Box Score - Game One
Box Score - Game Two

FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (4-5, 2-3 RRAC) suffered a pair of Red River Athletic Conference losses at the hands of UT-Brownsville (10-1, 5-0) at LaGrave Field on Friday. In a rematch of last year’s RRAC Championship, the Scorpions took game one 2-0 and game two 5-2.

 

The Scorpions broke up the scoreless contest by scoring two runs on three singles and a Texas Wesleyan error in the fourth inning. After Matt Ginn reached on an error, Peter Maldonado delivered UTB’s first hit, a two-out RBI single off the leg of TWU pitcher Derek Vaughn. Maldonado later scored on a wild pitch.

 

Vaughn (2-1) was outstanding, allowing no earned runs on five hits while striking out six in seven innings of work, but the Rams could not get to UTB hurler Danny Gidora. Gidora (3-0) tossed seven shutout innings, scattering five hits and striking out three.

 

Charles Tabone went 2-for-3 at the plate in the loss.

 

In game two, the Scorpions got an RBI double from Matt Ginn and an RBI single from Felix Faneselle to take a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

 

Colton Farrar was in cruise control after the first inning, but again the Rams struggled to score. In the eighth inning, the Scorpions made it a 5-0 game with three runs on two singles and a Texas Wesleyan error.

 

In the bottom of the eighth, the Rams offense came to life. Tabone delivered a two-out RBI single that was misplayed in right field allowing Vincent Winter to score all the way from first base and bring the score to 5-2.

 

Unfortunately the Rams were unable to mount a ninth-inning comeback, and the Scorpions prevailed 5-2.

 

Farrar (0-1) went 6.1 innings allowing two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out two. Kevin Chapman (3-0) earned the win for UT-Brownsville. Chapman needed just 103 pitches to toss all nine innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out six.

 

Winter went 2-for-3 at the plate in the game-two loss.

 

The Rams and Scorpions will complete their three-game RRAC series on Saturday. That game is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. start at LaGrave Field.