-Tim Clark, TLU Sports Information
(Seguin) – The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs posted their 10th win in 12 games with a 12-3 non-conference victory Tuesday night over Mary Hardin-Baylor.
At TLU’s Katt-Isbel Field, Randy Huerta homered, went 3-for-4, and drove in three. Huerta, the Bulldogs’ third baseman, hit a two-run home run to right field in the sixth and had an RBI single in the seventh.
The Bulldogs improved to 17-8 overall. UMHB fell to 13-14. TLU swept the home-and-home regular-season series with the Crusaders.
Caleb Maly was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, and Tyler Post added two hits and three RBI.
Austin Colon drove in a pair of runs and scored a run, and Cullen Motsinger scored twice and had a hit.
Alex Cornman walked four times, and Motsinger was issued three walks. Collin Docker also walked three times. UMHB pitching walked 14 Bulldogs.
Jonathan Hampton, a freshman right-hander in his first varsity appearance, picked up the victory with two scoreless innings to start the game. He struck out one and did not walk a batter.
The Bulldogs used seven different pitchers for the mid-week game. Blade Strzelczyk struck out the side in the ninth.
Due to the weather forecast for the Seguin area on Friday, TLU’s weekend series with Southwestern University has been moved to Saturday and Sunday from the original Friday-Saturday schedule.
TLU and Southwestern will play a noon doubleheader on Saturday. The series will conclude with a single game Sunday. The Sunday contest also will start at noon.
All three games will be played at TLU’s Katt-Isbel Field and will have live video and live stats on tlubulldogs.com.
In addition to the changes for the TLU-Southwestern series, TLU will play Trinity University, instead of Concordia Texas, on Tuesday, April 20.
The non-conference game with Trinity will start at 6 p.m. at TLU’s Katt-Isbel Field. That game also will have live video and live stats on tlubulldogs.com.