DEERFIELD, Ill. – The Trinity International hitters struck early and often on a cold and rainy Wednesday, tallying 29 runs on 29 hits in a doubleheader sweep over the Indiana-South Bend Titans. The Trojans took a 14-5 victory in the first game of the day, before winning a shortened 5-inning affair that was called due to darkness, 15-7.
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Jon Debowey had the highlight in both games, hitting two home runs on the day while going 2-for-4 at the plate in each contest, driving in a combined seven RBI. Nine Trojans posted multi-hit games between both games, while shortstop
Jeff Lindberg had the team's lone four-hit performance in game two, going 4-for-4 with two RBI and four runs scored.
Trinity (13-9, 3-2 CCAC) went up by a large margin early in both games, beginning with a six-run 1st inning in game one.
Colt Foerch's single up the middle scored
Justin VanderNaald and
Michael Balistreri to put TIU in front 6-0.
In game two, the Trojans scored four times in the opening frame, with RBIs for
Adam Gomski, Debowey, and VanderNaald. TIU would go on to score the first 13 runs of the game by the end of the 3rd inning to secure their 13th win of the year, already the highest win total for the program since 2011.
On the mound, senior
A.J. Bruner picked up his sixth victory of the year, pitching four innings of game one with three earned runs allowed.
Joshua Crist came on in relief, striking out four over the final three innings to secure his first career save.
Gomski retired the first seven batters as the Trojans' starter in game two, finishing with three earned runs allowed over four innings with four strikeouts.
The Trojans will now host the Judson Eagles for the first of a three game set on Friday, March 25. First pitch from the TIU Baseball Field is set for 2:00 p.m.