BROWNWOOD, Texas - The Howard Payne University baseball team tied the American Southwest Conference record for triples in a season with 28 in a 14-6 non-conference loss to Schreiner University Tuesday afternoon.

Three Howard Payne fielding errors and a seven-run 6th inning for Schreiner led to a 14-6 outcome for the Mountaineers.

In the bottom of the second, Jacob Salazar singled through the left side to score Benjamin Lewis and later in the inning Bailey Smith doubled to plate Kassidy Ramon and Jacob Salazar.

In the third, the Blake Null triple that tied the ASC record for triples in a season (28) brought home Jay Holland. Then, a Salazar infield single allowed Null to score. 5-3 HPU.

The Jackets would begin to struggle from that point giving up runs over the next three innings. 

Howard Payne would plate another run in the eighth on a Salazar double to score Hunter Bazan.

Jacob Salazar led HPU on the day going 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs batted in,

Kory Owen (1-1) recorded the loss in relief giving up the go ahead run at the start of the fifth. Kyle Purdes, Vernon Hart, Jacob Ford, Ethan Cerna and Seth Brody all saw time on the mound in relief for the Jackets.

Chandler Clark went 3.0 innings in the start allowing three runs on five hits and striking out two.

Howard Payne stands at 20-17 overall and Schreiner is now 14-23 on the year. The Jackets will finish out their regular season at home this weekend versus conference opponent Louisiana College. A double header on Friday starting at 1:00 pm and a single on Saturday starting at 1:00 pm. It will be senior weekend and they will be recognized before the game on Saturday.