Baseball | 4/6/2018 5:16:00 PM

Box Score STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS — Senior designated hitter Alex DeLaCruz homered to extend the top consecutive-game hitting streak from the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team (16-13; LSC 2-7). The Greyhounds rallied for three runs in the eighth inning but Tarleton State (19-13; LSC 4-4) held on for a 9-3 win in Lone Star Conference action at the Cecil Ballow Complex.

Inside the Series

• The setback snapped ENMU's three-game win streak in the series
• The Texans are 37-14 at home in the series

DeLaCruz in the Numbers

• DeLaCruz's 14-game hit streak is the team's longest since a 20-game stretch from Matthew Burks in the 2014 season
• It also was his fourth homer of the season

In the Game

• Malcolm Smith started the eighth-inning rally when he reached on an error with two outs
• Endy Villalona followed with a RBI double to get the Hounds on the board
• Villalona scored when DeLaCruz followed with a two-run blast
• The Texans took a lead they would not relinquish on Elvin Alamo's second-inning sacrifice fly
• Garlinnd Webster added a double in the ninth inning
• Conner Fletchere scattered four hits, struck out seven and tossed a complete game for the Texans

 
Up Next

• The Eastern New Mexico University baseball team will continue its series at Tarleton State with a Saturday doubleheader
• The first game will start at 12 p.m. MT