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SAN ANTONIO — No. 11 St. Mary's Baseball had no answer for St. Edward's offensive onslaught Friday.
The Hilltoppers scattered seven runs over the first two innings to build what became a 12-run advantage in a 14-6 victory in the second round of the Heartland Conference Tournament.
St. Mary's (36-14) will face Texas A&M International in an elimination game at 12 p.m. Saturday at Incarnate Word's Sullivan Field. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday but was postponed due to inclement weather in the area.
The championship game, which will feature St. Edward's and the winner of the St. Mary's/TAMIU matchup, will take place at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Should St. Edward's lose that game, the “if necessary” game would take place Sunday at a time to be determined.
Left fielder
Derek Moczygemba (Sr., Bulverde, Texas) led the Rattlers with three RBIs on a 2-for-5 day at the plate.
Brandon Bates,
Adrian Garcia and
Al Gonzalez also enjoyed multi-hit days.
Matt McClain struck out five, cracking 100 strikeouts on the season, but was tagged with the loss to drop to 8-4 on the year.
The winner of the Heartland tournament will receive an automatic bid to next week's NCAA Division II South Central Regional.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
