Box Score

 
Following Friday's postponed contest, the Dallas Baptist Patriot baseball team hosted Louisiana Tech for a Saturday doubleheader, dropping 4-1 and 5-2 decisions to the visiting Bulldogs. DBU falls to 25-26 overall, 11-12 in WAC play.
 
In the first game, Louisiana Tech (18-33, 6-17) scored three runs in the third inning off Johansen as a leadoff walk was followed by three hits and the Bulldogs added another run in the seventh when an infield popup with a runner on third was lost in the sun by second baseman Mike Wesolowski. In all, Johansen allowed six hits in his seven innings and, by all accounts, only two of those hits were well struck.
 
Johansen gave way to Paul Voelker in the eighth and Voelker did not allow a run in two innings but the Patriot offense could never get much going against Maton as the righthander limited DBU to only the single run on three hits, their only run coming in the eighth inning as Boomer Collins followed an Austin Listi infield single and stolen base with an RBI double.
 
Louisiana Tech opened the scoring in the second contest, pushing a pair of runs across in the fifth off DBU starter, Cy Sneed. Tyler Love singled home Colby Johnson, who had reached on a hit by pitch and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Burch. Tyler Qualls singled home Sam Alvis to move the Bulldog lead to 2-0.
 
The Patriots answered with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the fifth, as Collins drilled a two-out, bases loaded single to right field, scoring Wesolowski and Austin Listi. Listi added a defensive contribution in the top of the sixth, gunning down Tyler Ervine at home plate on a Colby Johnson single. All totaled, the Patriots threw out three Bulldog base runners trying to score.
 
The scoring went quiet until the ninth inning, when Louisiana Tech capitalized on a Dallas Baptist error, scoring three unearned runs to push their lead to the eventual final, 5-2. Michael Smith allowed the three unearned runs, pitching two total innings to move to 5-6 on the season. Sneed received no decision, allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings.
 
Tech starter James Ferguson worked 5 1/3 innings, getting no decision after allowing a pair of runs on seven hits. Caleb Dudley earned the win, moving to 1-4, after 3 2/3 of one-hit relief, striking out three and walking none.
 
The two clubs will conclude the series, Sunday, the DBU 2013 home finale. Action is set to get under way at 1 p.m.