MARSHALL, Texas – As summer unfolds, so too does the East Texas Baptist University athletics Top 10 Individual Moments from the 2020-21 season. Each week ETBU athletics will release an individual moment from the top 10 list.
The first moment at #10 comes from the East Texas Baptist University baseball team is
Sayers Collins.
In a critical series against then American Southwest Conference leader Louisiana College, Collins had a key part in ETBU winning the series after falling in game one. After losing game one of the double header on Saturday, 4-2, ETBU bounced back with a 5-3 victory in game two. Collins came in and gave the Tigers a big boost pitching the final five innings. In those five innings, he shutout the Wildcats and struck out 11 batters to earn the win in relief. The next day (Sunday) in a single nine-inning game, he collected the save with four more strikeouts pitching 2.2 innings as the Tigers took the series from LC.
Earlier in the week, Collins would also have a two-inning shutout relief appearance against Centenary College. For the week, then, he pitched 9.2 no-hit innings with 18 strikeouts. His performance earned him both ASC Pitcher of the Week honors and a spot on the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
For the year, Collins would go 6-2 on the mound and posted a 2.66 ERA while striking out 68 batters. He was an All-ASC first team selection, on the ASC Gold Bracket All-Tournament team, and an ABCA and D3Baseball.com West All-Region member.
ETBU TOP 10 INDIVIDUAL MOMENTS | 2020-21
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Sayers Collins - Baseball | 15 strikeouts in 2 outings vs. LC with a win and a save
