BROWNWOOD, Texas -- #RV Texas Lutheran Baseball exploded with a trio of big innings and rolled to a 13-1 win in seven innings over Howard Payne on Tuesday at Don Shepard Park in Brownwood.
The Bulldogs (15-6, 8-4 SCAC) tagged Yellow Jackets pitching for 14 hits, including three doubles and two triples. Mason Goudeau (Liberty/Liberty) went 4-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and one run scored, while Brayden Sprencel (Robstown/Calallen) was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Carson Hues (Mont Belvieu/Barbers Hill) pitched four innings and allowed just one hit and a walk. He struck out three batters and picked up his second win of the season.
Isaiah Ramirez (San Antonio/Marshall) and Vlario Prado (New Braunfels/San Marcos) combined to close out the win with Prado allowing the one unearned run.
Texas Lutheran unloaded six runs in the first inning to take a big lead early on on Tuesday. After a leadoff single from Goudeau, Aiden Spires (Fort Worth/Arlington Heights) hit an RBI triple to get the scoring started. Back-to-back RBI singles from Adam Peavy (Houston/Memorial) and Brayden Sprencel increased the lead to 3-0. An RBI single from Caleb Small (Round Rock/Gateway College Preparatory) made it 4-0 before two unearned runs scored to cap the inning.
TLU tacked on three more runs in the fifth inning starting with an RBI single from Sprencel. A sacrifice fly from Caleb Small and an RBI double from Chance Greene (Round Rock/Stony Point) brought home the final run of the inning.
Leading 9-0, TLU pushed the game into run-rule territory with four more runs in the top of the seventh. After loading the bases, Cooper Jen (Kyle/Hays) hit a two-RBI single before Mason Goudeau hit a two-RBI triple to cross the final Bulldogs runs of the game.
The Yellow Jackets got an unearned run across in the bottom of the seventh to avoid the shutout. That was the only run the Bulldogs would allow in the game.
The Bulldogs will return to Katt-Isbel Field to begin a six-game homestand this weekend by hosting Austin College for a three-game series starting Friday at 6 p.m. All games will be streamed on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.
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