ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Will Baker's (pictured) two-out double to left centerfield lifted eighth-ranked and top-seeded Trinity to a 10-9 extra-innings victory over St. Thomas in the opening game of the 2025 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Baseball Championship. Official Website l Tournament Stats l Photo Gallery
The game was resumed from its stopping point the previous day when inclement weather and lightning forced the stoppage of play. Prior to play being suspended, St. Thomas bounced back from a 8-3 deficit with five runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game and had the bases loaded before lightning in the area forced both teams off the field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The game was resumed on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. after lightning in the Round Rock area forced both teams off the field the previous day and after St. Thomas had rallied from a five-run deficit in the top of the ninth to tie the game.
- When play resumed, Trinity's Trajan Lee, in relief of Jack Briese, struck out the Celts' Dylan Lamb with the bases loaded to thwart the previous day's threat.
- After Trinity was held scoreless in the its half of the ninth and both teams failed to plate a run in the 10th, St. Thomas pushed across an unearned run in the top of the 11th to take a 9-8 lead.
- In the bottom of the 11th, Kaleb Woodward sandwiched a single between a ground out and a fly out, and, after both Nicholas Lazzara and Max Milligan drew walks, Baker played the role of hero, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs on his double to left center.
TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Will Baker: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 run, 4 RBI, 3 BB
- Kaleb Woodward: 2-6, 2 runs, 1 BB
- Nicholas Lazzara: 1-4, 2 RBI, 3 BB
- Will Taylor (WP): 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Alex Trinh: 5-6, 1 2B, 4 runs, 1 BB
- Dillon McKee: 4-7, 1 2B, 1 RBI
- Jarod Smith: 2-6, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- Tyler Mills: 2-7, 1 RBI
- Kaden Bertrand (LP): 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BB
NOTABLES
- St. Thomas' Trinh had five hits in the game - becoming just the fifth player in SCAC tournament history to post a five-hit performance.
- Trinh also scored four runs, tied for the second-most in a single SCAC tournament game.
- UST's Dylan McKee's four-hit performance was the 57th time a player has had four or more hits in a tournament game.
- St. Thomas' 19 hits are tied for the 10th-most by a team in SCAC tournament history.
- The extra inning game was the 16th in SCAC tournament history and the 11 innings played is tied for the third-longest game in tournament history. This was the eighth game to go 11+ innings - and only exceeded in lenghth by the 12-inning game between Millsaps and Oglethorpe in 2004 and the 21-inning marathon between Rhodes and Oglethorpe at the 2011 championship.
- Trinity is now 6-3 all-time in SCAC tournament extra-inning games while that was the first such game for St. Thomas.
- Trinity improved to 3-0 all-time against St. Thomas in the conference tournament. The two also played in the 2022 tournament opener, a 11-6 victory for Trinity.
UP NEXT
Trinity (34-7) will move on to face the winner of No. 2-seed Concordia and No. 3-seed McMurry at approximatley 6:45 p.m. tonight, while St. Thomas (19-19) takes on the loser of that same Concordia/McMurry matchup at approximately 3:15 p.m.
