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The HBU baseball team has signed 11 new players for the upcoming 2010 season, including seven players from the high school ranks and four junior college transfers.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Great West Conference, Houston Baptist

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Week five in the WAC begins with four teams within 1/2 game of each other in the standings. Week four saw all six teams playing in conference action split their series keeping the order in the standings intact heading into this week.

SERIES OF THE WEEK:
Nevada (22-20, 7-4) at Fresno State (20-23, 4-8)
Pete Beiden Field, Fresno, CA
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Tags: CBB Column, Fresno State, Hawaii, Houston Baptist, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico St., Sacramento St., San Jose St., WAC Preview

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – On Saturday at Gary Hogan Field, the HBU baseball team lost the first game of a double-header with the University of Arkansas-Little Rock by a score of 5-4 before bouncing back to win game two, 5-2.

Game one remained scoreless until the bottom half of the fourth. The Trojans got a leadoff double, followed by a groundout, a walk and a RBI groundout. With two outs and one man on, UALR got two more hits, drew three walks and HBU pitchers threw three wild pitches that allowed the Trojans to plate four more runs and take a 5-0 lead.
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Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Houston Baptist, Independents, Sun Belt

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SAN MARCOS – The Texas State baseball team shut out their second opponent this season when Garret Carruth and company combined for a 4-0 victory over Houston Baptist Monday night at Bobcat Field.
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Tags: Houston Baptist, Independents, Southland Conference, Texas State

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HOUSTON, Texas – Robbie Buller’s bases loaded, one out double in the bottom of the ninth pushed two runs across to give the HBU baseball team a 12-11 victory for a four-game sweep of Northern Colorado on Saturday afternoon at Husky Field.

The scoring started early, with Northern Colorado pushing a single run across with a leadoff single, a stolen base and a double. HBU quickly answered in the bottom half of the inning as Nick Homan led things off with a single. Two outs later, Andrew Taccolini drove his fifth home run of the season over the left field wall to put the Huskies ahead, 2-1.
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Tags: Houston Baptist, Independents, Northern Colorado

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HOUSTON, Texas – On Friday afternoon at Husky Field, the HBU Huskies won a pair of games against Northern Colorado by scores of 5-2 and 9-4 to give them their first three-game winning streak of the season.
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Tags: Houston Baptist, Independents, Northern Colorado

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DALLAS, Texas – In a game that had six lead changes, a six-run seventh put the game out of reach for HBU as the Huskies suffered a 14-8 loss to Dallas Baptist to end a three-game series at Patriot Field on Saturday afternoon.

In the top of the first, freshman Travis Fuquay drew a leadoff walk and then stole second with one out. Then, with two outs, Andrew Taccolini singled in Fuquay followed by a single off the bat of Johnathon Moore. Taccolini also scored in the inning thanks to a wild pitch to make it a 2-0 Husky lead. In the bottom of the inning, DBU took advantage of a hit batter and an error to push across one run.
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Tags: Dallas Baptist University, Houston Baptist, Independents

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DALLAS, Texas – The HBU Huskies fell behind early and never caught up as they lost 12-2 to the Patriots of Dallas Baptist on Friday evening at Patriot Field on the campus of DBU.

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Tags: Dallas Baptist University, Houston Baptist, Independents

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#9 LSU 2 Northwestern State 1

Sophomore Micah Gibbs drove in the game-winning run on a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead No. 5 LSU past Northwestern State, 2-1, Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium.

Coming in to pinch hit for first baseman Buzzy Haydel with one out and the bases loaded, Gibbs drilled a 2-2 offering into the gap in right center field to break open a 1-1 tie and bring senior Derek Helenihi home for the victory.
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Tags: Big 12, Big Ten, Central Arkansas, Conference USA, Houston, Houston Baptist, Independents, Kansas State, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, LSU, McNeese State, Minnesota, Murray State, Northwestern State, Ohio Valley, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, SWAC, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Texas Tech, Tulane, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

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HBU picks up its first win of the season to move to 1-13 on the year while TSU falls to 7-7.

HOUSTON – On a soggy day at Husky Field, the HBU Huskies defeated Texas Southern, 5-2, in a game shortened to five innings as a result of rain.

The game remained scoreless through three innings as neither team managed a hit before the fourth. In the top of the fourth, TSU got a leadoff walk followed by a double play. With two outs, the Tigers got two consecutive singles and a double to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
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Tags: Houston Baptist, Independents, SWAC, Texas Southern

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#1 Oklahoma City lost their first game of the Season on March 2, but it took 13 innings to do it. The loss was 4-3 to Iowa Wesleyan, who is 9-6. Starter Jorge Martinez pitched ten innings for Iowa Wesleyan, allowed 13 hits, but only three runs. Hector Acevedo held the Stars to two hits over the remaining three innings. Edwin Jimenez hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the winning run.

The Stars are now 18-1. They play a Rogers State team that is 10-6 away-and-home March 5 and 7.

#2 Lee is 18-1, but they trailed going into the bottom of the ninth at Tennessee Temple on March 3. The Flames ended up winning 10-6 in ten innings. Elvis Sosa is hitting .508 with eight home runs for the Flames. Matthew Gilson is 3-0, 0.46 ERA. Next up for the Flames is Emmanuel March 6-7. They get a stiffer test against Trevecca Nazarene on March 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Houston Baptist, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Park, Point Loma Nazarene, Spring Arbor, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union

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Texas State 9 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6

The Texas State baseball team held a 9-1 lead over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with Kane Holbrooks on the mound, but costly relief in the final frame nearly saw the win disappear, but the Bobcats managed to hold off the charge for a 9-6 win at Whataburger Field Saturday afternoon.

Texas State improves to 5-2 on the season and 2-0 in league action, while A&M-Corpus Christi falls to 1-6 and 0-2, respectively.
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Tags: Big 12, Columbia, Houston Baptist, Ivy League, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, SEC, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas State, WAC