Baseball swept by No. 2 Trinity on Sunday
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University of Dallas baseball team dropped a 7-0 decision on Sunday afternoon to No. 2 Trinity University. Dallas was only outhit by one, but the Tigers were able to score in five of the eight innings they batted. The Crusaders have dropped the past nine.
GAME INFORMATION
Team Scores: University of Dallas (0), #2 Trinity University (7)
Team Records: Dallas (4-18, 0-3 SCAC), Trinity (20-4, 5-1 SCAC)
Pitching Decisions: W) Turner (3-1), L) Villanueva (0-2)
Trinity built an early 2-0 advantage through the first two innings. The Maroon and Gold got on the board with Drew Butler lifting a fly ball to left for a sacrifice fly. Connor Moore scored on the out. In the second frame, Andrew Waters doubled down the left field line to drive in Brody Fehmel.
The Crusaders were hitless through three innings, until freshman Thomas Martin (Vancouver, Wash.) singled up the middle to extend his hitting streak to four games. The starting right fielder has hit safely in five of the past six. Martin would advance to second with two outs on a wild pitch, but was left there on a swinging strikeout.
Other than that, UD's offense did not generate many opportunities. The best chance was in the top of the 7th when Martin and junior Zach San Roman (Miami, Fl.) led off the inning with consecutive singles. However, the next three batters went down in order, as the pair only advanced 90 feet on a one-out, groundout by junior JP Fasone (Englewood, Colo.).
At that juncture the scoreboard was 5-0 in favor of the second ranked team in D3baseball.com polls. The Tigers added another pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh on two bases-loaded walks.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- UD hits: Martin (2-for-4), San Roman (1-for-3), freshman Josh Abalos (Lewisville, Texas), and Fasone.
- Active hitting streaks: Martin (four games), San Roman (three games).
- Dallas was outhit by one. The visitors committed two errors.
- Senior Luciano Villanueva (San Antonio, Texas) made his second career start. Tossed five innings and allowed three runs (2 earned) on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
- Senior Brian Donely (Chicago, Ill.) threw two scoreless innings of relief. He walked two and struck out one.
- Trinity was led by Jeremy Wolf offensively with a 2-for-3 display, which included two doubles and a pair of runs-batted-in. Butler also had two ribbies and the tandem scored a run each.
- Waters also had a 2-for-3 day with both knocks counting for doubles. Five of TU's six hits were two-baggers.
- Moore and Fehmel scored twice each, and Moore swiped all three of Trinity's steals.
- Teddy Turner went seven shutout innings in the start. He pitched around five hits and walked none to go with six punch outs. Kevin Flores struck out the side to secure the sweep.
UP NEXT
Dallas seeks to salvage one victory on this season-long, 10-game road stint. The final matchup is nearby at QuckTrip Ballpark in Grand Prairie, Texas. Arlington Baptist College hosts UD on March 23 in a 6 p.m. start.