Baseball | 2/3/2018 10:20:00 PM
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Box Score 2 Saturday, February 03, 2018
DALLAS, TEXAS —
Paul Tapia wielded a big bat for the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team (3-1) on Saturday at the Dallas Christian Tournament. He had a pinch-hit homer as the Hounds picked up a 13-4 win over Dallas Christian. Later in the day, the junior cracked a RBI-double in a 10-7 win over Mid-America Christian at Crusader Field.
Inside the Series
- The Hounds played Dallas Christian for the first time in program history
- Eastern improved to 1-1 against Mid-America Christian after the first meeting, yesterday
Against Mid America Christian
- A two-out base hit in the bottom of the first staked the Evangels to a 1-0 lead
- Andrew Stubbs gave ENMU the lead with a one-out two-run single in the second inning
- A Greyhound error in the bottom of the second allowed MACU to plate four runs for a 5-2 lead
- Mid-America Christian tacked on a sixth run in the third
- Stubbs drove in another run in the fourth inning to trim the Greyhound deficit
- Eastern capitalized on a wild pitch and error t plate three runs in the fifth for a 7-6 lead
- Tapia's double in the sixth allowed ENMU to score an insurance run
- Stubbs had a RBI triple in the Hounds' two-run seventh as ENMU closed out the game
- Jonathan Joy scattered three hits over five innings of relief with four strikeouts to earn the win
- Enrique Perez tossed an inning to pick up the save
- Stubbs batted three-for-three, walked and scored a run
Against Dallas Baptist
- Tapia cracked his first homer of the season
- Cesar Capellan went four innings for ENMU and allowed just two runs
Up Next
- The Eastern New Mexico University will host Oklahoma Panhandle State on Tuesday
- The contest has been moved up to 3 p.m. MT
