Box Score

The Patriots Baseball Team scored at least one run in each of the first seven innings to defeat the Texas Tech Red Raiders 16-7 on Wednesday night at Patriot Field.  The commanding victory improved the Patriots record to 31-15, while Texas Tech fell to 21-26.

DBU raced out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first inning.  Sophomore Ryan Enos reached base on an error by the Red Raiders second baseman.  Sophomore Ryan Goins then hit a two run opposite field homerun to left field. 

The Red Raiders cut the score to 2-1 in the top of the second inning on a solo homerun down the left field line by Jason Seefeld.

Goins struck again in the bottom of the second inning after he drove in three runs on his second homerun of the game over the right centerfield wall, which gave the Patriots a 5-1 advantage.

Senior Nick Santos led off the bottom half of the third inning with solo homerun off the scoreboard to score the first run of the inning.  With runners on first and second Sophomore Austin Knight hit an RBI double over the leftfielders head, which scored Freshman Jason Krizan.  Junior Clay Kelly then drove in the third and fourth runs on a single through the right side.  Kelly scored the final run of the inning after he raced around the bases scoring from first base on a dropped fly by Texas Tech's centerfielder, which gave DBU a 10-1 lead.

Texas Tech scored their second run of the game in the top of the fourth after they led off with a triple and scored on a ground out to the shortstop.

The Patriots pushed their lead to 11-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning by scoring one run on two hits.  Junior Brandon Bantz drove in Santos on an RBI single to centerfield.

The Red Raiders smashed three doubles in the top half of the fifth inning to score two runs and make the score 11-4.

Knight led off the fifth inning with a base on balls, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored when Enos drove him in on single up the middle making the score 12-4.

DBU did not slow down in the bottom of the sixth inning after they scored three runs three singles and a double to push their lead to 15-4. 

Texas Tech led off the top of the seventh with a hit batsman and then a triple allowed the first run of three runs to score.  The Red Raiders manufactured the final two runs of the inning on a double and a two out single to cut the Patriots lead to 15-7.

Santos smashed his second homerun of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, which gave DBU their 16^th run of the game.

Freshman Jared Stafford picked up his second consecutive victory in his second start of the season by pitching 6.0 innings, allowing four runs, on seven hits, while striking out two, and walking one. 

Santos continued to smoke the baseball going four for four, with two RBI, and four runs scored, while Head and Bantz each finished their night three for five.  Bantz also had two RBI and two runs, while Head had one RBI and a run. 

DBU will be in action again on Friday when they play host to Jacksonville University for the first game of a three game series.  The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30.