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Matthew Hickey (photo by Dustin Wyatt)
Matthew Hickey (photo by Dustin Wyatt)

Texas Lutheran posts impressive 10-1 win over Schreiner

SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs gave new Head Coach Rick Heines his first win (in his first game) as head baseball coach of the Bulldogs.
 
TLU rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Schreiner Mountaineers, Saturday night at TLU's Katt-Isbel Field. The Bulldogs are 1-0 with the non-conference win. Schreiner is 0-1.
 
Matthew Hickey tossed six innings of three-hit baseball, and Tyler Cauley hit a two-run home run and had two hits.
 
Hickey struck out five and worked around three walks.
 
The Bulldogs led 4-1 after four innings and added a pair of runs in the sixth and four runs in the eighth.
 
Austin Colon drove in a pair, scored twice and had two hits, and Cullen Motsinger drove in three with two hits.
 
Brendan Beard picked up his first career save with three scoreless innings of relief. He struck out four.

TLU and Schreiner play a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday at the Bulldogs' Katt-Isbel Field.
 
All three games of the series are non-conference games, although both TLU and Schreiner are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs and Mountaineers play their conference series April 23-24 in Kerrville, Texas.