Fort Worth,TX.-- Southwestern Christian(18-9, 4-5 SAC) struggled in Fort Worth this weekend and could not avoid the sweep against Texas Wesleyan(21-7, 5-1 SAC) losing Game one 11-5 and dropping Game two 9-8.
 

Game 1:
Southwestern Christian would get the scoring started in the first inning by Draike Sparks hitting a two-run Homerun over Right, 2-0. Texas Wesleyan would respond in their half of the first with three runs to take the lead at 3-1. The Rams would go on to add two runs in the fourth and one run in the fifth leading 6-1 before SCU would respond in the top of the sixth off a Zane Bandfield Solo Homerun to cut the TWU lead at 6-3. Texas Wesleyan would respond in their half of the sixth with five runs to push their lead to 11-3. The Eagles would notch two runs in the seventh to begin chipping away at the lead starting with Dario Paredes hitting a Solo Homerun over Left and later SCU would score on a throwing error by the Rams but the Rally would end their as the Eagles fall in Game one 11-5.

Top Hitters:
Draike Sparks -  2 of 4, 2 RBIs, 1 R, Homerun
Zane Bandfield - 2 of 3, 1 RBI, 1 R, Homerun
Dario Paredes- 1 of 1, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 RBI, Homerun

Pitchers:
Braden Corley- 4 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2 Ks, 1 BB, 21 BF (L 3-3)
Connor O'Malley- 0.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 Ks, 7 BF

Game 2:
Southwestern Christina would draw first blood in Game two in the first inning with Dario Paredes hitting a Double that scores two runners to give SCU an early 2-0 lead. The Rams would respond in their half of the first with one run to cut the lead to 2-1. Texas Wesleyan would take the lead in the second inning scoring two to make it a 3-2 ball game. The Eagles would respond in the top of the third to retake the lead at 5-2 starting with Phoenix Nelson bringing in a run on a sac fly and later SCU would score two runs on a Rams throwing error. The Rams notch a run a run in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-4. Southwestern Christian would add to their lead in the sixth off a two-run Homerun by Jhors Gomez to make it 7-4. Texas Wesleyan would respond in the sixth with five runs to retake the lead at 9-7. The Eagles would try to start a rally in the seventh, Braden Browning would hit a single with two outs where one run would come across, but the tying run would be cut down at home ending the game at 9-8.

Top Hitters:
Jhors Gomez- 3 of 3, 3 R, 2 RBIs, BB, Homerun
Dario Paredes- 2 of 2, 2 RBIs, 1 R, Double
Phoenix Nelson- 1 of 2, BB

Pitchers:
Henrry Ogando- 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4 Ks, 3 BB, 19 BF
Mozart Duarte- 0.2 IP,1 H, 4 ER, 1 Ks, 1 BB, 6 BF, (L 0-2)
Ashton Durham- 0.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 BF

The Eagles return to action tomorrow at Home on March 24th for on nine inning game against conference Southwestern Assemblies of God(SAGU), First pitch is at 2:00 PM. Follow us on Social Media for more SCU Eagles Baseball