Jackets Split With Schreiner But Take Series

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BROWNWOOD, Texas - After sufferring a late inning comeback loss 8-5 to Schreiner University in game one, the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets blowout the Mountaineers 14-7 in game two of the conference double header Saturday afternoon at Don Shepard Park.

Howard Payne rallied from three down to take a 5-3 lead after six innings only to have the Mountaineers post a five-run top of the seventh to take game one 8-5. HPU starter Gilbert Barrera threw six innings of work giving up three runs on five hits. He had struckout eight Schreiner batters and the Jackets held a 5-3 advantage when Carlton Brown came in the close out the game. Brown would give up five runs on on four hits in the loss. Ryan Abbott was 2 of 4 from the plate and Brown also in the lineup at the Jackets DH was 2 of 3. 

The Jackets only needed the first two innings of game two to put away Schreiner posting four runs in the first and ten in the second. Schreiner added three runs of their own in the second but the Jackets were too far ahead and cruized to the 14-7 win. Jordan Hammontree was huge in the game going 3 of 5 from the plate with four RBIs. Dustin Cole and San Dollahite each had three hits and Tyrone Ahin added two. Jonathan Morris got the win for HPU throwing seven innings of work. Derrick Berlanga finished out the last two frames for the Jackets. 

Howard Payne will play next week in Abilene versus McMurry University with a single on Friday at 7:00 pm and a double header on Saturday at 1:00 pm.
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