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Parker Edwards
Juan DeLeon Creative
4
Tarleton State TSU 20-26
10
Winner Houston Christian HCU 24-19
Tarleton State TSU
20-26
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Final
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Houston Christian HCU
24-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tarleton State TSU 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 15 2
Houston Christian HCU 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 X 10 13 0

W: Cyr, Jacob (2-1) L: Bosse, Ben (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BSB: HCU Powers Past Tarleton State in Midweek Matchup

Huskies belt three home runs and collect 13 hits in a 10–4 victory

HOUSTON – Houston Christian Baseball defeated Tarleton State, 10–4, in a non-conference midweek matchup on Tuesday night at Husky Field. It marked the first meeting between the teams this season, with the Huskies showcasing a well-rounded performance at the plate and on the mound.

HCU's bats came alive early and often, totaling 13 hits and drawing seven walks to produce 10 runs. Jack Walker led the charge with a 2-for-3 night, driving in three and reaching base three times. Parker Edwards and Tevis Payne each homered and tallied two RBIs, while Graham Laxton added a solo shot and scored twice. Every Husky starter reached base, and the team went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

The Huskies opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, when Edwards came home on an RBI single from Rhett Hendricks. Tarleton State briefly tied it in the second with a sacrifice fly from Sergio Guerra, but Laxton's solo homer in the bottom half of the inning gave HCU the lead for good.

Payne extended the lead with a two-run home run in the third, and in the fourth, the Huskies broke it open. Jack Walker laid down a sacrifice bunt to bring home Trevor Roper, followed by a two-run blast from Edwards that made it 7–1.

The Texans cut into the deficit in the sixth, scoring three runs on an RBI double by Guerra and productive outs from Tyson Drake and Ike Shirey. But HCU responded in the seventh, as Matthew Leiterman scored on a groundout by Kenneth Dutka, and Walker added a two-run single to make it 10–4.

The HCU bullpen took care of the rest. After allowing a pair of baserunners in the eighth, reliever Jaron Skidmore worked out of trouble with a key strikeout and a groundout to keep the Texans off the board. In the ninth, Nick Ferazzi took the mound and shut the door with a clean frame, sealing the Huskies' 10–4 win in a nine-inning contest.

On the mound, Jacob Cyr picked up the win, tossing five innings and allowing three runs while striking out four. The HCU bullpen combined for four innings of one-run ball. Jaron Skidmore worked out of an eighth-inning jam with a strikeout and groundout, and Nick Ferazzi closed it out with a clean ninth.

Offensively, HCU was led by multi-hit efforts from Hendricks, Edwards, Walker, Laxton, and Roper. Edwards' home run was his ninth of the season and the 28th of his HCU career, moving him into a tie for second all-time at the school with Jason Pickett. He is just four home runs shy of the school's career leader, Andrew Taccolini, who hit 32 home runs from 2006 through 2009.

HCU improves to 2–1 in games started by Cyr. The Huskies will return to Southland Conference play this weekend, wrapping up their home schedule with a three-game series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The series begins Friday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m. Senior Day ceremonies will be held before Saturday's 2 p.m. game, and the series finale is set for Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m.
 
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