AUSTIN, Texas -- After dropping a one-run game in Friday's opener, the LeTourneau baseball team rebounded and scored six runs in the ninth inning of game two to break a 2-2 tie and complete an 8-2 victory at Concordia Texas in ASC action in Austin.

LeTourneau (9-11, 3-5 ASC) fell in the opener, 3-2, as Concordia (12-7, 5-3 ASC) produced two runs in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with the win.

GAME TWO: LeTourneau 8, Concordia 2

Trailing 2-0 in the eighth inning, LeTourneau scored twice to tie the game and then busted the game open with six runs in the ninth to earn a doubleheader split with an 8-2 victory in Friday's second game.

The YellowJackets were stymied through seven innings by Concordia pitching, but the bats came alive over the final two innings. Kyle Maysonave delivered a two-out, two-run triple in the eighth inning to tie the game at 2-2. 

In the ninth, LeTourneau loaded the bases with nobody out and Carter Amarantos produced a go-ahead RBI single that plated Ethan Wood to put the YellowJackets ahead 3-2. The big blow in the inning came one batter later as Dane Jones ripped a three-run double down the line in left that cleared the bases and gave LeTourneau a 6-2 lead.

Cole Thompson added an RBI single later in the ninth and a Concordia error allowed the sixth run of the frame to come across.

Will Bond (2-1) shut the door in the ninth to collect the win as he tossed the final two innings in relief and did not allow a run. Riley Davis made the start on the bump and kept LeTourneau in the game as he scattered nine hits, but surrendered just two runs, over five innings of work. Will Podsednik also threw two scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

Amarantos led the 13-hit parade for LeTourneau with his 3-for-5 effort while Thompson, Maysonave, and Cameron Pfafman had two hits each. Thompson extended his hitting streak to 14 games with three hits in the doubleheader.

Brady Staedtler (1-1) got the loss in relief after allowing four runs in less than an inning. Julian Swift and Matthew Armes had three hits each for the host Tornados who tallied 14 hits.

GAME ONE: Concordia 3, LeTourneau 2

In a fast game, LeTourneau had a 2-1 lead entering the seventh inning only to see the host Tornados score twice to walk off with a 3-2 victory in the seven-inning affair.

Dalton Pickett (0-3) had his best start of the year for the YellowJackets as he worked into the seventh inning. He allowed just one run through his first six innings before finishing with three runs on four hits and five strikeouts in 6.1 innings.

LeTourneau tied the game at 1-1 on a Thompson RBI double in the fourth inning that plated Jones.

In the seventh, the YellowJackets used a Concordia error to take a one-run lead. Maysonave led off the top of the last inning and reached on a fielding error before LeTourneau put runners on second and third with two outs. Lane Williams bounced a ball back up the middle and beat out the long throw from second base to enable Pfafman to score the go-ahead run.

Pickett struck out the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the seventh, but back-to-back singles tied the game at 2-2. With runners on first and second and one out, the Tornados' Zach Seigrist got one by the left side of the infield that scored the game-winning run.

Jones had two of LeTourneau's five hits in the loss. 

Dakota Palmer (2-2) picked up the win after his complete game effort for Concordia. Swift and Seigrist had two hits apiece for Concordia.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau and Concordia conclude the series on Saturday in Austin (12 p.m.).