KERRVILLE, Texas -- LeTourneau baseball rolled to an SCAC doubleheader sweep of the Schreiner Mountaineers on Friday at Bob Henry Field.

LeTourneau (22-17, 19-10 SCAC) worked an eight-inning run-rule victory in game one, 15-3, before clinching the series with an 8-4 win in game two.

Following their 19th conference win, the YellowJackets have earned a bye in next week's SCAC Championship Tournament in Cleburne, Texas. 

Also following the game-two victory, LeTourneau earned its eighth straight win. That ties the record for the longest overall winning streak and conference winning streak in the program's NCAA era.

GAME ONE: LeTourneau 15, Schreiner 3 (8 innings)

A potent LeTourneau offense backed Clayton Holt's third straight illustrious start.

Holt (6-1) --the reigning SCAC Pitcher of the Week -- tossed seven innings, holding the Mountaineers (15-24, 13-16 SCAC) to just three runs, on eight hits and two walks, striking out five along the way. 

Cody Brady, Chris Savage, and Blake Vice all homered in the game one win, and Vice's grand slam in the eighth pushed the game into run-rule territory.

Brady went 2-for-3 with his two-run homer and four runs scored. Savage replicated the 2-for-3 line, but with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Seth Hudson and Luke Land added two hits each. Hudson scored three Jackets and scored twice himself, while Land had a two-run single in the fifth.

Jack Kale began the day with a first-inning sacrifice fly, and one batter later, Hudson supplied a two-run double to left center to give the Jackets a 3-0 lead.

Savage blasted a two-run homer in the third, and Land's two-RBI single opened the lead to 7-0 after five innings.

All three of Schreiner's runs came in the fifth, as Nate Barrera scored on an error, while Daniel Rodriguez and Blake Juarez followed with RBI knocks.

Brady's two-run bomb returned LeTourneau to the scoring column in the sixth, leading 9-3.

The eighth inning saw a Savage sacrifice fly, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch for Hudson, and Vice's grand slam put the cherry on top.

Tanner Beck (3-3) threw 4.2 innings in his start, allowing seven runs and receiving the loss.

GAME TWO: LeTourneau 8, Schreiner 4

It was the clutch YellowJacket bullpen that earned a win in game two, shutting down the Mountaineers across the final four innings.

Will Podsednik (5-1) twirled a gem in relief, holding Schreiner to just one hit in three innings, earning the reliever a fifth win on the year.

Kale -- the reigning SCAC Hitter of the Week -- tallied one hit, one walk, two runs scored, and three RBIs. Vice and Brady added two hits apiece in game two.

Game two's scoring began when Vice pushed a single to right field in the second to give the YellowJackets their first lead of the game.

In the third inning, Jake Morris' aggressive baserunning gave LeTourneau a 2-0 lead, scoring from second on a Zack Baker sacrifice bunt.

Schreiner answered in the home half, though, as Rodriguez lined a single to center field, scoring two and tying the game.

Back-to-back doubles in the fourth gave the Mountaineers their first lead of the day, leading 4-2 after four.

However, LeTourneau slowly stormed back.

Savage plated Baker on a bases-loaded single in the fifth, immediately followed by a sacrifice fly from Kale to tie the game at 4-4.

In the seventh, Kale came through once more, scoring Savage on a liner to left and giving the Jackets a 5-4 lead.

A three-run ninth inning added some insurance, but Cruz Cox wouldn't need it, going three-up three-down in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win.

It was Troy Bennett (0-2) allowing the go-ahead run in the seventh, earning the loss.

Nate Barrera, Shawn Rivera, and Juarez tallied three hits on the day for Schreiner.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau closes out the regular season with the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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