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Dane Jones
15
Winner LeTourneau LETU 18-13, 10-2 ASC
11
Hardin-Simmons HSU 7-20, 4-8 ASC
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
18-13, 10-2 ASC
15
Final
11
Hardin-Simmons HSU
7-20, 4-8 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LeTourneau LETU 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 7 2 15 15 3
Hardin-Simmons HSU 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 11 16 2

W: Holt, Clayton (3-1) L: Javin Zoolkoski (0-1) S: Cox, Cruz (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Andrew Mindeman, Associate AD for Communications

Late-Inning Comeback Gives Baseball Series Win at Hardin-Simmons

ABILENE, Texas -- Down six runs in the seventh inning, the LeTourneau baseball team scored 12 runs over the final three innings to earn a 15-11 victory over Hardin-Simmons and claim an ASC series victory on Saturday afternoon.

LeTourneau (18-13, 10-2 ASC) has won four straight series, including three in conference play, while winning 12 of the last 14 games. The win marked the third time this season the YellowJackets have won a game when trailing by six-plus runs.

Dane Jones started the comeback with a three-run home run in the seventh inning, his seventh home run of the series and the 14th of the season. Jones finished 2-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored.

Trailing 9-3 entering the seventh, Jones' blast was a kickstarter for the YellowJackets. The home run got LeTourneau within 9-6.

Hardin-Simmons (7-20, 4-8 ASC) got a run back in the bottom of the seventh to make it 10-6. 

In the top of the eighth, LeTourneau scored seven runs and took advantage of two Hardin-Simmons errors. Austin Wiederhold produced an RBI single to score Isaac Price before a Jones fielder's choice added another run to make it 10-8.

Xander Nabors got LeTourneau within one (10-9) with his RBI single and Luke Land tied the game with an RBI fielder's choice. A Cowboy error followed by Price's two-run single capped the frame and gave LeTourneau a 13-10 lead.

Nabors tacked on two insurance runs in the top of the ninth with his two-run triple that plated both Jones and Wiederhold for a 15-10 lead.

Clayton Holt (3-1) took the win as he threw one inning of relief, while Cruz Cox picked up the two-inning save. Will Podsednik made the start and tossed four scoreless innings.

Zach Baker and Nabors each had three hits as LeTourneau totaled 15 in the win.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau opens a four-game series at nationally-ranked East Texas Baptist on Wednesday (7 p.m.).

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