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Justin Jenkins
Concordia University
0
LeTourneau LETU 8-7, 6-4 ASC
3
Winner Concordia Texas CTX 20-4, 15-1 ASC
LeTourneau LETU
8-7, 6-4 ASC
0
Final
3
Concordia Texas CTX
20-4, 15-1 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
LeTourneau LETU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Concordia Texas CTX 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 3 9 0

W: Cox (7-0) L: Carns, Jordan (2-1)

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Winner LeTourneau LETU 9-7, 7-4 ASC
1
Concordia Texas CTX 20-5, 15-2 ASC
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
9-7, 7-4 ASC
4
Final
1
Concordia Texas CTX
20-5, 15-2 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LeTourneau LETU 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 1
Concordia Texas CTX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1

W: Jenkins, Justin (3-1) L: Garwood (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Justin Jenkins Leads LETU Baseball to Doubleheader Split with No. 10 Concordia

The LeTourneau University baseball team split a doubleheader with No. 10 Concordia on Saturday to snap a three-game losing skid in Austin at Tornado Field. The YellowJackets lost game one, 3-0 and posted a 4-1 win in the nightcap. LeTourneau is now currently 9-7 overall and 7-4 in the American Southwest Conference, Concordia is 20-5 overall and 15-7 in the American Southwest Conference.
 
The YellowJackets had six hits in each game and solid starting pitching in both contests. In the 3-0 loss in game one, LETU junior starter Jordan Carns allowed nine hits and three runs – two earned and struck out four for his first defeat of the season to fall to 2-1. In the nightcap, LETU senior Justin Jenkins (pictured) had his fourth-straight, double-digit strikeout effort in the complete game. The Hallsville native went the distance, allowing seven hits and striking out the 13 to improve his record to 3-1.
 
Game 1
Concordia got on the board in the third inning on an RBI single by Michael Evan in the third and added two insurance runs in the sixth for the 3-0 win. Evan and Gareth Hutton each had two hits for Concordia to lead a nine-hit attack. Cameron Cox went the distance for the shutout and struck out seven to raise his record to 7-0. For LeTourneau, senior Sean Sellers and junior Taylor Empkey each had two hits in the loss.
 
Game 2
Empkey had his second-straight multi-hit game in the nightcap as LeTourneau scored a run in each of the first three innings for an early 3-0 advantage. An unearned run in the first put the YellowJackets on the scoreboard for the first time in the series. LETU capitalized on defensive miscues made by the host Tornados for the lead.
 
LeTourneau added to its lead in the second inning after a triple by senior Caleb Pritchett brought in senior Bryce Henry from first, who had reached on a two-out walk. Then, in the third, junior Dillon Yates hit his third home run of the season to put the YellowJackets ahead 3-0. A sacrifice fly by sophomore Kyle Jacobs drove in senior David Perkins, who had walked earlier in the inning.
 
With a 3-0 lead, Jenkins withstood threats by the Tornados in the third and fifth inning, but picked up a double play to end the sixth. The Tornados got on the board in the seventh after an error by the YellowJackets.
 
LeTourneau will return home to host Howard Payne on Thursday, April 2 at 7 p.m. and Friday, April 3 at 1 p.m. in a doubleheader at Conrad-Vernon Field.
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