Jackets Break 7 Game Losing Streak With 10-2 Victory

BROWNWOOD, Texas - The Howard Payne baseball team had a solid performance from pitcher Justin Davies to post a 10-2 victory over the Sul Ross State Lobos at Don Shepard Park on Thursday.

Justin Davies pitched 8 innings giving up only 2 runs and striking-out 8 batters for Howard Payne.

HPU moved to 11-17, 5-8 in ASC action, while Sul Ross dropped to 5-25, 0-13 in ASC play.

HPU got most of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead.

The Jackets were led by right-fielder Ryan Kunz who was 3 of 4 and drove in 2 runs in the game. Center-fielder Adam Garcia also drove in 2 runs.

The Jackets will play Sul Ross State in a double-header tomorrow starting at 12:00.

                         Sul Ross State at Howard Payne Univ
                  Apr 05, 2007 at Brownwood, Texas (Don Shepard Park)

  Sul Ross State 2 (5-26,5-8 ASC)               Howard Payne Univ 10 (11-17,0-13 ASC)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Billy Klinetop rf..........  4  0  1  1       Kyle Lloyd dh..............  4  0  1  1
  James Johnson dh...........  4  0  1  1        Matt Lynn ph/dh...........  1  0  0  0
  Javier Arrieta 3b..........  4  0  1  0       Chris Pucci 2b.............  2  1  1  0
  Patrick Parsons 2b.........  4  0  1  0       Jose Sierra c..............  4  2  2  1
  Sammy Robles 1b............  3  0  0  0        Ben Ogle ph/c.............  1  0  0  0
  Charlie Sanchez ss.........  4  0  1  0       Blake Shaffer 1b...........  4  1  1  1
  Richard Madrid lf..........  4  1  3  0        Jason Raesz 1b............  0  0  0  0
  Will Montano c.............  3  1  0  0       Ryan Kunz rf/dh............  4  3  3  2
  Reinaldo Araujo cf.........  3  0  0  0       Cale Thompson ss...........  2  1  1  0
  Michael Otero p............  0  0  0  0       Ricky Gomez 3b.............  3  0  0  1
   Harvey Cardiel p..........  0  0  0  0       Adam Garcia cf.............  4  1  1  2
   Eddie Vela p..............  0  0  0  0       James Mays lf..............  4  1  1  1
                                                Justin Davies p............  0  0  0  0
                                                 Jacob Magee p.............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 33  2  8  2       Totals..................... 33 10 11  9

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Sul Ross State...... 000 020 000 -  2  8  2
  Howard Payne Univ 000 503 20X - 10 11  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - J. Arrieta; P. Parsons; Sierra. DP - SR 1. LOB - SR 7; HPU-BB 5. 2B - B.
  Klinetop; Kunz 2. 3B - Lloyd. HBP - C, Thompson. SF - Gomez. SB - Garcia 2; Mays. CS
  - Pucci. Reached on CI - R. Araujo.

  Sul Ross State                 IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Michael Otero  L...........   5.2  9  8  6  2  3   0  0  1  0   24 28   6  6
  Harvey Cardiel ............   1.1  2  2  2  1  0   0  2  0  0    6  7   1  3
  Eddie Vela ................   1.0  0  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    3  4   2  0

  Howard Payne Univers           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Justin Davies  W...........   8.0  7  2  2  2  8   0  0  0  0   29 32   7  7
  Jacob Magee ...............   1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  1

  HBP - by M. Otero (C, Thompson). BK - H. Cardiel 2. PB - W. Montano 2; Ogle. CI -
  Sierra.

  Strikeouts - B. Klinetop; J. Johnson; P. Parsons; S. Robles; C. Sanchez; R. Madrid;
  W. Montano 2; R. Araujo; Shaffer; Gomez; Mays 2. Walks - S. Robles; W. Montano;
  Pucci 3; C, Thompson.

  Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 2:30   Attendance: 65

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