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Belton, TX— The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team stormed back from an early deficit, but the Cru's comeback fell just short in a 7-5 loss to 17
th-ranked Concordia Texas Friday night in Belton. The loss drops UMHB to 13-13 overall and 4-6 in American Southwest Conference West Division play. The Tornados improve to 22-6 overall and 8-2 in the ASC West Division on the year with the victory.
Concordia took a 3-0 lead on Kyle Bieschke's RBI single and a two-run error in the top of the second inning. The Tornados added single runs in the fourth and fifth to push the lead to 5-0 and used Quinn Guest's two-run single to make it a 7-0 lead in the top of the sixth. The Cru cut it to 7-5 with a five-run seventh.
Seth Lynn singled home the first run and
Zach Crosswhite followed with a grand slam. UMHB would bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, but could not push across a run.
Chance Ryan took the loss for the Cru to fall to 4-1 after giving up 10 hits and five earned runs in eight innings of work. Lynn had two of UMHB's six hits in the game. Scott Hays picked up the win for Concordia to move to 5-1 after giving up six hits and five runs in six and a third innings of work. Jacob Spelbring earned his third save of the year for the Tornados. Kyle Rodriguez had three hits and Guest and Collin Janssen added two apiece for Concordia in the victory.
The two teams will close out the series with a 1:00 PM doubleheader tomorrow at Red Murff Field. The Cru will then hit the road for a three-game series at Sul Ross State next Thursday and Friday.
