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The Dallas Baptist University Patriot Baseball Team ended the weekend series with Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, in winning fashion as they defeated the Aggies 8-6. The Patriots victory marks the 100th win for Head Coach Dan Heefner as the team moves to 25-22 on the year.

Senior starter Ryan Millard for the Patriots left the game after pitching four and one third innings allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out three. Junior Jared Stafford picked up the win improving to 4-1 for the year as he added three innings in relief giving up three runs on four hits before handing the reigns to Freshman Aaron Gilbreath who picked up his second save. Gilbreath pitched one and two thirds scoreless innings giving up only one hit.

After the Aggies put one run on the board in the second inning the Patriots took their first lead of the day, 2-1, in the top of the third when Junior Jason Krizan hit a two RBI double down the right field line to score Juniors Tyler Robbins and Chris Haney after each reached on a fielder's choice.

The Aggies responded in the bottom of the third inning when they pushed across the plate two runs of their own to regain the lead, 3-2.

After a scoreless fourth, Patriots' Ryan Enos crushed a grand slam in the fifth inning to give DBU a commanding 6-3 lead scoring Krizan, Robbins, and Haney after three singles. Freshman Austin Elkins hit a RBI single scoring Senior Travis Meiners who reached base on a double leaving the score 7-3 to end the inning.

The Aggies were able to add a run in the bottom of the sixth inning before the Patriots answered in the eighth inning when Meiners was hit by an Aggie pitch with the bases loaded to extend their lead to 8-4.

The Aggies came on strong in the bottom of the eighth as they scored two runs, stringing together three base hits while adding two stolen bases, but were unable to muster a hit off of Gilbreath in the ninth to give the Patriots the victory, 8-6.

Head Coach Dan Heefner reached a career milestone on Saturday as he led the Patriots to their 100th win as the head coach. Heefner reached this mark in only his third season as the Patriots' head coach. Heefner led the Patriots to several historic milestones for the DBU Baseball Program in his first year as Head Coach. In 2008, the Patriots earned their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance by receiving a #2 seed in the College Station Regional in Heefner's first year as the head coach. DBU earned their #2 seed by finishing the regular season with a 37-17 record and the 29th best RPI in the nation. DBU's at large bid marked the first time an NCAA Division I Independent team made the tournament since 1992.

Following DBU's 2008 Regional appearance, The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) named Heefner the Midwest Region Coach of the Year and Rivals.com named him one of the Top 5 Rising Coaches in the nation.

The 2009 season proved to be very successful, as well, as the Patriots accumulated a 38-17 record while finishing the regular season with the 36th best RPI in the nation. Heefner has also won the Independent Coach of the Year award in each of the 2008 and 2009 seasons. With the victory against the Aggies on Saturday, the Patriots improve to 25-22 for the 2010 season with eight regular season games still to play. The Patriots are back in action on Tuesday, May 11, as they return home to Patriot Field to play the Lumberjacks from Stephen F. Austin University. The first pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.