No. 16 LCU takes Texas College series
By: Chris Due, LCU Communications
Updated: February 9, 2013
LUBBOCK,
Texas (February 9, 2013) - No.16 Lubbock Christian University completed
their home
opening series with a doubleheader sweep of Texas College Saturday at
Hays Field. They received a complete game outing from Kyle Forsyth in
the first game for a 7-2 win and then held onto a three-run lead down
the stretch for a 9-8 win in the second game.
A
lead-off single by Wigberto Nevarez in the second inning of the opener
led to a run, as a
two-out double from Regan Pearson and an ensuing single from Christian
Vazquez led to a 2-0 LCU lead. Forsyth held the Steers off the
scoreboard until the top of the fourth inning. He hit the first two
batters before surrendering consecutive singles and a sacrifice
fly, which allowed TXC to tie the game 2-2. It did not take long for the
Chaps to retake the lead, as in the bottom of the fourth inning,
Nevarez led off again with a single and it led to a run with Brandon
Wilson following with a triple to score him. Brent
Leslie sacrificed in Wilson and LCU led 4-2 through four innings of
play. They grabbed some insurance with a pair of runs in the fifth
inning and a run in the sixth inning for a 7-2 Chaps lead.
Jason
Fisch and Joel Lutz each had a sacrifice fly runs-batted-in for LCU, as
LCU produced
three in the game. Vazquez finished the game 4-for-4 to lead the LCU
bats. Forsyth pitched his second complete game of the season and allowed
two runs off six hits (all singles) in seven innings to improve to 2-0
on the season. Tyler Seibert suffered the loss
for TXC and fell to 0-3. Matt McEuen went 2-for-3 in the game for the
Steers in the losing cause.
In
the second game, LCU had to continually fight off the Steers and it
started from the start.
LCU had a four-run first inning, with a triple from Lutz driving in a
pair of runs before Brennyn Smith followed with a double leading to a
4-0 lead. The Steers came back in the second inning with lead-off
doubles from McEuen and Moises Espinoza leading to
a five-hit inning and a trio of runs to cut the Chaps lead to 4-3.
Christian Vazquez extended LCU's lead to 5-3 with a triple in the bottom
of the second inning, but TXC tied the game in the top of the fourth
inning with Juan Mesa doubling in a run and then
scoring on an Aaron Savoia single up the middle to place the score at
5-5. LCU regained the lead in the bottom of the third inning with Smith
and Fisch hitting back-to-back doubles leading to a pair of runs for a
7-5 lead. Following a Steers run in the fourth
inning LCU added two more runs in the fifth inning with a two-run home
run by Wilson for a 9-6 lead. The lead turned out to be enough for the
Chaps. Corey Heidebrecht had three doubles in the game, with his final
one coming in the sixth inning highlighting
to a two-run inning and cutting the Chaps lead to 9-8. Heidebrecht came
up in the seventh inning with an opportunity to tie the game with a
runner at third base, but Chaps pitcher Hunter Flake sealed his first
victory forcing Heidebrecht into grounding out
to second base to end the game.
The Steers produced six doubles in the game and Heidebrecht finished 4-for-5 with his trio
of doubles. LCU received hits from eight different players. Smith, Fisch and Leslie each had multi-hit games with two hits each.
LCU improved to 7-1 on the season with the wins and Texas College fell to 2-10. The Chaps return
to the road Thursday to face Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas to open a three-game series.
