LeTourneau dropped a pair of American Southwest Conference games to Concordia Texas on Saturday as they still seek their first win in conference play. The YellowJackets couldn't complete a comeback in Game 1 as they fell 4-2 in the seven-inning contest. The series finale was dominated by the Tornados as they earned the 10-0 victory.
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In the first game of the doubleheader, the YellowJackets allowed a run in the second, third and fourth innings falling behind 3-0 going into the bottom of the fourth inning.
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Lee Hosie would start off the fourth inning with a single up the middle and
Gonzalo Sosa drew the walk and put two YellowJackets on base.
Noah Mahoney advanced the runners in the next at bat.
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Jacob Simmons would pick up his 11
th RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Hosie.
Kyle Buchanan would reach on an error as he hit a hard shot to the shortstop and Sosa scored to cut the deficit to 3-2.
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The Tornados would add one more run in the sixth inning and LETU was unable to manufacture anymore runs in the final innings.
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Andrew Harlan falls to 1-3 on the season as he went 5.2 innings recording four strikeouts. The sophomore right-hander gave up four runs on eight hits and walked two.
Sam Kriebel pitched the remaining 1.1 innings in relief and recorded a strikeout, forced two groundouts and gave up one hit and no runs.
In the series finale Concordia Texas would use a five-run fifth inning to put away the YellowJackets who struggled to get runners in scoring position.
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Kyle Jacobs,
Noah Mahoney, and
Jacob Simmons recorded the only hits for LETU in the nine-inning contest.
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Haden Simmons drops to 1-2 on the season as he gave up seven runs on four hits. The freshman right-hander pitched 4.2 innings striking out five but also walking five and hitting three batters.
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The YellowJackets will host Millikin University for a spring break non-conference tilt on Monday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. against the Big Blue out of Decatur, Illinois.
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