Box Score – Game One

Box Score – Game Two

The DBU Patriots defeated the University of Toledo , in their first game of the day on Saturday afternoon by the score of 14-8.  The Patriots, who took on the Missouri Tigers for their second game of the day, were defeated by MU, 11-7.  With the win and loss on Saturday, DBU's overall record is now 10-8.   

Game one saw the Rockets jump out to an early 2-0 lead, scoring two runs on two hits in the first inning, off of DBU starter Senior Jereme Wilson. 

The Patriots responded in the bottom of the second inning.  Sophomore Evan Bigley doubled off the left field wall to start the inning and moved to third on a passed ball.  Senior Matt Tucker followed by drawing a walk and Senior Jimmy Thoma added a sacrifice fly to score Bigley.  Sophomores Brandon Bantz and JT Bloodworth each added RBI doubles to give DBU a 3-2 lead. 

DBU added two more runs in the bottom of the third inning, on a two-run homerun by Senior Garrett Baker, his fourth of the season. 

In the bottom of the fourth, DBU added five more runs.  Bloodworth was hit by a pitch to start the inning and Junior Austin Krum added a single.  Freshman Austin Knight followed with a RBI single and Baker had a RBI sacrifice fly.  Bigley added a double and Tucker had a RBI single.  Thoma followed with a RBI groundout and Freshman Ryan Enos reached on an error, scoring another run, leaving the score 10-2.   

DBU scored another run in the sixth inning, after Enos walked to start the inning and later scored after consecutive doubles by Bantz and Bloodworth and a RBI fielder's choice by Krum, increasing the Patriot lead to 11-3. 

Toledo scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning, but DBU responded with three unearned runs in the bottom half of the inning. Tucker singled with two outs and scored after Thoma reached on an error by Toledo .  Enos was hit by a pitch and Bantz added a two RBI triple, leaving the score 14-4. 

The Rockets added four more runs in the top of the eighth inning using three hits, including a two-run homerun to close the score to 14-8, which would be the final.

Wilson picked up the win in the first game, pitching six and one-thirds innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, improving to 1-3 on the season. 

Leading DBU at the plate was Tucker, who went three for four with one RBI and Bantz, who went three for five with three RBI. 

In DBU's second game against the University of Missouri , the Tigers jumped out to the early lead by scoring two runs off of three hits in the top of the first inning. 

DBU answered right back when Krum led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite field homerun to left field, which brought the score to 2-1 in favor of  Missouri after one.

The Patriots took the lead in the bottom of the second when Senior Jimmy Thoma led off the inning with a single and then scored on a double by Sophomore Trevor Head.  Head then scored off a double down the left field line by Bloodworth, who scored off a two out single by Knight.  Baker then came to the plate and hit an RBI triple to score Knight and bring the score to 5-2 after two innings of play. 

The Tigers answered back in the top of the third and fourth innings, when they scored four runs off four hits and two Patriot errors to regain the lead, 6-5.

Missouri extended their lead in the top of the sixth when they ran DBU's starting pitcher, Freshman Victor Black from the game.  The Tigers pushed their lead to 9-5, when the smashed three hits and drew two walks.

DBU cut the Tigers lead in the bottom of the sixth to 9-6, when they loaded the bases up with no outs and Krum at the plate.  Krum hit a deep sacrifice fly to right center field that allowed Head to score from third base but DBU was unable to push any more runs across the plate after two Patriots struck out swinging ending the inning. 

MU scored two more runs and put the Patriots away in the top of the eighth when they drew a walk and then the Tigers first baseman John McKee hit a two run bomb over the left field fence to give them an 11-6 lead.

The Patriots managed one more run in the bottom half of the ninth, when Baker led off with a double and then advanced to third off a single by Bigley.  Baker then scored off a sacrifice fly by Tucker, who picked up his first RBI of the night. 

Picking his first loss of the season was Black, who pitched 5.1 innings, allowed six earned runs, and struck out nine Tigers, while Greg Folgia picked up the win by pitching 3.0 innings, scattering three hits, and striking out two.  Kyle Gibson came into the game in the sixth inning and shut down the Patriots for 3.2 innings, allowing four hits and striking out four, to pick up his third save of the year.

Leading the Patriots at the plate was Krum, who went two for four, including a homerun; he also had two RBI and one run scored.  Bloodworth also had strong night with two hits in three at bats, one RBI and one run scored.

The Patriots resume action on Tuesday night when they travel to San Antonio to take on the Roadrunners from UT-San Antonio at 6:00.