Eighteen runs, thirty hits, four errors, four home runs, six doubles, three hours and seventeen minutes . It all added up to a wild contest in the Friday game between Thomas University and Houston-Victoria in the A.I.I. Baseball Tournament in Jackson, TN.
The Jaguars beat Thomas 10-8 in eleven innings to remain unbeaten in the tourney. David Baker blasted a two-run home run in the inning which proved to be the difference in the highest scoring game of the tournament. It was one of three home runs for the Jags. Anthony Phillips and Jerod Dugas also went deep. Drew Johnson hit the lone dinger for the Night Hawks.
Both teams had productive starts. UHV scored three in the first while TU came back with four in the inning. Both teams repeated the same in the fourth inning.
Four diferent hitters , Austin Kent, Ryan Gilbert, Baker, and Anthony Phillips had three hits each for the Jags. Baker drove in three runs for UHV. One of Kent's hits was his third home run of the tournament. Johnson had three hits and three RBI's for the Hawks while teammate Adam Duncan had three and two RBI's.
Pete Ontiveros was the winning pitcher while Corey Pye took the loss.
Houston-Victoria moves on to the winners bracket and will play Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
Thomas will play Friday night against the winner of the Lambuth and LSU-A.