Saints Take Two of Three Against Huston-Tillotson University

AUSTIN, TEXAS (April 15, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) baseball team won two games against Huston-Tillotson University (HTU) in a three-game series over the weekend. The Saints improve to 22-18 overall and 14-9 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Rams fall to 11-23 overall and 7-16 in RRAC competition.

Head Coach Matt Piker said, "The team did a great job of winning the first two games on Friday. Game three was disappointing even though we won the series. It shows that we still have a lot of work to do. We still have everything in front of us and can accomplish the goals that we set at the beginning of the year. It's going to take some heart and fight and this team has shown the ability to have both. I'm excited to get back on the field Tuesday against Schreiner University. We have had a long stretch of road games and it will be great to come back home."

History

The Saints were 17-2 against the Rams prior to the series.

Game one

The Saints won a low scoring game in the first contest of the series. Jackson Kalisky tallied the first run of the game in the fourth inning with a solo home run over the left field fence. Kalisky picked up another RBI in the sixth inning when he singled to bring home Caimyn Holiday. Alec Martinez pitched all seven innings with six strikeouts while allowing only two hits. The Saints totaled four hits in the 2-0 victory.

Game two

OLLU battled back in game two for a 7-4 win and a series clinching victory. Kalisky started the scoring again with a two-run home run that scored Tyler Vivier. The Rams responded with two runs in both the third and fourth inning. Jacob Montejano added to the home run festivities with a solo home run in the sixth inning to cut the Rams advantage to 4-3. Francisco Martinez was hit by a pitch later in the inning with bases loaded to bring in the tying run. Christian Martinez gave the Saints the permanent lead in the eighth inning. He doubled to left field to score Diego Zuniga and OLLU led 5-4. The Saints tacked on two more runs in the ninth inning with a Zuniga double to right field. Javier De Alejandro started on the mound and went 3.1 innings with four strikeouts and four earned runs. Chase Dunn was awarded the win when he pitched 4.2 innings in relief. He didn't allow a run and struck out three batters. Devin Benavides picked up the save in the ninth inning.

Game three

The Rams offense came to life in the series finale. They took a 3-0 lead after five innings, but the Saints dwindled the deficit shortly after. Kalisky hit a sacrifice fly to score Holiday in the sixth inning and an error by the Rams allowed another run for the Saints to cross home in the seventh inning. The Rams led 3-2 heading into the seventh inning and tacked on four runs to increase the advantage. They ended up run-ruling the Saints by plating five runs in the eighth inning to win 12-2. Joshua Mendez suffered the loss after going five innings with two earned runs and five strikeouts.  

Up next

The Saints return home to host Schreiner University on April 18 at 6 p.m.