After a rough weekend series against nearby University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Dallas Crusaders bounced back with a blowout 15-1 victory over the East Texas Baptist University Tigers on Tuesday afternoon.
With both teams attempting to save their premier starters for weekend series, Dallas started sophomore Andrew Laux who entered winless, with a 4.44 ERA. Laux (1-2) was phenomenal in his first win of the year as he scattered five hits over seven innings, giving up only one earned run. The Crusaders offense was nearly as good as Laux as they put up 15 runs on 20 hits. Dallas began the scoring in the 2nd inning as catcher Varea Costello laid down a safety squeeze bunt which scored rightfielder Adam Farris from third base. Costello was safe as the Tigers first baseman, second baseman and pitcher all converged on the bunted ball. After Costello’s RBI bunt single, the Dallas offense unleashed a torrent of runs.
The Crusaders scored another run in the 2nd inning, three more runs in the 3rd and five runs in the 4th inning. With third baseman Trevor Allred and centerfielder Brian Shelburne on base, freshman Andrew Bossert put the exclamation on the victory by crushing a three run home run over the left field fence. The home run was Bossert’s second of the year and pushed his RBI total up to 18, the second highest total on the team.
Sophomore Chris Schierhorn pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game for the Crusaders. Schierhorn faced the minimum six batters, striking out one of those batters. Dallas (20-10) hosts Austin College (8-20) this Saturday (4/9) for a doubleheader beginning at 12 PM.
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