarenga hit the first batter of the game, but then retired the next six hitters. Gordon would then give ETBU a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first with his first career home run. ETBU loaded the bases in the bottom of the second inning when Sledge would clear the bases with an RBI double to lead 4-0. One inning later, Wilson drove in Gordon to lead 5-0 after three.

While Sherman would keep the LETU bats quiet for the third-fifth innings, ETBU had a solo homer from Miller in the fifth. Then, in the bottom of the sixth, ETBU would hit back-to-back-to-back home runs from Kelley, McAdams, and Neel to start the inning. Collins would come in to strike out the side and finish the game winning, 9-0.
 

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Game 2: LETU 10, ETBU 7 (7 Inn.)
After a scoreless first that saw ETBU leave two runners on, the Yellow Jackets would get their first run of the day on a two-out single in the top of the second. ETBU would answer in the bottom of the inning with two runs as Chris Robinson dropped down a sacrifice bunt to score McAdams while Neel would single and score on two wild pitches. Pierce would enter the game in the top of third inning to pick up a double play and keep the lead intact.

LETU would answer with a solo homer in the top of the fourth to tie the game. That would change in the bottom of the fourth when Barry would step up swatting a two-run home run for a two-run lead, 4-2. Arellano and Godkin would hold down the Yellow Jackets in the fifth and sixth innings. In the sixth, Samuel Rowland scored on a wild pitch while Robinson would add more insurance runs with a two-run shot to left field extending ETBU's lead to five, 7-2. Unfortunately, the Yellow Jackets would put together an eight-run rally in the top of the seventh inning and hold the lead in the bottom to preserve the win and split.

ETBU will begin ASC play this Saturday and Sunday as they will travel to Concordia to face off with the Tornadoes.