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BELTON, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader Saturday in
Belton, falling to Texas Lutheran 6-2 and 7-4. The losses drop UMHB to 7-10 on the season and 0-3 in American Southwest Conference action, while the Bulldogs improve to 14-5 overall and 3-0 in conference play.
The Cru gained an early 1-0 lead on the Bulldogs when
Zack Whiddon hit his first homer of the season in the top of the first, earning him the Schlotzsky's Lotz Better Player of the GAme. Texas Lutheran responded with four unanswered runs, scoring two runners in the top of the second and two more in the top of the fourth. UMHB's
Chase Burrow scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth before a rain delay halted the game temporarily. The game returned to action with the Bulldogs adding one more run in the top of the seventh. UMHB had six hits and six errors in the game while the Bulldogs had 10 hits and no errors.
Chance Ryan took the loss on the mound for the Cru, allowing eight hits and striking out three batters.
Texas Lutheran put up five unanswered runs to put a lead on the Cru in the second game, scoring two runners in the first inning and three in the fourth. UMHB responded in the fourth with an RBI double from
Tyler Taute. The Cru scored again in the fifth when
Josh Cruz hit his first homer of the season, earning him the Schlotzsky's Lotz Better Player of the Game, and in the sixth with a two-RBI single from
Chase Burrow. The Bulldogs put up two more runs in the eighth to secure the win for Texas Lutheran. UMHB had 12 hits to Texas Lutheran's ten in the game. Both teams recorded one error apiece. Nick Bergmann took the loss on the mount for the Cru, allowing five runs and striking out two batters.
Burrow and Whiddon both recorded a team-high three hits while Cruz,
Seth Mogavero and
Chris Florack each added two. UMHB will return to action next weekend at Howard Payne with a 2 p.m. game on Friday, March 15th and a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, March 16th.
