THE LEAD
DBU collected a season-high 14 hits, and Jordan Martinson excelled for a third straight week in a 7-1 win over Houston Baptist to kick off a double header Friday. Martinson limited HBU (4-5) to one run on five hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in seven innings.

The Patriots (6-3) took the lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Jackson Glenn. After the Huskies tied the game in the third, Bryce Ball's first home run as a Patriot put DBU back in front, clearing the left field fence in the fourth inning. Hunter Vansau drove in two with a single later in the frame.

DBU added three insurance runs in the eighth with a two-run double by Blayne Jones and another RBI single by Glenn.

Kragen Kechely finished the game with two scoreless innings of relief to earn the save.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - Martinson moved into seventh place in DBU's Division I era in both innings pitched (204.1) and strikeouts (184).
 - Ball became the third different Patriot to homer in 2019.
 - Jackson Glenn and Evan Sandmann became the first Patriots to record three hits in the same game in 2019.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
38 - Jimmy Glowenke extended his reached-base streak to 37 games with his sixth-inning single.
14.2 - Martinson extended his scoreless inning streak to 14.2 innings to start the season before HBU tied the game in the third.
5 - Five different Patriots recorded multi-hit games.

UP NEXT
The Patriots and Huskies resume their doubleheader at 6:10 pm.