LONGVIEW, Texas – The Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets dropped today's match 11-5 versus LeTourneau University.
Howard Payne started off the game quick with two runs in the top of the first inning. The first run was scored by
Carson Wert on a single to center field by
William Burford.
Seth Bowman then singled through the right side to bring Sam Lampson home, making the score 2-0.
LETU responded with one run in the bottom of the first, three runs in the fifth, and two more in the sixth inning.
In the top of the seventh, HPU's
Taylor Griner scored on a wild pitch. An error by LeTourneau's second baseman in the eighth inning put
JP Zuniga-Rodriguez on base, and scoring
William Burford and
Kelby Coburn, making the final score 11-5.
HPU's
Seth Bowman led the team with two hits and one RBI. Pitcher
Brendan Read pitched 4.1 innings and had four strikeouts.
Howard Payne is now 9-11 overall and 4-6 in conference. The Yellow Jackets will finish the LETU series tomorrow March, 25
th, in Longview, Texas at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm.