RICHARDSON, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team split a Friday doubleheader at UT Dallas, taking a 7-4 win in the first game before falling scoreless in the second. UMHB moved to 18-12 while the Comets went to 25-4. 

Riley Bender opened up game one with a solo home run, his sixth of the year, to take an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. Shane Melick followed with a solo shot of his own over the left field wall, extending the Cru's lead to two. The Cru didn't stop there as Trae Deck III came up to the plate with two runners on, blasting a ball over left field to move the score to 5-0. After the three home run inning for UMHB, the Comets responded with an RBI double in the bottom of the first to chip into the Cru's lead 5-1. John Van Huis got that run back in the third with an RBI single to score Easton Cline. 

Shane Melick tacked on one more run for the Cru, scoring Carson Hagan with a sacrifice fly to right field. The Comets added one run in the sixth and threatened in the seventh, scoring two off a home run. Jacob Haynes got out of the inning with a pair of groundouts and a strikeout to hold the Cru's 7-4 lead. 

Bender, Deck and Exavier Mendez led the Cru with two hits each while six different Crusaders scored runs and four had RBI. James McGlumphy earned the win on the mound, throwing six innings with six hits and two runs allowed. UMHB totaled seven runs on nine hits while the Comets had four runs on eight hits. 

The Comets commanded game two, scoring one run in the first and three more in the second. After a scoreless third inning, UTD put up a 10-run fourth. The Comets tacked on three more runs in the fifth to secure the 17-0 victory. 

UMHB returns to action in Richardson on Saturday, April 12th in a 1:00 pm matchup against UT Dallas.