Baseball Battles in 9-8 Loss to St. Mary's University
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Our Lady of the Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
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St. Mary's University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 28, 2024) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) baseball team lost a heartbreaking game against NCAA D2 St. Mary's University (StMU) 9-8 on Wednesday night. The Saints are now 9-9 overall and remain at 3-3 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Rattlers jump to 9-9 on the season.
Head Coach Matt Piker commented, "This was a tough game tonight. The offense stayed in the fight and battled all night long. We have to be better on the pitching side by not giving up free runs. We have a quick turnaround and need to get things corrected for this weekend."
History
The Saints were 2-12 against the Rattlers prior to the game.
Basics
The Saints took multiple leads throughout the nine-inning game against the Rattlers but lost in the final inning. The Rattlers opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning with five runs. The Saints responded quickly in the following inning by putting up four runs. The four runs were all scored on walks by Caimyn Holiday, Jack Kalisky, Vincent Banda and Criztian Delgado. The Saints went up by one run in the top of the sixth inning. Brandon Betancourt hit a ground out RBI and Holiday followed with a double that scored Aiden Gonzalez.
The Rattlers took back the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with two runs. The Saints trailed 7-6 heading into the top of the ninth inning. OLLU had runners on second and third base with two outs when Nicholas Alonzo came up to the plate. Alonzo singled down the right field line to score both runners and the Saints took back the advantage 8-7. The Rattlers put runners on second and third base with one out after a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Saints intentionally walked the next batter to set up a potential double play. The Rattlers hit a walk-off single that scored both runners to win 9-8.
Noah De La Riva suffered the loss after pitching in the eighth and ninth innings. Devin Benavides started on the mound and went one inning with two strikeouts. Kalisky, Christian Perez, Esai Puente, Ethan Garza and Chase Dunn also pitched in relief.
Up next
The Saints host Texas College for a three-game series starting on March 1.