UTB-TSC Capsules: Scorpions hope to continue streak in doubleheader
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College baseball team resumes action with a doubleheader against Valley City State (N.D.) at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Scorpion Field, hoping to extend a four-game winning streak.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Scorpions won three games against Fisher College and one against VCSU to raise their record to 12-15 for the season.
On Sunday, the Scorpions won two games in contrasting dramatic fashion. UTB-TSC scored 11 runs in the fifth inning - their biggest outburst of the season - to record a 19-9 win over Fisher College (Mass.). Gus Henggeler blasted a three-run walk-off home run, the first in his life. The 19 runs scored also was a season high.
Ironically, the Scorpions' NAIA single-game scoring record is 20 runs, also against Fisher College, in 2008.
The second game had more drama, this time against VCSU. UTB-TSC had a 3-1 lead going into the seventh inning disintegrate and become a 5-3 deficit. The Scorpions tied the game in the seventh at 5 and loaded the bases for Henggeler. This time, Henggeler executed a suicide squeeze bunt to perfection as the Scorpions won 6-5.
Including two games between FC and VCSU Monday, seven games have been played at Scorpion Field since Saturday. The string continues Wednesday when the Scorpions meet FC again at 6 p.m. Wednesday. UTB-TSC then has two games scheduled Thursday against different opponents.
In the first four games of the Spring Break series, the Scorpions have hit five homers. Juan Munoz, Matt Ginn and Brian Bustos have joined Henggeler in the home run parade.
Outfielder Jorge Camorlinga, who has the team's longest hitting streak of the season at nine games, now leads the Scorpions in hitting with a .354 average
Golf
Scorpions finish 15th at tourney
FORT WORTH - The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College men's golf team had its poorest outing of the season, finishing in 15th place out of 18 teams Tuesday at the UST Mamiya Texas Intercollegiate Tournament at Hawk's Creek Golf Course hosted by Texas Wesleyan University.
After an opening-round 313, the Scorpions improved by six shots for a two-day 36-hole total score of 620.
Oklahoma City University won the tournament with at two-day score of 561. Host Texas Wesleyan and nearby Northwood University, both members of the Red River Athletic Conference with the Scorpions, finished in fifth and sixth, respectively, with scores of 579 and 584.
Abilene Christian's Alex Carpenter won medalist honors with a 136. UTB-TSC senior Brock Crosson had a stronger outing Tuesday with a 73 score. His 80 on the opening day gave him a two-day total of 153.
Vince Cavazos also finished with a 173, with consistent scores of 78 and 75. Brother Marcus Cavazos shot 77-78 for a 155 total, and Joseph Lucio shot 78-83 for a 161. Anthony Milligan's 167 score did not count toward the team total.
The tournament was the final one for the Scorpions before the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament on April 20 and 21 in North Richland Hill, Texas.
