AUSTIN, Texas (February 1, 2020) – Pitching in a live collegiate game for the first time since May 13, 2018, Lubbock Christian pitcher Aaron Weseman threw six innings of one-hit ball while his offense rapped out 18 hits for a 7-4 win over St. Edward's on Saturday.
 
The win was LCU's second straight to start the season and clinched them their first series win of the year. They will go for the sweep at 1 p.m. on Sunday. It is also the third straight series the Chaps have won against the Hilltoppers.
 
LCU threatened to give Weseman a lead before he ever set foot on the mound, sending six batters to the plate in the first inning but failing to score a run. George Mendazona led off with a single, followed by a John Figueroa walk to put the Chaps in business. Three other Chaps reached base in the inning, but both Mendazona and Figueroa were picked off to limit the threat.
 
Figueroa made up for his baserunning error in the third inning, when he led off with a home run to right field, giving the Chaps the lead. He then started the scoring rally in the top of the fifth with yet another walk. Luis Navarro also walked before Skyler Nelson single to drive Figueroa home. Back-to-back infield singles from Larry Leitha and AJ Perez pushed another run across before SEU got out of the inning. Mendazona also had a solo shot, pulling a ball over the right field wall with one out in the sixth inning to give LCU a 4-0 lead.
 
St. Edward's finally scratched across a hit in the bottom of the sixth inning, slapping one through the left side of the infield. The runner advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt, but Weseman stranded him there with a strikeout. He pitched one more frame before retiring for the day, having allowed just two baserunners while striking out six Hilltoppers.
 
Lubbock Christian tacked on again in the top of the seventh, as Leitha tripled to lead off the inning and Gavy Perez-Torres doubled on the first pitch he saw to drive him in. Perez-Torres came into score a batter later on a single from Peyton Maddox. The Chaps added one final run in the eighth, as Mendazona singled and came around to score on a double from Navarro.
 
Every LCU starter got a hit in the game, and six of the first nine had multiple hits. Mendazona, Navarro and Perez all had three hits in the win.
 
Cade Acery pitched a scoreless seventh inning with a pair of strikeouts, and Koi Carrillo got all three outs in the eighth without allowing a baserunner to put the Chaps three outs away from a shutout. It was not to be though, as SEU batted around in the ninth, plating four runs before Shandon Herrera came in and got a pair of strikeouts to end the game.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
87 | With long at-bats and a number of hits, LCU forced SEU starting pitcher Marco Becerril to throw 87 pitches in just four innings of work
.800 | Catcher Luis Navarro reached base five times in the win with three hits and two walks, boosting his on-base percentage for the series to .800
2,110 | The win was LCU's 2,110^th all-time with just 1,019 losses for a win percentage of .675
12 | The LCU pitching staff combined to strike out 12 batters in the win, which was their most since also striking out 12 on March 24, 2019 at MSU-Denver
0-0 | Both of the Lubbock Christian home runs on the day came on the first pitch of their respective at-bats
 
NEXT UP
Lubbock Christian will go for the series sweep of St. Edward's on Sunday, with first pitch as Lucian-Hamilton Field scheduled for 1 p.m.