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East Texas Baptist Baseball Takes Friday DH

Marshall, Texas-The Eagles seventh inning rally fell short as East Texas Baptist University took game one 4-3 on Friday. The Eagles trailed 4-2 heading into the final inning and rallied for one run behind an RBI single from Ethan Cash. The Eagles loaded with bases on an error, a single and a walk with no outs. The Tigers then forced a fly out for the first out. After Cash’s single, the Tigers got a strikeout and a groundout to end the game. The Tigers held a 3-0 lead until the fifth. Cole Clark doubled in Taber Childs for the first run. The Eagles generated another run in the sixth on a Childs solo home run to make it 3-2. The Tigers responded with a run in the bottom half of the sixth. The Eagles recorded eight hits, while the Tigers had six. Childs had two of the eight hits.