FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (6-3) swept a doubleheader and ensured a win in a five-game series with Avila University (1-7) at Sycamore Park on Sunday. The Rams completed the Valentine's Day sweep with scores of 6-3 and 4-1.
In game one, Avila put runners at second and third with one out in the third, but
Joseph Lyall recorded back-to-back strikeouts to get out of the jam.
In the bottom of the third,
Alex Gudac reached on a leadoff walk and stole second. After
Casey Moses walked,
Erick Quesada singled to center, then got in a run-down between first and second allowing Moses to score all the way from first.
In the fourth,
Ryan Adam reached on an error and later scored on a two-out single from
Jonathan Bravo to push the score to 3-0.
The Eagles got back in the game with two runs on a hit, a walk, and a hit batter in the fifth.
Brandon Chandler tied the contest with an RBI single in the sixth. Avila loaded the bases with one out before
Wade Regas induced an inning-ending double-play.
In the bottom of the sixth,
Hayden Muns reached on a walk and Bravo cued a ball through the right side to put runners at first and third with one out.
Dusteyn Suttle entered as a pinch-runner and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. An RBI single from Gudac and an RBI groundout from Quesada extended Texas Wesleyan's lead to 6-3.
Wade Regas (1-1) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief work. He allowed just a hit, a walk, and a hit batter. Jamie Good (1-1) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits in an inning of work.
Bravo was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored out of the ninth spot in the order for the Rams.
In game two, Bravo got the Rams on the board in the second when he dropped a double on the right field line that scored
Ryan Adam from first base.
James Ziegler made it 2-0 with an RBI single in the third.
The Eagles put the tying run on base with one out in the sixth, but
Stephen Yancey squashed the threat with a strikeout and a fly ball.
Bravo tacked on a sac fly in the bottom of the sixth, and Gudac followed with an RBI double to give the Rams a 4-0 cushion.
Kyle Simmons delivered a two-out RBI single in the seventh for Avila's only run.
Stephen Yancey was dealing for the Rams. He improved to 2-1 on the season after scattering seven hits and striking out seven in a complete game effort. Randy Keen (0-2) took the loss after allowing four runs, three earned, on nine hits in six innings.
Gudac led off for the Rams and went 3-for-4 with a 2B and an RBI. Bravo was 1-for-2 with a 2B and 2 RBI.
The Rams and Eagles will complete their five-game series on Monday at The Ballpark in Grand Prairie. That game is scheduled for a 12:30 p.m. start.
Ramblings
- The Rams now lead the all-time series with Avila 7-5.
- Bravo raised his season average to .400 (10-for-25).
Blake Seaton continues to lead the team at .545 (12-for-22) and
Casey Moses is batting .469 (15-for-32).
- Yancey is 2-1 with a 2.77 ERA. Regas is 1-1 with a save and a 1.29 ERA.
