AUSTIN, Texas - The Concordia Texas baseball team outlasted DeSales University by a score of 15-14. Zach Seigrist recorded the program's first ever cycle on Tuesday.

CTX would get on the scoreboard first when Seigrist used his speed to score from second off a groundout-RBI from Colby Christian. The Bulldogs would respond in the top of the second and take a 3-1 lead.

The Tornados would respond by juicing the bases in the bottom of the second and Seigrist powered a two-RBI single that scored Matthew Armes & Logan Smith to tie the game. Gomez would follow him up and clear the bases with a two-RBI single up the middle to round Carson Riley & Seigrist home for a 5-3 advantage. Keeping up the pressure, Christian would launch a two-run homer to push the advantage to 7-3 entering the third.

The Bulldogs reduced the deficit in half with a pair of runs in the third. They would then claim a 9-7 lead with four more runs in the top of the fourth. Seigrist would then smash a solo homer to left center to make it 9-8 in the bottom half of the inning.

DeSales answered with five more runs in the fifth for a 14-8 lead. CTX would score again in the sixth when Christian slid a two-RBI double down the left field line to bring Gomez & Kalen Clark home for a 14-10 score. A groundout RBI by Landon Hyle would then score Christian to get the Tornados within three going into the seventh.

CTX would then make it a two-run game with a stand up RBI-double from Seigrist that scored Riley in the seventh. Gomez would then send Seigrist home for a 14-13 score with two frames left to play.

With two outs and the game in the line in the eighth, Seigrist would complete the cycle & give the Tornados the lead with a two-RBI triple. This would give CTX the momentum to close out the game as the Tornados did not give up another run in the final four innings.

BOX SCORE STANDOUTS
Zach Seigrist 4-5 (Cycle), 6 RBI, 4 R
Colby Christian 5 RBI, 2 R
Aaron Gomez 4-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Logan Smith 2-4, 2 R
Carson Riley 3 R, 2 BB
Gavin Voth 4.0 IP, 0 ER, W

Concordia Texas will turn around and host Muhlenberg on tomorrow, March 11th. First pitch is set for 6pm.

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