MARSHALL, Texas – Taking all three games from Pacific University, no. 10/22 East Texas Baptist University moved to 9-7 on the year with a 5-3 win over the Boxers. ETBU has now won six in a row and is 8-1 at home.
 
Tyler Bogusz went innings for the win, improving to 2-0. He collected two strikeouts, allowing two earned runs on four hits, and shut out the Boxers in the first seven innings. He retired the side in the first, fourth, fifth, and seventh innings as Nolan Bushko earned the save. Trip Barron started the ninth, giving up one earned run and two hits before Bushko faced two batters to get the final out.
 
Nicolas Chavez went 2-of-3 with three RBI as Carson Livesay and Luke Bumpus both had two hits. Ben Lea and Bumpus also recorded a RBI with doubles.
 
Lea started the game with a double to right center field, bringing in Luke Finn for the 1-0 lead in the first inning. Bumpus followed with a triple to left field as Lea scored, making it 2-0. In the sixth inning, Chavez had an infield single, scoring Bumpus moving the score to 3-0. In the seventh inning, Chavez earned two more RBI on a single to right field as both Lea and Livesay came in for a 5-0 lead. PU scored two in the eighth and one in the ninth before Bushko ended their rally for the win.
 
ETBU plays next on March 14-15 in Arkansas at Lyon College.