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Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH 28-15
16
Winner East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX 35-11
Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH
28-15
6
Final
16
East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX
35-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 9 7
East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX 4 0 1 1 0 3 5 2 X 16 15 0

W: Godkin, Cole (6-2) L: C. Torres (7-4)

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Game Recap: Baseball |

#TIGERSWIN | BB | Strong Pitching, Hot Bats Guide ETBU to Opening Win in NCAA Tournament

MARSHALL, Texas – Scoring in seven of the eight innings played, #15/19 East Texas Baptist University opened up the NCAA Division III Marshall, Texas Regional Tournament with a 16-6 victory over California Lutheran University. ETBU moves to 35-11 on the year and stays in the winner's bracket of the tournament.
 
ETBU added to their home run total with three runs as Jacob Evangelista, Jordan Hara, and Jase Jones all had one. Five players had two or more hits as ETBU posted 15 hits on the day. Evangelista went 4-of-5 with two RBI and three runs scored. Jones followed with three hits and three RBI with three runs scored. Carson Wilson, Hara, and Ben Lea all had two hits. Wilson collected two RBI as Lea, Jake Miller, and Nick Massarini had one RBI.
 
Cole Godkin received the start going six innings for his sixth win of the year recording five strikeouts. He allowed just one hit and two earned runs. Jagger Neely followed going two innings with two strikeouts and one earned run while Ben Burroughs finished the final inning giving up three earned runs on four hits.
 
Down 2-0 after the top of the first inning, ETBU scored four runs and never looked back. The first run came on an Evangelista home run. Jones followed with a three-run home run to left field for a 4-2 lead. After not scoring in the second inning, ETBU had one run in the third and fourth inning for a 6-2 lead. Following a no-run fifth inning three runs came in the sixth inning with all three coming on errors.
 
CLU cut the lead to six, 9-3, in the top of the seventh but ETBU collected five runs in the bottom of the inning. Hara's three-run home run highlighted the five runs in the inning. Two more runs came in the eighth on a Miller sacrifice fly. Wilson finished off the scoring with a single as Massarini came in for the 16-3 lead. CLU scored three in the eighth and ninth innings for the final of 16-6.
 
ETBU will face Trinity University at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday for the chance to go to the Marshall, Texas, Regional Tournament Championship game.
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play CAL LUTH EAST TEX
CAL LUTH TOP 1st B. Durfee advanced to second on a wild pitch; K. Reuser advanced to third on a wild pitch; S. Blandino scored on a wild pitch. 1 0
CAL LUTH TOP 1st J. Quinn advanced to second on a wild pitch; B. Durfee advanced to third on a wild pitch; K. Reuser scored on a wild pitch. 2 0
EAST TEX BOT 1st J. Evangelis homered to left field, RBI. 2 1
EAST TEX BOT 1st J. Jones homered to left field, 3 RBI; B. Wagner scored; J. Hara scored. 2 4
EAST TEX BOT 3rd B. Wagner advanced to second on an error by 1b; B. Lea advanced to third on the throw, scored, unearned. 2 5
EAST TEX BOT 4th J. Hara singled up the middle, RBI; J. Evangelis scored. 2 6
EAST TEX BOT 6th J. Hara reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; C. Wilson advanced to second; J. Evangelis scored, advanced on an error by p, unearned. 2 7
EAST TEX BOT 6th B. Lea singled, advanced to second on an error by p, out at third lf to ss, RBI; J. Hara advanced to third, scored on an error by p; C. Wilson scored, unearned. 2 9
CAL LUTH TOP 7th S. Smith homered to center field, RBI. 3 9
EAST TEX BOT 7th J. Evangelis flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; N. Massarini advanced to third; J. Jones scored, unearned. 3 10
EAST TEX BOT 7th C. Wilson singled through the left side, RBI; J. Miller advanced to second; N. Massarini scored, unearned. 3 11
EAST TEX BOT 7th J. Hara homered to center field, unearned, 3 RBI; C. Wilson scored, unearned; J. Miller scored, unearned. 3 14
EAST TEX BOT 8th J. Miller lined out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; J. Jones scored. 3 15
EAST TEX BOT 8th C. Wilson singled through the left side, RBI; N. Chavez advanced to third; N. Massarini scored. 3 16
CAL LUTH TOP 9th J. Parks homered to center field, 2 RBI; N. Matsumoto scored. 5 16
CAL LUTH TOP 9th N. Nykaza homered to right center, RBI. 6 16

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