Baseball prevails 4-3 over Southwestern in GM 4 of 2013 SCAC Championship Tournament

(Story courtesy of the Centenary College website)

GEORGETOWN, Texas - A two-out single in the bottom of the eighth by Jake Pierce snapped a 3-3 tie and the University of Dallas held on for a 4-3 victory over Southwestern University at Rockwell Field in the first elimination game of the tournament. 

In the bottom half of the eighth, Dallas got a one-out single to left field from Nico Caluda and Sterling Maness entered the game to run for him. Maness later stole second base and then scored on a single to left field by Pierce for what would become the game winning run.

Southwestern's Ross Meyer led all batters and went 3-for-3, with two RBI, a double, a stolen base, and scored. Jake Pierce led the Crusaders as he went 1-for-2, with a RBI, a walk, a hit by pitch, and scored twice. Chris Schierhorn picked up the win for Dallas, pitching 4.0 solid innings in relief of starter Joshua Crapps.

Dallas advances to play Austin College tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Southwestern finishes its season with a record of 3-38.