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THE RUNDOWN
CLEBURNE, Texas – The Heartland Conference Baseball Tournament opened with the No. 1 seed St. Edward's baseball team continuing its hot streak, defeating UAFS, 6-2 Thursday at The Depot at Cleburne Station.
BLAKE ALEXANDER was 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run in the fourth, and
TANNER LAWSON tossed his ninth complete game this season to propel the Hilltoppers to their 11
th consecutive conference tournament win.Â
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The Lions scored first after Troy Cahill singled to left field to drive in the first run in the third, but the Hilltoppers clapped back quickly and consistently with runs in the third, fourth, and fifth frames, highlighted by Alexander's two-out solo shot in the fifth for a 3-1 lead. UAFS' Kyle Love responded with a homer in the sixth, but SEU closed the game out with three runs in the eighth that was capped with
ROBBIE LAMMONS' two-RBI double.
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Lawson improved to 11-2 this season after punching out eight batters, walked three, and earned one run. Javon Rigsby (6-5) was charged the loss with four strikeouts in 7.1 innings.
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HIGHLIGHTS
• SEU has won six consecutive Heartland Conference Tournament games vs. UAFS and improves to 16-1 in the tournament since 2013.
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BLAKE ALEXANDER's first hit was the 100
th of his career with the Hilltoppers. Alexander also logged his 29
th career multiple-hit game and 14
th on the year.
• Alexander's HR was the 7
th this year, which is tied for a team-high.
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DYLAN MACKIN and
ZACH SCHINDLER registered their ninth multiple-hit games this season.
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ROBBIE LAMMONS logged his third multiple RBI game this season.
STAT OF THE GAME I
11 – St. Edward's outhit UAFS, 11-9.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers advance to the winners bracket and will face the winner of tonight's night cap between No. 2 St. Mary's and No. 3 Lubbock Christian tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at GoHilltoppers.com.
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