Box Score - Game One
Box Score - Game Two

FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (24-13, 15-16 RRAC) took a three-game Red River Athletic Conference series from Wiley College (16-12, 11-10) by splitting a doubleheader on Saturday. The Wildcats took game one 7-2, but the Rams came from behind for a 7-6 win in game two.

 

Lionel Roberts gave Wiley the early lead in game one with a two-run single in the top of the first inning. A two-run triple from Danny Zorilla pushed the score to 4-0 in the fifth inning. Roberts then brought Zorilla in with a base hit.

 

Wiley added two runs on one hit and two hit-batters in the seventh. Glen Morrison got the Rams on the board in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double. Eric Epperson followed with a double down the right field line to cut the score to 7-2, but the rally ended there and Wiley came away with the game one win.

 

Roberto Carrion (2-2) picked up the win after allowing two runs on four hits and two walks in 6.1 innings. Colton Farrar (3-4) allowed five runs on six hits while striking out three in five innings of work for the Rams.

 

Joseph Lassiter had two of Texas Wesleyan’s four hits in game one.

 

Wiley struck first again in game two with an RBI triple off the bat of Danny Zorilla in the first inning. Zorilla made it 2-0 with a solo homer in the third inning.  Back-to-back RBI singles from Roberts and James Murphy brought the score to 4-0 in the third.

 

The Rams got one run back in the bottom of the third with a sac fly from Taylor Jockers. Stephen Niedwiecki doubled off the centerfield wall, but was stranded at second.

 

After Wiley got two runs in the top of the fifth, Texas Wesleyan loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth. A walk to Jockers brought one run in, and the Rams plated two more with sac flies from Justin Snider and Patrick Melton.

 

In the seventh, a leadoff walk to Jockers and a well executed hit-and-run from Snider put runners at first and third for Texas Wesleyan. After Niedwiecki was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, Hunter Robinson tied the game with a two-run single through the right side. A sac fly from Epperson brought Niedwiecki home and gave the Rams their first lead of the day at 7-6.

 

Patrick Stanley shut the door with two scoreless innings, giving him his ninth save of the season. Jacob Lyons (1-1) picked up the win with two hitless innings of relief work.

 

Christian Soberanes went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in game two. Jason Holmes added two of Texas Wesleyan’s 10 hits.

 

The Rams will return to action on Tuesday, when they travel to Richardson, TX, to take on UT-Dallas. That game is scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. start.