Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Owen Andress posted two hits with a run and
Aidan Petrocco scored three times, but Sewanee was unable to hold an early lead, dropping an 11-6 decision to Trinity University in the series finale in baseball action Sunday in San Antonio, Texas.
The Tigers (17-15-1, 7-8 SAA) led 5-1 after the top of the second inning but Trinity plated five runs in the bottom of the frame to even the contest.
Zach Fortman drove in a pair of runs and the top three hitters in the Tigers' lineup – Petrocco,
Charlie Teel and Fortman – collected a combined three hits, six walks and scored five runs.
Trinity (21-12, 12-3) recorded a single run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth before adding two more insurance runs in the eighth. Joey Hagen (1-0), the fourth of five Trinity pitchers, worked 4.2 scoreless innings of relief for the home team, allowing just one hit with three walks and one strikeout. Kyle Hoggatt got the final five outs for the save, striking out three.
Ryan Moll (0-2), the third of seven Sewanee hurlers, suffered the loss, allowing four runs on four hits in three innings.
Petrocco doubled to leadoff the game and Teel reached on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt. Petrocco scored on a wild pitch but Teel and Fortman, who walked, were stranded in the inning.
Andress singled with one out in the second and
Sebastian Leinberger walked before a two-out walk to Teel loaded the bases. Fortman delivered a two-run single to right and Teel and Fortman both later scored on passed balls for a 5-0 advantage.
Sawyer Hines started the bottom of the second with a single up the middle, Mattias Rytting walked and the runners stole second and third. Hines scored on a wild pitch, but Sewanee starter
Jack Merril struck out John Ramsey and Khlafani Coney. Merril hit Evan Kuhl, ending his day, but reliever
Eli Potter was wild as well, hitting Kaleb Woodward and walking Anthony Suscha, forcing in a run.
Will Baker then singled through the left side, plating two runs, and Grant Anderson's soft single to left scored another, knotting the game at five.
Petrocco, Teel and Fortman all walked with two outs in the third inning and Petrocco came across on a balk, but Trinity evened the game again in the bottom of the frame with a two-out double by Ramsey and a run-scoring single from Coney.
In the fourth Suscha drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on Baker's groundout. He went to third on a balk and scored on Anderson's sacrifice fly to right.
Trinity added two more runs in the fifth when Rytting was hit to start the inning and moved to second on a sac bunt by Ramsey. With two outs Kuhl singled to right, driving in a run, and he eventually came across on a pair of wild pitches for a 9-6 Trinity lead.
The Tigers managed only two total baserunners from the fourth until the seventh inning, with one erased on a doubleplay and another on a caught stealing. Pinch-hitter
Landis Fluck and Petrocco both walked in the eighth but were stranded after strikeouts by Teel and Fortman and Hoggatt retired the side in order in the ninth.
Sewanee plays its final home games of the season next weekend, hosting Southwestern University on Saturday and Sunday at Montgomery Field.
