Baseball swept at No. 8 Centenary
SHREVEPORT, La. – The University of Dallas baseball team fell 8-0 on Sunday to No. 8 Centenary College. The Gents sweep lifted the ranked top 10 team to 16 straight wins and they remain unbeaten in conference. Dallas dropped its third in a row, being blanked consecutive games.
GAME INFORMATION
Team Scores: University of Dallas (0), Centenary College (8)
Team Records: Dallas (8-18, 2-7 SCAC), Centenary (23-3, 9-0 SCAC)
Pitcher of Record: W) Allen (3-2), L) Felchak (1-3)
STAT NOTABLES
- Mark Peterson (Cincinnati, Ohio) notched half of the team's total hits with a 2-for-4 day.
- Seth Hanson (Apache Junction, Ariz.) recorded the lone extra base hit of the game with a double. The knock gave him a four-game hitting streak.
- Jordan Stickler (Grand Rapids, Mich.) went hitless to end his five-game streak, but did draw a pair of walks to keep his on-base stretch alive at 17 in a row. The team leader in stolen bases snagged a career-high (3).
- Dallas accumulated four steals altogether, and kept its opposition to one after allowing nine combined in Saturday's twinbill.
- Eric Felchak (The Woodlands, Texas) started and allowed three runs on five hits. He walked and struck out three while going three innings.
- Abraham Griesbauer (Troy, Mo.) tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. He was the only Crusader pitcher to not give up a run.
- Centenary banged out 13 hits. Eight starters collected a knock, and all starters reached base.
- Michael Schimpf was perfect at the plate (2-2) and reached every time thanks to an additional pair of walks. Ian Graham and he had two RBI apiece.
- Jackie Allen threw eight innings of shutout baseball in the start. He worked around four hits and five walks, while striking out six.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Unlike Saturday, the Gents did not rely on a huge inning to pull away in this one. Regardless, the advantage ballooned as a couple runs throughout the game extended the margin beyond reach for Dallas.
A run in the second broke the scoreless game for the home squad. The Crusaders had escaped the first with bases loaded to keep it 0-0, but then Cole Lavergne singled to left field to start the bottom of the second. He advanced on consecutive wild pitches before Andrew Russell walked. Cameron Guin drove Lavergne in on a bunt single to the pitcher.
In the third, Dallas placed more than a runner on base for the first time in the contest. Stickler drew a two-out walk and stole second. He sneaked over to take third as Hanson walked, but a foul out to first ended the frame. When it was Centenary's turn, Schimpf scored on a Chris Zapata triple to right field. He scored when the next hitter, Graham, grounded out to short.
The Gents doubled the lead in the fifth to make it 6-0. After scoring twice already, Russell punched an RBI-double for the third straight batter to earn a ribbie and complete the scoring that inning. Two more runs in the eighth rounded out the final result.
UP NEXT
Dallas has a single home game to break up a stretch of nine away. The non-conference matchup is versus Dallas Christian College on Wednesday at 3 p.m. After that, the Crusaders take a break from SCAC play with a three-game series at LeTourneau University on April 1-2.