ETBU secures 1st place in conference

Securing first place in the American Southwest Conference, East Texas Baptist University recently finished off LeTourneau University, 14-9, to take the four-game series, 3-1. ETBU honored 16 players on senior day, improving to 23-11 and 10-2 in the ASC. ETBU had 13 hits, scoring 14 runs with four home runs and four doubles.

They scored 63 runs in the series and hit 16 home runs in four games. Ben Lea went 4-of-4 with two RBI, a home run, and two runs scored. Dylan Burnaman was 3-of-5 with two RBI and two runs scored with a home run.



Joaquin Costa added two RBIs and a home run, while Hunter Rumachik had a home run for one RBI. Luke Bumpus also had three RBI on one hit, scoring twice. Tyler Bogusz started the game, going three innings, allowing five earned runs with two strikeouts on six hits.

Landry Powell earned his first win of the year, going 4.1 innings with two strikeouts on six hits with two earned runs. Carson Speegle worked the final 1.

2 innings with three strikeouts and one run on two hits. ETBU and LeTourneau each scored a run in the first inning. LeTourneau hit a solo home run, and ETBU’s Luke Finn doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bumpus.

The score was tied 1-1 after the first. In the third inning, both teams saw significant action. LeTourneau had a three-run homer, followed by a solo home run, giving them a four-run inning.

ETBU responded with a four-run inning of their own. Costa hit a two-run homer, and Bumpus and Lea capitalized on a wild pitch and an error to score two more runs, tying the game at 5-5 after three. In the sixth inning, the Tigers’ offense surged with four runs.

Burnaman hit a solo homer, and Bumpus drove in two with a double. Lea added an RBI double, bringing the score to 9-5 in favor of ETBU. In the eighth, ETBU extended its lead with another four-run inning.

Lea and Rumachik hit back-to-back home runs. Massimini stole home, and Howard scored on a Burnaman single, making it 14-8. LeTourneau added a final run in the ninth with a solo home run, but ETBU secured a 14-9 victory.

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