Cowboys End Season At Texas-Tyler
By: Hardin-Simmons Athletics
Updated: April 29, 2012
TYLER, Texas -- Hardin-Simmons
won a dramatic 6-5, 14-inning game against Texas-Tyler but fell 3-1 in
the nightcap in the American Southwest Conference Championship
Series to end its season.
Bryan
Shore shut the Cowboys out in the second game for eight innings on five
hits. He earned the win for Texas-Tyler. Jacob Yanker worked the ninth
for the save.
The
Patriots scored single runs in the first, second and fifth innings.
T.J. Martin had an RBI single in the first, Aaron McCain had an RBI
triple in the second and
Hayden Click had an RBI double in the eighth.
Troy
Nicholson went four and two-third innings and allowed three runs to
fall to 4-5 on the year. James Simmons worked three and one-third
shutout innings.
Bryan Blare had an RBI single for the Cowboys in the ninth.
HSU
finished the year with a record of 20-20 and UT-Tyler is now 33-10 and
will advance to the ASC Championship Tournament next weekend in Austin.
Jon Finney had two hits to lead HSU. Six different Patriots had a hit for UTT.
The Cowboys forced the final game with a dramatic 6-5 win in 14 innings as Jason Vause had an RBI single in the bottom of the 14th
inning for the win.
The
Patriots scored the first run in the second inning when Jon Finney
dropped a pop up with two outs to allow Will Allen to score. It was the
only run they would
get until two outs in the ninth.
HSU
took a 3-1 lead with three runs in the fifth. Andrew Rehling singled to
lead off the inning and moved to second on a sac bunt. Chris Matthews
singled and then
Troy Nicholson followed with an RBI double. Jon Finney and Austin
Cantwell then had back-to-back RBI singles.
The Cowboys scored a run in the eighth on an RBI single by Rehling.
Blake
Sieck started and went into the ninth with a 4-1 lead. He struck out
Will Allen and got a ground ball by Garrett Machacek that Troy Tarrant
misplayed. David
Ring then singled and Jake Ashley flew out. Aaron McCain had a single to
left, Machacek scored on a passed ball. Billy Lirely then had a two-run
single to left to tie the game. James Simmons came on and got out of
the inning and worked three and two-third innings,
striking out six.
It stayed 4-4 until the 13th
when McCain had an RBI single off Tyler Brunnemann, who had replaced
Simmons with runners on the corners
and one out. He got out of the inning and HSU responded. Jason Vause
singled to lead off the inning and stole second with two outs. Jon
Finney drove a solid single to right center.
In the 14th, Ryan Reagor singled with one out and moved to second on a passed ball. Troy Tarrant was intentionally walked. After
a fly out by Rehling, Vause hit a soft liner to center and Reagor scored the winning run.
Sieck
went eight and two-third innings and allowed four unearned runs.
Simmons allowed one run in three and two-third innings and Brunnemann
went an inning and two
third and struck out three to earn the win and improve to 3-1.
Rehling
had five hits for the Cowboys and Finney added three. McCain, Lirely,
Hayden Chick, Machacel and Ring all had two hits for UTT. Chase Willard
took the loss
allowing a run in two-thirds of an inning.
