FORT WORTH, TX:  The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (17-7) backed up their decisive win against No. 13 LSU-Shreveport (18-7) on Tuesday with an 8-0 victory on Wednesday.
 
After delivering a 16-3 victory over the Pilots on Tuesday, the Rams picked up right where they left off.  Julio Ibarra singled in the second and scored the game's first run on a groundout from Alex Gudac.
 
Singles from Luis Roman, Caden Williams, and Aidan Laurini along with a two-out double steal pushed two more runs across in the fourth.
 
The Rams continued to tack-on in the next three innings.  Ibarra added a sac fly in the fifth.  The sixth featured an RBI single from Kiki Menedez and an RBI double from Casey Moses.  Singles from Ibarra and Laurini in the seventh led to two more runs to extend the advantage to 8-0.
 
Meanwhile, three Texas Wesleyan hurlers limited LSUS to just five hits on the day.  Andrew O'Brien (5-0) allowed four hits and struck out four in seven scoreless innings.  Chris Terry provided 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, and Alex Davis nailed down the final two outs of the game.
 
Pat Day (0-2) took the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits in four innings pitched.
 
Aidan Laurini led the 12-hit attack at the plate by going 4-for-5 with a double, RBI and a run scored.  Roman and Ibarra each had a pair of hits as well.
 
The Rams return to Sooner Athletic Conference action this weekend when they travel to Muskogee, OK, to take on Bacone College.  Friday's doubleheader is set for a 2:00 p.m. start, while Saturday's finale will begin at 12:00 p.m.
 
Ramblings

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- Aidan Laurini hit safely in eight consecutive at-bats before flying to center in the ninth inning on Wednesday.  He had reached base safely in 13 consecutive plate appearances and was 9-for-9 with three walks over three games.  That stretch raised his season average from .400 (16-40) to an SAC-leading .500 (25-50).

- The win was the 499th of Head Coach Mike Jeffcoat's career.  Jeffcoat owns a record of 499-360 (.581) in his 16th season.
 
- Wednesday's win earned the Rams a split of the season series with LSUS with each team winning a pair of games on the road.  The Pilots lead the all-time series 23-17.
 
- Alex Gudac had his season-high hitting streak snapped at 15-games.  During the steak he batted .378 (17-45).
 
- Juilo Ibarra and Luis Roman now own the team's longest active hitting streaks at nine games.
 
- Ibarra has reached base safely in 23 of the team's 25 games.
 
- O'Brien is the team leader in wins with a 5-0 record.