SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs gave new Head Coach Rick Heines his first win (in his first game) as head baseball coach of the Bulldogs.
TLU rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Schreiner Mountaineers, Saturday night at TLU's Katt-Isbel Field. The Bulldogs are 1-0 with the non-conference win. Schreiner is 0-1.
Hickey struck out five and worked around three walks.
The Bulldogs led 4-1 after four innings and added a pair of runs in the sixth and four runs in the eighth.
Brendan Beard picked up his first career save with three scoreless innings of relief. He struck out four.
TLU and Schreiner play a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday at the Bulldogs' Katt-Isbel Field.
All three games of the series are non-conference games, although both TLU and Schreiner are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs and Mountaineers play their conference series April 23-24 in Kerrville, Texas.