FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (10-10, 2-1 SAC) pitched 13-0 shutout over Southwestern Assemblies of God University (7-19, 0-6 SAC) at Quicktrip Park on Thursday.
 
It was all Wesleyan all game as the defense and offense completely smothered SAGU in the first game of the three game series.
 
The action started in the bottom of the second inning, when the Rams busted out with a four run rally. Jonathan Bravo singled to the shortstop deep in the whole through the left side. Matt Horn drew a walk for a Garrett Crook bunt that was good enough to go for a single to load the bases with no outs. Jake Davis hit a rocket that beat the third baseman down the left field line that scored a pair of runs. Jake Howeth followed suit with a long, opposite field double to the right field wall for two more runs for a 4-0 lead.
 
Texas Wesleyan kept the pressure on in the third. Crook earned a pair of RBI with a base hit to shallow center field with runners in scoring position. That gave the Rams a 6-0 lead after three innings of play.
 
TWU added an insurance run in the fourth. Tyler Kamtz hit a stand up double to deep right center before Rod Lewis loaded the bases after smashing a ball toward the left side of the infield, but the Lions were able to get a hand on it to slow it down enough to save a run. Bravo took advantage of the full bases with a groundout RBI for a 7-0 spot.
 
Dusteyn Suttle brought a run home in the fifth on a RBI double to right center. He would later score on a throwing error by the catcher.
 
The Rams put the game out of reach in the sixth after the Lions loaded bases via walks and a hit by pitch with none away in the inning. Nathaniel Dillon hit a RBI groundout to plate one. Suttle knocked in two more with a base hit that vaulted right up the middle. Taylor Zamora got an opportunity as a pinch hitter and delivered with a RBI groundout to the pitcher to make it a 13-0 blowout.
 
The Lions put a runner in scoring position in the seventh, but Zamora made a diving catch in left field to preserve the shutout with the last out of the contest.
 
Colton Clanton (1-0) was sharp in his first appearance as a Ram. He threw five innings, scattered just four hits, gave up no runs, had no walks, and struck out two.
 
Suttle went 2 for 5 with three RBI. Howeth went 3 for 5 with two RBI. Crook went 2 for 2 with a pair of RBI. Davis had a 2 for 3 day with two RBI and three runs scored.
 
The Rams will finish the series with the Lions with a double header tomorrow, starting at 2:00 pm at QuickTrip Park.