Box Score
FORT WORTH, TX:  In the rubber match of a three-game series, the 20th ranked Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (3-3) suffered an 11-1 loss at the hands of Avila University (2-1).
 
Avila started the game with back-to-back base hits from Anthony Zicarelli and Kyle Simmons.  Two batters later. Ryan Ford smashed a two-run double to right.  With runners at second and third, Alex Lopez prevented further damage by getting Anthony Biondo to line into a double play.
 
Ryan Ford's second double of the day, a leadoff shot in the sixth, led to the Eagle's third run.
 
Texas Wesleyan put together a rally in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases with one out.  Dakota Lee got the Rams on the board with a sac fly, but Quinn Barrett got a ground ball to end the threat.
 
The Eagles opened the game up in the seventh, sending ten men to the plate and scoring six runs on six singles to push the score to 9-1.  Avila tacked on two more in the ninth to account for the 11-1 final score.
 
Quinn Barrett (1-0) earned the win after allowing one unearned run on four hits with a strikeout in six innings.  Lopez (0-1) took the loss after allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four in six innings.
 
Ford went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, three RBI, and two runs scored.
 
The Rams will return to the field on Saturday, when they travel to Sugar Land, TX, to take on the University of Houston-Victoria.  That game is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start at Constellation Field, home of the Sugar Land Skeeters.