Baseball Closes Out Opening Weekend With Doubleheader Sweep Once Again

Texas Southern wrapped up its opening weekend with its second straight doubleheader sweep over Arlington Baptist on Saturday.
 
TSU 13, ABU 0
A seven-run fourth inning coupled with a one-hit pitching performance lifted TSU to a 13-0 decision in the opener.
 
Johnathan Thomas walked to open the bottom of the first and stole second before scoring on an RBI from Justin Cooper. Jeremy Almaguer drove in the game's second run as TSU led 2-0.
 
TSU returned to the scorer's column in the fourth as Avery Chatman and CJ Castillo both scored on an ABU fielding error. Tyrese Clayborne drew a walk, stole second and scored along with Juan Sanchez on Cooper's well-placed bunt single. TSU executed a perfect double steal which allowed Thomas to score followed by Almaguer's and Gabe Vasquez's RBI doubles.
 
The Tigers would tack on four runs over the final two innings to seal the win. On the mound, newcomer Josiah Castro (1-0) allowed only one hit in six innings of action. Jesse Garcia came on in relief to close out the seventh as he struck out two batters.
 
Chatman finished 3-for-4 with three runs while Sanchez and Almaguer also had multiple hits. Cooper had four RBI while Sanchez followed with three.
 
TSU 8, ABU 2
TSU completed the doubleheader sweep as they scored in all but two innings en route to an 8-2 win.
 
TSU scored to open the first on Jeremy Almaguer's RBI single which drove in Justin Cooper. TSU returned to the scoreboard in the third on a successful double steal which saw Michael Goudeau score from third as they led 2-0. Avery Chatman drove in the third run of the game in the fourth as ABU errors in the fifth allowed TSU to cross home two more runs.
 
Goudeau hit TSU's first homer of 2022 with a two-run blast to left field in the sixth followed by a bases loaded walk drawn from Courtenay Neal for the final run of the evening.
 
ABU would score its first runs of the series with two in the ninth but it was too little too late as TSU settled down and recorded the final two outs.
 
Almaguer went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI while Goudeau scored twice with two RBI.
 
Brian Williams struck out three in 5.2 innings of action while allowing only two hits for his first win of 2022.
 
TSU is back in action on Tuesday afternoon against Wiley College for a 1 p.m. doubleheader at MacGregor Park.