Baseball Praying
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Howard Payne HPU 20-12, 13-4 ASC
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Winner LeTourneau LETU 20-13, 9-5 ASC
Howard Payne HPU
20-12, 13-4 ASC
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Final
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LeTourneau LETU
20-13, 9-5 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Howard Payne HPU 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6 9 1
LeTourneau LETU 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 7 10 1

W: Raul Martinez (0-0) L: Owen, Seth (0-0)

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Winner Howard Payne HPU 21-12, 14-4 ASC
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LeTourneau LETU 20-14, 9-6 ASC
Winner
Howard Payne HPU
21-12, 14-4 ASC
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Final
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LeTourneau LETU
20-14, 9-6 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Howard Payne HPU 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 1
LeTourneau LETU 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 1

W: Newman, Preston () L: A. Harlan () S: Haines, Xavier (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | HPU Sports Information

Jackets Split in Wild Double Header

Longview, Texas – The Jackets took one of two games on Friday afternoon, dropping game one a walk-off 7-6 and winning game two 5-4 against the LeTourneau.

Game One

HPU went up in the 1st on an RBI single by Ty McCain that plated Noah Payne.

LETU then took the lead with a 3 run 4th. Noah Payne brought the Jackets within 1 after a double in the 5th that scored Keldon Crawford.

LETU would then add 2 in the 6th to extend their lead to 5-2.

The 7th started off with a Nolyn Box single and then a one out, Keldon Crawford blast to brought HPU within one. Noah Payne then got hit by a pitch which led to a Joshua Gerig tank giving the Jackets the lead at 6-5.

LETU ended up tying the game at 6. They then went on to win on another walk-off single in the 8th.

Noah Payne was 2-3 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored. Nolyn Box added a 2-3 day with a double and one run scored. Joshua Gerig and Keldon Crawford both added a homerun and two RBIs.

Bryson Lyro got the start for the Jackets going 5.1 giving up 7 hits and 5 runs, 4 earned, while striking out 3. Seth Owen got the loss, tossing 2/3 of an inning and giving up one run.

Game Two

The second game of the doubleheader finally fell in Howard Payne's favor.

LETU struck in the 2nd on a SAC fly to go up 1-0.

HPU then started to pull away with a 5 run 4th inning. RJ Roberts singled to score Joshua Gerig and then Rylee McGee blasted a three run shot to left to make it 5-1.

LETU battled back, again, within one making the score 5-4, but the Jackets slammed the door in this match up with a 1-2-3 7th.

Rylee McGee led the Jackets at the plate in this game going 2-3 with a homerun and 3 RBIs.

Preston Newman got the win on the mound tossing 4.2 innings, giving up 6 hits and 3 runs while striking out 3. Xavier Haines slammed the door in the 9th to grab his 2nd save of the season.

The Jackets improved to 21-12 on the season, now at 14-4 in the ASC. Howard Payne will be on the road again next week in Tyler, Texas at the University of Texas at Tyler. The first pitch will on Friday night at 7:00 pm.

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