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UIW UIW 25-14, 10-6 SLC
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Winner Houston Baptist HBU 17-21, 10-6 SLC
UIW UIW
25-14, 10-6 SLC
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Final
12
Houston Baptist HBU
17-21, 10-6 SLC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UIW UIW 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 0
Houston Baptist HBU 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 4 X 12 15 0

W: Carter, Zach (3-3) L: Miller, Tyler (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Gonzalez, Bergeron Blast Homers against HBU

HOUSTON -- The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team fell, 12-4, to Houston Baptist in game one of their series on Friday morning at Husky Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cardinals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Kyle Bergeron blasted a solo home run to left field, but Houston Baptist drew even in the bottom of the second frame on an RBI single to left center.
 
UIW regained the lead in the top of the third when Eddy Gonzalez smacked an inside-the-park home run to deep left center, but another HBU RBI single in the bottom of the inning knotted the game at 2-2.
 
The Huskies took their first lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, plating five runs on five hits to take a 7-2 advantage. HBU extended its lead with a sacrifice fly in the sixth frame.
 
The Cardinals cut the Husky lead to 8-4 in the top of the seventh inning. After a Shea Gutierrez RBI single drove in Ryan Gonzalez, Ryan Flores used an RBI single to bring home Garrett Terrell.
 
HBU scored four runs on four hits in the bottom of the eighth to secure the 12-4 win in game one.
 
NOTABLES
  • E. Gonzalez was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI. He leads the team with 19 multi-hit games.
  • E. Gonzalez has had a hit in 11 consecutive games, while Flores leads the team with a 12-game hitting streak.
  • E. Gonzalez has reached base in 25 consecutive games; Mark Whitehead has reached base in 16 consecutive games and Flores has reached base in 14 consecutive games.
  • Tyler Miller suffered the loss, throwing four strikeouts and allowing just one walk in 6.0 innings pitched.
RECORDS UPDATE
UIW: 25-14
HBU: 17-21

UP NEXT
UIW and Houston Baptist face off in game two of the series on Friday at 2:30 p.m. (CT).
 
STAY TUNED
The Cardinals take on UTSA at Roadrunner Field on Tuesday at 6 p.m. (CT).
 
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