FRISCO, Texas - The Hendrix College baseball team earned their third win of the season, downing the University of Texas at Dallas 9-2 at Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco in the final game of their weekend series.
Hendrix jumped all over UT Dallas in the first frame, putting up four runs in their initial opportunity at the plate.
Wyatt Hogan and
Jake Wiegand each cashed in with runners in scoring position, ripping a pair of two-run singles to put the Warriors up 4-0 in the first. The Orange and Black added two more in the second, extending the lead to 6-0.
The Warriors were blanked until the bottom of the eighth inning when they put up three more insurance runs.
Drew Judson added an RBI single,
Ryan Ritz came home on an error, and
Matt Simmons drove home Judson on a sacrifice fly to extend the Hendrix lead to 9-2.
Cannon Schrank,
Brian Commerford,
Baker Helton, and
Colten Poellinger combined to sedate the UT Dallas offense, allowing just a pair of runs over the course of the game. Schrank started with four scoreless, and Commerford followed with three more shutout innings. Helton allowed a pair of runs, on a walk and a hit in the eighth and Poellinger shut the door with a scoreless ninth.
Hendrix Notes-
Cannon Schrank earned his first start since the 2012 season, throwing four scoreless innings, allowing just four hits in the win.
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Wyatt Hogan snapped out of his mini-slump. He entered the game 1-for-12 from the plate, but went 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead the offense.
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Zach Crenshaw earned his first hit of the season, a single to center in the sixth inning.
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Brian Commerford earned the win in a relief appearance for the first time in his career, throwing three scoreless out of the pen.
UT Dallas Notes- Cole Hanson pitched five innings, allowed six runs, but only three earned. He also stranded eight runners on base.
- Haden Johnson went 2-for-4 with a double to lead the UT Dallas offense.
- Nolan Smith hit a solo home run in the eighth inning for the Comets.
Up NextHendrix returns to action on February 21 when they host Wabash for a doubleheader, the first two of a three-game series.
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