MARSHALL, Texas - The Concordia Texas baseball team earned a 6-2 victory over McMurry University in the first round of the ASC Tournament. Chris Morrow launched a three-run shot to propel the Tornados to victory at Woods Field on Thursday.

The Warhawks struck first with a solo homerun in the top of the second, but a pair of sacrifice flies by Matthew Armes (Efren Sanchez Jr.) & Zach Seigrist (Brandon Goynes) put the Tornaods on top going into the third. 

After both teams went scoreless through the next two and a half frames, Morrow punched his homerun past right field to up the lead to 5-1. Morrow then helped give CTX an insurance run in the seventh with a RBI-single up the middle to score Seigrist. In the final inning of action, the Warhawks loaded the bases and scored one run but Concordia would record the final outs to advance to the next round.

BOX SCORE STANDOUTS
Chris Morrow 3-RBI HR (6), 2-4, 4 RBIs
Aaron Gomez 2-4, 1 Run
Otto Franz 7.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 Ks, W
Julian Swift 23-Game Hit Streak (School Record)

Concordia Texas will now take on ETBU in the next round of the ASC Baseball Tournament. First pitch is set for 2pm.

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