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St. Mary's STMU 24-17, 5-8 HC
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Winner St. Edward's SEU 18-23, 5-8 HC
St. Mary's STMU
24-17, 5-8 HC
2
Final
4
St. Edward's SEU
18-23, 5-8 HC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Mary's STMU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
St. Edward's SEU 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 4 9 3

W: Ryan Hill (6-3) L: De La Garza, Zach (6-5) S: Jayson Flores (3)

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Winner St. Mary's STMU 25-17, 6-8 HC
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St. Edward's SEU 18-24, 5-9 HC
Winner
St. Mary's STMU
25-17, 6-8 HC
1
Final
0
St. Edward's SEU
18-24, 5-9 HC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Mary's STMU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
St. Edward's SEU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

W: Minister, Mason (5-0) L: Daniel Sabatino (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Minister shuts out Hilltoppers; Baseball splits Thursday at St. Ed's

By Heather Kennedy | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

AUSTIN, Texas – A stellar pitching performance by freshman Mason Minister helped the St. Mary's baseball team earn a split on the road in a doubleheader at St. Edward's on Thursday afternoon as he won game two 1-0 after the Rattlers dropped the opening game 4-2.

The Blue & Gold are now 25-17 on the year and 6-8 in Heartland Conference action, while the Hilltoppers are 18-24 overall and 5-9 in league play. The Rattlers are currently tied for fifth place in the Heartland standings and are ½ game out of fourth place with the top four advancing to the conference tournament.

Freshman Ryan McGowen (San Antonio) went 4-for-7 with a stolen base, walk and run scored over the twinbill and freshman Jake Mares (Fort Worth, Texas) was 3-for-6 with an RBI on the day.

The Battle of the Saints series concludes Saturday at 1 p.m. and the Rattlers return home to host Houston-Victoria on Tuesday, April 23 at 6 p.m. in the final non-conference game of the year.

GAME ONE RECAP
The Rattlers scored their two runs on six hits with three St. Edward's errors, while the Hilltoppers scored four runs on nine hits with one StMU miscue.

McGowen was 2-for-4, while the other four hits were scattered amongst four players and McGowen and junior Derek Mueller (Carrolton, Texas) each scored a run. Junior Johnny Hernandez (El Paso, Texas) had the club's lone RBI in the opener.

Junior Zach De La Garza (San Antonio) pitched the complete game, surrendering four runs on nine hits, walking four and fanning four to fall to 6-5 on the year.

Ryan Hill threw 6 2/3 innings allowing one earned run on six hits, walking two and striking out four and Jayson Flores got his third save of the year retiring the only batter he faced.

St. Edward's broke onto the scoreboard first, plating three runs in the bottom of the second on three hits and a Rattler error.

St. Mary's answered with a pair in the third. Mueller walked and McGowen singled up the middle, then hustled to second when the ball went to third. Hernandez grounded out to the shortstop, but scored Mueller. Junior Patrick Fennell (El Paso) – the Heartland Conference Player of the Week -- reached on a fielding error by the third baseman to score McGowen and bring the score to 3-2.

The Hilltoppers added one more in the fifth for the 4-2 final score.

GAME TWO RECAP
Minister stayed undefeated with a two-hit shutout. He walked two and struck out five to move to 5-0 on the year and win his second-straight start.
McGowen, Mares and junior Andrew Perez (El Paso) each had two hits in the nightcap, totaling six of the team's nine hits and senior Mario Vela (Mission, Texas) scored the lone run in the game, while Mares had the club's lone RBI.

St. Mary's scored its run in the second inning and held it throughout the contest. Junior Keaton Milford (New Braunfels, Texas) walked and was erased on a fielder's choice off the bat of Mario Vela (Mission, Texas). Vela moved to second on a wild pitch and Mares singled to left field to score Vela.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES
  • Junior Keaton Milford returned to the lineup after missing 24 games. Milford was injured on March 1 against Lubbock Christian in the first game of the day.
  • Milford drew two walks in game two, bringing his season total to 12 in 76 plate appearances or one walk every 6 1/3 at bats.
  • Andrew Perez has now reached base safely in the last 21 games, while Derek Mueller has reached in 18 straight and 22 of 23 games. Those the longest two streaks on the team this season.
  • Johnny Hernandez has reached in 17 of 18 games and has at least one hit in each of the last four.
  • In his last five outings, Mason Minister has allowed just two earned runs. In those 26 1/3 innings he has seven walks and 16 strikeouts.
  • Mario Vela has the team's longest current active hitting streak at six games. He has scored a run in five of those six games
 
TEAM NOTES
  • In the second game, the Rattlers left 11 runners on base. It is the 12th time this season the team has left double digit runners on the base paths with 12 being the most, done twice.
  • The Rattlers are now 17-4 this season when out-hitting the opponent and 7-11 when being out-hit.
  • The team is also 16-4 when they score first and 9-13 when the opponent scores first in the game.
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