SAN ANGELO, Texas (May 11, 2023) – Lubbock Christian University is officially in survive and advance mode in the Lone Star Conference Championship now after falling in their opener at the final site 11-3 to host Angelo State.
 
The Chaps will need a quick turnaround if they want to keep playing in the league's postseason tournament, as they face UT Tyler at 10 a.m. on Friday at Foster Field.
 
Right-hander Andrew Duran started on the mound for the Chaps and pitched well to start. He gave up a run in the first, but settled in to hang zeros in the second and third frames. ASU added another tally in the fourth and two more in the fifth, but Colton Brown came on in relief and limited the damage by stranding the bases full of Rams.  
 
Lubbock Christian got on the board in the top of the sixth with back-to-back home runs to start the frame from Carson Ogilvie and Brevin McCool, cutting the lead to just two runs.
 
The Rams extend their lead once again in the seventh on a three-run home run from Justin Harris.
 
McCool scored again in the eighth, reaching on an error before Eduardo Acosta drove him in, but it would be the final run of the night for the Chaps.
 
ASU answered with four in the bottom of the eighth and closed out the Chaps in the ninth with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
71 | With the homers by McCool and Ogilvie, Lubbock Christian now has 71 on the season, making this the third-straight season they have hit at least 70
.417 | Angelo State came through in the clutch often on Thursday night, batting .417 with two outs. Six of their 11 runs came with two outs
.441 | Acosta was the only Chaparral with multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-4 and raising his season average to .441
 
NEXT UP
It will be the No. 3-seed Patriots who the Chaps face in the loser's bracket at Foster Field on Friday. LCU and UTT split the regular season series at Hays Field.