Longview, Texas - The Yellow Jacket Baseball Club dropped an ASC conference match up 5-4 against the LeTourneau YellowJackets in Longview on Thursday night.
Howard Payne got out to an early 3-0 lead, but 6 errors cost them the win in this contest.
Six HPU Jackets recorded a hit in this contest while Joshua Gerig, Ty McCain, Manny Torralba, and David Groves all collected an RBI.
Chandler Clark got the start for Howard Payne tossing a strong 6 innings and giving up 4 hits, 2 unearned runs, and striking out 3. Brenden Clanton got the loss for the Jackets on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th, his only run in 1.1 innings.
Howard Payne drops to 20-11, and 13-3 in ASC play. They look to bounce back strong in tomorrow's double header against LeTourneau. Game one will begin at 1:00 pm