Game 1- Box Score
Game 2- Box Score

The Dallas Baptist Patriot Baseball Team closed out the three game series against the Grambling State Tigers, completing the sweep with an 18-6 win in game one of the doubleheader, and an 18-0 win in game two, on Friday evening. With the sweep, the Patriots move to 21-15 on the season as they prepare for a rematch against TCU on Monday.

Sophomore Ben Palmer recorded his fourth win of the season after pitching two innings, allowing no hits and no runs, and striking out three in game one of the doubleheader.

The Tigers struck first in the second, scoring one run. Senior Ryan Enos and Freshman Austin Elkins responded for the Patriots, leading off the second with back-to-back homeruns, giving DBU a 2-1lead. Junior Chris Haney reached on a walk and Senior Travis Meiners singled, moving Haney to second. Both advanced on a passed ball, and Haney eventually scored later in the inning on a bases loaded walk, giving the Patriots a 3-1 lead.

The Tigers took back the lead in the top of the third, scoring four runs on two hits, but the Patriots answered, scoring eight runs in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore Ryan Behmanesh crushed his fifth homerun of the season, a shot over the left field wall. Senior Austin Knight singled with the bases loaded, scoring Meiners and Haney. Junior Tyler Robbins then collected two more RBI for the Patriots with his single to score Knight and Senior Ryan Thompson who had reached on a walk. Junior Jason Krizan followed with a RBI singled to score Robbins, and Elkins capped off the inning with a two RBI double, making it 11-5.

The Patriots tacked on three more in the fourth when Knight scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded. Enos then singled, scoring Krizan and Freshman Duncan McAlpine who had each drawn walks.

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, McAlpine hit his tenth home run of the season, a grand slam, to give the Patriots a comfortable 18-5 lead.

The Patriots pitching trio of Palmer, Senior Brett Wade, and Haney pitched four hitless innings to close out the game, and only allowed one run in the seventh, to seal the 18-6 win.

The Patriots shut out the Tigers in the second game of the doubleheader. Senior Ryan Millard picked up the win for DBU after pitching five innings, allowing no runs on five hits, and striking out six. Senior Michael LaCourse entered the game for only one inning, but struck out the side in the sixth.

Krizan started things off for the Patriots with a triple in the third, scoring Robbins who had reached on a walk, and giving DBU a 1-0 lead. Enos grounded out to score Krizan and Meiners tripled later in the inning to score two runs, making it a 4-0 lead. Meiners then added another run to the board when he scored on a wild pitch, and a single by Knight, made it a 6-0 lead.

The Patriots used three hits in the fourth to score three more runs, leaving the score 9-0. Meiners picked up another RBI with a single that scored Enos, and Junior Josh Wilson picked up his third RBI of the season when he pushed McAlpine across the plate.

DBU added three more runs in the fourth, eight in the fifth, and one in the sixth to take a commanding 18-0 lead. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Sophomore Landon Anderson recorded his first homerun of the season, a two run shot to right center.

The Patriots will return to action on Monday, April 19, as the travel to Fort Worth to take on TCU. The Patriots defeated the 17th ranked Horned Frogs back on March 22, by the score of 8-7. Monday's game is set to begin at 6:30 p.m.