Michael Davila
Little Joe
3
Bethany BETH 1-2
5
Winner Texas Wesleyan TXWES 2-1
Bethany BETH
1-2
3
Final
5
Texas Wesleyan TXWES
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bethany BETH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
Texas Wesleyan TXWES 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 X 5 10 1

W: Davis, Alex (1-0) L: Yandell, Jimmy (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Josh Lacy

Rams Take Series with 5-3 win over Swedes

FORT WORTH, TX:  The Texas Wesleyan University Baseball team (2-1) took the rubber-match of a season opening three-game series with Bethany College (1-2) at Sycamore Park on Sunday.  The Rams rallied from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 win.
 
The Swedes got a three-run homerun from Max Diaz with two outs in the top of the first to jump out to a 3-0 lead.
 
The Rams got on the board in the third with a sac fly from Michael Davila, but a bases-loaded one-out situation yielded just the one run.
 
Ted Wisdom led off the bottom of the fourth with a triple to the gap in right-center and then scored on a wild pitch, cutting the margin to a single run.
 
The Rams threatened again in the fifth.  A double from Kiki Menendez and a single from Davila put runners at second and third with one-out, but the Swedes worked out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts
 
Bethany loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh, but Alex Davis magically worked out of the jam with a strikeout and a 1-2-3-5-2 double-play.  The Rams took full advantage of the defensive stop.  Donnie Lopez led off the bottom of the seventh with a game-tying home run, and two batters later, Davila delivered a two-run single to put the Rams on top 5-3.
 
Davila was 2-for-2 with a walk, a sac fly, and three RBI in the win.  Lopez (2-4), Menendez (2-3), and Wisdom (2-4) each had a pair of hits as well.
 
Alex Davis (1-0) picked up the win with three scoreless innings of relief work.  Davis allowed two hits, walked none, and struck out three.
 
The Rams will host Jarvis Christian College in a three-game series at Sycamore Park Friday and Saturday.  Friday's opener is scheduled for a 2:00 pm start.  Saturday's doubleheader will begin at 12:00 pm and feature the presentation of the SABR Metroplex College Player of the Year award to Luis Roman.
 
Ramblings
 
- Saturday's season opening win moved the Rams to 12-5 in season-openers under the direction of Head Coach Mike Jeffcoat.
 
- This was the first meeting between Texas Wesleyan and Bethany on the baseball field.
 
- Ted Wisdom batted .500 (4-8) with a pair of triples in the series.  Michael Davila also hit .500 (3-6) with three RBI.
 
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