KERRVILLE, Texas – A ninth-inning comeback by Schreiner in game one kept the University of St. Thomas baseball team from sweeping a Saturday doubleheader but the Celts did return to Houston with a three-game series victory.
The Mountaineers scored five runs in the ninth inning of game one to stun UST 8-7 before the Celts responded with a 10-3 win the second game.
The Celts (8-11) have won six out of their last seven games and are 2-1 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play after taking two of the three games at Schreiner. UST has scored at least seven runs in each of their last seven contests.
Saturday's doubleheader split pushed the Celts above .500 in SCAC play for the first time since winning their conference opener at Southwestern exactly one year ago. Southwestern won the next two games and UST was unable to get back to .500 for the remainder of the season.
UST returns to action Tuesday when the Celts visit East Texas Baptist for single nine-inning game. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The Celts will play their first conference home series this weekend when they host Austin College, with the games being played at Houston Baptist University. First pitch in Friday's contest is scheduled for 2 p.m.
GAME TWO: Celts 10, Schreiner 3
The Celts jumped out to a 7-0 lead for the second game in a row, but this time they held Schreiner at bay as they cruised to a seven-run victory.
Leo Galvan and Noah Martinez each collected two hits and two RBIs to lead UST's 14-hit attack. Jason Brown and Israel Fields had three hits apiece for the Celts and drove in a run each.
Starting pitcher Brady Watson pitched five innings for the Celts, scattering six hits and striking out two batters while giving up three runs to the Mountaineers in the fifth. Cole Grimes struck out three batters while tossing four shutout innings to earn the save.
Leading 1-0 going into the fourth inning, Martinez' two-RBi single that scored Leo Galvan and Erik Garza. Martinez later scored on Fields' RBI double.
UST stretched its lead to 7-0 in the fifth thanks to a two-run Schreiner error and an RBI single from Brown.
Galvan added his two-RBI single in sixth inning to give the Celts a 9-3 lead. The Celts added an insurance run thanks to an RBI double by Knight Newcomb that scored Jacob Carriere in the eighth inning.
GAME ONE: Schreiner 8, Celts 7
The Celts were in control of the game for the first seven innings before Schreiner scored the final eight runs to take the win.
Cameron McClure knocked a two-RBI single in the sixth that scored Kyle Bearden and Dylan Lamb. Galvan added a solo home run in the seventh inning to stretch the UST lead to 7-0.
Schreiner got on the scoreboard in the seventh thanks to a pinch-hit bases-loaded triple from Raine Uecker. In the bottom of the ninth, six of the seven batters Schreiner sent to the plate reached base as part of the five-run rally to win the game.
