Hendrix Sweeps Weekend SCAC Baseball Series From Trinity

Conway, Ark. - The defending champion Hendrix Warriors swept a weekend Southern Collegiate Athletics Conference baseball series with the Trinity Tigers, by a 7-4 win Sunday at Warrior Field.

Hendrix, which beat the Tigers 13-12 Saturday, improved to 5-5 and 2-4 SCAC. Trinity now stands at 8-4 and 3-2 SCAC. The two teams will meet again in a three-game series March 27-28 at E.M. Stevens Field.

The Tigers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, on an RBI single by junior catcher Kyle Felix. The Warriors tied the score at 1-1, as catcher Brad Grinstead hit a solo home run. Hendrix widened the lead to 7-1 after five innings. Trinity closed the gap as Felix smacked a two-run homer in the sixth inning, his third of the season. Tiger senior first baseman Evan Jones hit his second home run in as many days, a solo shot in the eighth inning. It marked Jones' fifth home run of the campaign. The game ended in the top of the ninth, with a Trinity runner on third base.

Felix, from Woodside, Calif. (Bellarmine College Prep), batted 3-5 with three RBIs, a double (his seventh), a home run, and one run scored. Jones, from Hillsborough, Calif. (Junipero Serra), hit 1-3 with an RBI, home run, and one run.

Junior right-hander Michael Panozzo of Houston (Clear Lake) was the starting pitcher, the first of three, and took the loss. Panozzo (3-2) allowed five earned runs, four hits, one walk, and struck out two Warriors, in 3 1/3 innings of work.

Trinity scored three earned runs, made eight hits, committed one error, and left eight players on base. Hendrix scored seven earned runs, collected eight hits, made one error, and stranded two batters.

The Tigers will host Texas Lutheran in a non-conference game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.