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7
Millikin MILLIKIN 1-5
14
Winner Texas Lutheran TLU_BB 9-4
Millikin MILLIKIN
1-5
7
Final
14
Texas Lutheran TLU_BB
9-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Millikin MILLIKIN 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 7 10 4
Texas Lutheran TLU_BB 0 5 1 2 1 5 0 0 X 14 8 1

W: Hickey, Matthew (2-0) L: Lawrence, Evan (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

TLU Baseball rolls past Millikin 14-7 at Katt-Isbel

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran put up 14 runs on eight hits in a non-conference 14-7 home victory Saturday against Millikin (Ill.).

TLU won its second straight overall and second straight against Millikin, out of Decatur, Ill..

The Bulldogs are now 9-4 overall. Millikin dropped to 1-5. The Bulldogs and Big Blue play a final game in the series on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. at TLU's Katt-Isbel Field.

In Saturday's action, Cullen Motsinger (Houston/Cypress Ranch), Nick Gardoni (Salinas, Calif./Palma), Chad Curtis (Wollforth/Frenship), Trey Albaugh (Tomball/Concordia Lutheran), and Joe Jimenez (San Antonio/Johnson) each drove in a pair of runs.

Bulldog designated hitter Cole Irby (Buda/Hays) tied TLU Hall of Famer Aaron Crais's single-game school record for walks. Irby walked five times against Millikin. Crais walked five times in a 2006 American Southwest Conference playoff game against Austin College.

Irby scored three times, and Austin Colon (La Grange/La Grange) and Cameron Wilson (Katy/Morton Ranch) each scored twice.

Matthew Hickey (2-0) tossed 3-2/3 innings of two-hit baseball to get the win. Hickey (Houston/Klein Collins) struck out one and did not walk a batter.

TLU took advantage of four Millikin fielding errors. Seven of the 14 runs scored against Millikin were unearned.

 
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