TEXARKANA, TEXAS (March 5, 2022) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) baseball team won one of three games against Texas A&M University – Texarkana (TAMUT) in a Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) series. The Saints are now 7-14 overall and 4-5 in the RRAC, while TAMUT is 13-10 overall and 6-3 in the conference.

Head Coach Bryan Aughney commented, "It was great to see our guys compete for all nine innings in the last game. We had been struggling to do that as of late. We faced adversity in all three games, and we finally responded the way we were capable of doing. We still have things we need to clean up, and hopefully, this gives us a little momentum."

History

The Saints won a four-game series against TAMUT in 2021, winning 13-10, 18-6 and 6-5 and losing 1-8.

Game One, 2-6

Alec Martinez (SR/Corpus Christi, Texas) started on the mound for the Saints, pitching 2.1 innings, allowing seven hits and six runs while striking out two to suffer the loss. Trey Ramirez III (SR/Donna, Texas) pitched 5.2 innings and allowed two hits.

Brandon Betancourt (FR/San Antonio, Texas) went 2-for-3 with one run while Jarod Smith (FR/Baytown, Texas) went 2-for-4 with one run. Christian Martinez (FR/Corpus Christi, Texas) and Robert Arredondo (SR/Corpus Christi, Texas) had one RBI each.

Game Two, 3-5

Brett Vasquez (JR/Baytown, Texas) suffered the loss after pitching all six innings. He struck out 10 and allowed six hits and five runs.

Jarod Smith went 2-for-3 and had one run. Arredondo had two RBIs in the game. Jacob Arriola (SO/San Antonio, Texas) and Christian Martinez scored one run each.

Game Three, 10-9

Ram Maldonado (SR/McAllen, Texas) started on the mound, and after allowing three hits and three runs in the first inning, was replaced by Ziegen Farley. Layne Klostermann (JR/Raymondville, Texas), Guiliano Hernandez (FR/Boerne, Texas), Pablo Montante (SO/San Antonio, Texas) and Joshua Mendez (JR/Corpus Christi, Texas) took turns on the mound. Mendez earned the win after pitching three innings and striking out four.

Arredondo went 2-for-4 scoring two runs and batting in two RBIs. Matthew Klar (JR/San Antonio, Texas) went 2-for-4 with one run and three RBIs. Jacob Mitchell (SR/Harker Heights, Texas) had two RBIs and a home run. Jarod Smith had one run and one RBI. Jacob Arriola had two runs.

The Saints went into the seventh inning trailing 4-9. A hit by Jarod Smith sent D'Artagnan Perez-Padron home. Moving into the eighth inning, trailing 5-9, Mitchell's home run also scored Arredondo, tightening the game to 7-9. In the ninth inning, with the bases loaded, Arredondo walked scoring Perez-Padron, and a single from Klar to left field scored Jacob Montejano (JR/San Antonio, Texas) and Jarod Smith, giving the Saints a 10-9 lead. The Saints were able to hang on to win the game 10-9.

Up next

The Saints will host Louisiana Christian University March 11-12.