Stephen Yancey
Little Joe
1
St. Gregory's SGU 25-15, 9-7 SAC
2
Winner Texas Wesleyan TXWES 31-11, 11-5 SAC
St. Gregory's SGU
25-15, 9-7 SAC
1
Final
2
Texas Wesleyan TXWES
31-11, 11-5 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Gregory's SGU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3
Texas Wesleyan TXWES 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2 4 0

W: Yancey, Stephen (7-3) L: Yarbor, Michael (7-2)

2
St. Gregory's SGU 25-16, 9-8 SAC
4
Winner Texas Wesleyan TXWES 32-11, 13-5 SAC
St. Gregory's SGU
25-16, 9-8 SAC
2
Final
4
Texas Wesleyan TXWES
32-11, 13-5 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Gregory's SGU 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 3
Texas Wesleyan TXWES 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 4 5 1

W: Lopez, Alex (7-2) L: Oxner, Matt (6-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Complete SAC Sweep of Cavaliers

FORT WORTH, TX:  The12th ranked Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (32-11, 13-5 SAC) finished a three-game Sooner Athletic Conference series sweep of St. Gregory's University (25-16, 9-8 SAC) by taking both ends of a doubleheader at Sycamore Park on Friday.  The Rams took game one 2-1 and game two 4-2.
 
After allowing a leadoff single in game one, Stephen Yancey promptly erased that runner with a double-play and then was in cruise control for the remainder of the contest.
 
The Rams put two runs on the board in the third inning with an RBI single from Luis Roman and a pair of SGU errors.
 
Yancey set down thirteen Cavaliers in a row before Brandon Marrero touched off a solo home run with two outs in the fifth.  That was the lone blip on the radar for the junior out of North Richland Hills, TX.  Yancey (7-3) needed just 85 pitches to complete all seven innings and allow just the one run on three hits while striking out seven and walking none.
 
SGU hurler Mychal Yarbor (7-2) finished with a similar bottom line at two runs on four hits, but the Rams worked him for 122 pitches while drawing five walks in seven innings.
 
In game two, the Rams took the victory without plating an earned run. 
 
St. Gregory's manufactured a run in the top of the first after a leadoff single from Jordan Martin.
 
Both teams took advantage of defensive miscues to score a run in the third inning.  The Rams then tied the game in the fourth when Aidan Laurini was hit by a pitch and later scored on an SGU error.
 
In the sixth, the Rams loaded the bases after a leadoff error and two infield singles from Aidan Laurini and Kiki Menendez.  CJ Ateek broke the tie with a sac fly, and Laurini later scored on a wild pitch.
 
As in game one, there was now assistance necessary from either team's bullpen.  Alex Lopez (7-2) worked all seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out eight.  Matt Oxner (6-2) took the loss after allowing four unearned runs on five hits in six innings pitched.
 
The Rams are back in action on Tuesday, when they travel to Texarkana, TX, to take on Texas A&M-Texarkana.  That game is scheduled for a 5:00 p.m. start.
 
Ramblings
 
- The Rams are now 10-2 all-time against St. Gregory's, while they improved to 59-33 (.641) all-time in SAC play.
 
- Texas Wesleyan has faced their next opponent only once before, an 8-4 TAMUT win that eliminated the Rams in the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round last season.
 
- Texas Wesleyan's 39 home runs are the most since 2010 when the Rams hit 55.  Meanwhile Luis Roman's 11 home runs are the most by an individual since Blake Walker hit 11 in 2009 and Travis Clifford finished with 12 in 2005.
 
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