LONGVIEW, Texas – Ethan Wood, Cameron Pfafman and Anthony Ybarra each recorded two hits in LETU's loss against Howard Payne at Conrad-Vernon Field Friday.

With the 8-4 result, the YellowJackets dropped to 6-17 on the season, including 3-13 in American Southwest Conference play, while HPU moved to 7-14, 2-11.

Dane Jones, Cody Stanley, Cole Thompson and Weston McKinley added a knock a piece for the home side.

The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 2-0 lead after a half inning but an RBI single from McKinley and a groundout by Garrett Irwin in the second knotted the game.

McKinley scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, answering Howard Payne's tally in the top of the frame.

HPU pulled away with a solo run in the sixth, two in the seventh and ninth innings. Wood notched the YellowJackets final tally when he crossed the plate on a Jones groundout.

The two teams conclude the series at with a doubleheader Saturday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m.

Game Information
WP – Kyle Purdes (1-4): 9.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
LP – Jared Schurig (2-4): 6.0 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
 
Doubles
HPU: William Burford; RJ Roberts; Rylee McGee; Merek Hawthorne
 
Stolen Bases
HPU: Joey Villarreal (2)
 
Hit-by-pitch
HPU: Noah Coronado
 
Errors
LETU: Cameron Pfafman; Garrett Irwin
HPU: RJ Roberts; Luke Brock
 
Passed Balls
HPU: Rylee McGee

Start: 7:04 p.m. Time: 2:50 Weather: 74 degrees and clear