FORT WORTH, TX: The 19th ranked Texas Wesleyan University Baseball team (30-7) matched the second longest winning streak in school history with their 17th consecutive victory on Wednesday. The Rams used an eighth inning rally to top Texas College (20-22) 10-8 at Sycamore Park.
The 17-game winning streak matches the 2016 team for the second longest streak in school history. The school record of 19 consecutive wins was set by the 2008 team.
A leadoff single from
Ted Wisdom and a two-out knock from
Jacob Barfield got the Rams on the board in the first inning.
In the second, Texas Wesleyan showed off some team speed. The Rams pushed their lead to 4-0 as they scored three runs on three hits while swiping four bases.
TC fought back with two runs on three hits in the third. The Rams made it 5-2 with a two-out RBI single from
Kaden Brown in the bottom of the third, but defensive miscues in the fourth and sixth led to six Texas College runs and put the Steers on top 8-6.
In the seventh
Julio Ibarra got the Rams within a run with an RBI single following a leadoff hit form
Donnie Lopez.
The Steers threatened to add to their lead in the eighth when they loaded the bases with one out.
Parker Robinson came out of the pen and got Carlos Callazo to popup a bunt attempt which turned into an inning-ending double-play.
In the bottom of the eighth,
Jacob Barfield ripped a two-out two-run double that put the Rams back in the lead and then scored on a double from Ibarra to bring the score to 10-8.
Alex Davis worked a perfect ninth inning to lockdown his ninth save of the season, while Robinson moved to 4-0 on the season with the win after facing just one batter.
The Rams pounded out 18 hits, four of them by
Kiki Menendez who went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Barfield was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI.
The Rams will return to action Friday and Saturday when they travel to Plainview, TX, for a three-game Sooner Athletic Conference series with Wayland Baptist University.
Ramblings
- The Rams currently lead the SAC standings at 16-2 in league play. They are just one game up on No. 7 USAO and No. 9 Oklahoma City
- At 30-7, the Rams have recorded their third consecutive 30+ win season and their 12 such season in the last 15 years.
- Texas Wesleyan is now 22-6 all-time against Texas College.
- The Rams are batting .396 as a team during their winning streak while outscoring their opponents 181-80.
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Kiki Menendez stretched his current hitting streak to 16 games. During the streak he is batting .516 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI. On the season, Menendez is batting .446 with 15 home runs and 52 RBI, ranking in the top-10 nationally in all three categories.
