MARSHALL, Texas -- The LeTourneau baseball team could not slow the hot bats of East Texas Baptist in the finale of the three-game series on Monday night as the host Tigers claimed a sweep with a 15-1 victory in ASC play.
LeTourneau drops to 14-17 overall and 8-10 in conference play. ETBU has won 10 straight overall and moves to 21-8 and 16-2.
ETBU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning as a LeTourneau error kept the inning alive and the Tigers scored all five runs with two outs. The margin swelled to 14-0 before LeTourneau got on the board in the sixth inning.
LeTourneau had two hits in the game as
Ethan Wood broke up the Tigers' no-hit bid with his line drive single to left field in the fifth. In the sixth,
Andrew Klingenstein worked a walk and stole second base before scoring on
Carter Amarantos' RBI single.
Lane Williams drew a walk in the game and extended his on-base streak to 31 games.
Dalton Pickett (0-5) got the loss as he went 2.2 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts. The YellowJackets used four arms out of the bullpen.
Hayden Robichaux (4-1) picked up the win for ETBU after going four scoreless innings. Jacob Evangelista went 4-for-5 to lead the 13-hit attack for ETBU.
UP NEXT
LeTourneau travels to Abilene for a three-game series at McMurry starting Friday night (7 p.m.).
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