SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran bounced back from a conference-opening home loss Friday night against Schreiner University by posting 8-0 and 6-1 wins over the Mountaineers Saturday afternoon. 

Ranked 17th in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association poll, TLU improved to 17-4 overall and 2-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. 

SU dropped to 10-13 overall and 1-2 in conference play.

TLU started the day with a four-hit complete-game shutout from redshirt junior Nathan Malinovsky (New Braunfels/New Braunfels). In the nine-inning contest, Malinovsky struck out seven and walked one. He improved to 4-1 with the win. 
 
Five different Bulldogs drove in runs in the early game. Riley Schaefer (Thorndale/Thorndale) went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, and Thomas Varner (Austin/Bowie) drove in three. 

Right fielder Andrew Whitten (Houston/Spring Woods) went 2-for-3 and plated a run for the Bulldogs. 

In the second contest, TLU led 3-1 entering the fifth inning before erupting for three in the sixth. The Bulldogs produced 12 total hits in the 6-1 victory.

Matthew Lemon (Caldwell/Caldwell) drove in two and went 3-for-4. He also had a double. Ben Marvin (Kingwood/Kingwood), Schaefer and Varner each drove in runs for TLU. 

Eric Rabinowitz (Schertz/Clemens) scored two times and collected two hits. Schaefer produced two more runs and three more hits.  

Freshmen right-hander Zach Perry grabbed his first save after three innings of relief. Perry struck out three. 

Jacob Wieder (Houston/Klein Collins) saw his first pitching win of the season, striking out one and scattering four hits. 

TLU's next three games are set for next Friday and Saturday at Katt-Isbel Field. TLU will host University of Chicago in a three-game non-conference series. Live stats and video will be able on tlubulldogs.com.