GEORGETOWN, Texas — Southwestern struggled to locate its pitches and quickly lost control of its first game against Trinity University in Saturday's doubleheader, losing 16-6 in eight innings in the home season opener. 

The Pirates walked 16 hitters, which Trinity capitalized on by scoring 16 runs on just six hits. Southwestern struggled out of the gate with starter J.J. Slack walking four and giving up a home run in less than an inning of action, giving up three earned runs. 

Southwestern responded with a run in the bottom of the first, scoring Hayden Craig on a passed ball for an unearned run. 

Brian Schaub put Trinity back on the board with a leadoff home run in the top of the third, and the Tigers blew the game open with six runs in the fourth, doing their damage on two hits, three walks, a hit batter, and a sacrifice fly to take an 11-1 lead. Bryce Debbs hit an RBI-single to right-center in the bottom of the fourth, and Chase Thinger reached on an error, scoring Ted Lobkowicz to score three in the inning. 

Mason Meredith hit a two-RBI single through the left side in the fifth for Trinity. Southwestern made mass substitutions, getting a two-RBI triple from Maxwell Mims and an RBI-single from Henry Fisher in the sixth. 

Southwestern walked three of the first four hitters in the seventh, giving up a run on an error. The Pirates walked in another run and surrendered two more on wild pitches to put the 10-run rule in play. 

Jack Baker led the Tigers with three runs and three RBIs on 2-for-4 hitting. Cristian Holloway was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Mims led the Pirates with two RBIs in his lone at-bat. 

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