Cowboy Bats Come Alive In Split With Texas-Tyler

Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore

TYLER, Texas — It was just a matter of time before the Hardin-Simmons’ baseball bats came alive and it finally happened in the second game of its doubleheader with Texas-Tyler as the Cowboys pounded out 23 hits in a 22-5 win to salvage a split with the Patriots after a 5-1 loss in the opener Saturday afternoon at Irwin Field.

The Cowboys scored nine runs in the first inning of the second game. Courtney Harris had an RBI single, Blake Sieck had a two-run single, Jordan Dotson had an RBI single, Brian Weeks had an RBI single, LeJuan Edwards had an RBI single, and Taylor Berlin had an RBI single. Weeks scored two runs in the inning. HSU had six hits and took advantage of three walks and a hit batsmen in the inning.

Freshman Jay Hiller had an RBI single and Andrew Rehling had an RBI double in the third to make it 11-1. Hiller added an RBI single and Sieck had a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it 13-1. UTT scored three runs in the fifth inning.

HSU added three runs in the sixth on a Berlin sacrifice fly and Harris hit a two-run homer. It was the first home run of the year for the Cowboys.

Cowboy starter Sam Walker (2-1) worked into the sixth and allowed seven hits and four earned runs. Freshman Cody Sillivent came on and worked two and a third innings of scoreless relief and freshman Tyler Brunnemann worked a scoreless ninth. The two relievers did not allow a hit.

Berlin added a two-run double in the eighth and Michael Morgan had an RBI double. Brian Weeks added an RBI single. Morgan added an RBI single in the ninth.

Berlin had four hits and drove in four and Edwards had three hits, three RBIs and scored five times. Sieck had three RBIs and Weeks scored twice and drove in two runs and had three hits.

In the first game, UTT scored a single run in the second and Weeks tied the game in the third with an RBI single. It remained that way until the fifth, when UTT went to the small ball to score four times. The Patriots loaded the bases with a pair of bunt singles and a walk. Then Cody Jones drove in two runs with a double and Nathan Skeen and Corey Henderson had sacrifice flies.

Tim Kriegel took the loss for the Cowboys allowing 10 hits and five runs in four innings. Skyler Sillivent and Joe Roberson each had a scoreless inning of relief and neither allowed a hit. Rehling had two hits to pace the offense.

HSU is now 2-5 on the year and UTT is 6-5. The teams will conclude the series with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.