ALPINE, Texas – Opening up American Southwest Conference making a statement, #21/24 East Texas Baptist University had 31 hits and 35 runs in a double header sweep of Sul Ross State University. It was a 13-1 win in game one and then a 22-4 victory in game two. ETBU is now 4-4 on the year and 2-0 in the ASC.
Sayers Collins and
Cole Godkin each received a win combining for 16 strikeouts. Collins had nine in the first game and Godkin seven in the second.
Matthew Irwin recorded two strikeouts while
Hayden Robichaux had one.
ETBU recorded four home runs as
Ben Lea and
Brett Wagner each recorded two. There was also five doubles and 11 stolen bases.
Game 1
ETBU 13, SRSU 1
In the seven-inning game, Collins went five innings allowing just one earned run with nine strikeouts and one walk. Irwin came in and finished the final two innings recording two strikeouts along with no hits or runs allowed.
Wagner went 3-of-3 for seven RBI and two runs scored to lead the team.
Jordan Hara was then 3-of-3 with four runs scored and one RBI while Lea went 3-of-4 from one RBI.
Jacob Evangelista and
Parker Perez both had a RBI as Perez added two hits. ETBU recorded 15 hits with doubles from Perez and
Jase Jones and home runs by Wagner and Lea.
ETBU opened up with one run in the first inning when Perez doubled in a run. Six more runs came in the second inning with a Wagner two-run home run to make it 7-0. Wagner had a sac fly in the fourth for an 8-0 lead. SRSU scored their only run in the bottom of the fourth on a home run. In the fifth inning, Lea had his first home run of the series for a 9-1 advantage. Wagner finished off the scoring with a grand slam making it 13-1 for his seventh RBI of the game.
Game 2
ETBU 22, SRSU 4
Scoring in five of the nine innings, ETBU produced 22 runs on 16 hits for the 22-4 win. Godkin went six innings recording seven strikeouts giving up three earned runs and one walk. Robichaux went two innings with one strikeout and one hit and
Elijah Dyke finished with one earned run on one hit.
There were three doubles and one home run in the game as Evangelista,
Connor Massimini, and
Nick Massarini all had doubles. Lea hit his second home run of the series. Jones led the team going 3-of-5 with four RBI and two runs scored. Wagner finished with one hit from three RBI and three runs scored. Hara and
Austin Barry both had two hits for two RBI. Lea recorded one RBI on his home run.
Christopher Shay, Massimini and Massarini all had a RBI, too.
ETBU scored nine runs in the first two innings with six in the first and three in the second. Wagner singled in two runs and Lea homered from four of the six runs in the first inning. SRSU had two runs in the second to make it 9-2. ETBU then added two runs in the fifth for a 11-2 lead. SRSU made it 11-3 after the sixth but ETBU scored four in the eighth and seven in the ninth for 22 runs. SRSU did get one run in the ninth for the 22-4 final.
The final game of the series starts at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday in Alpine.
