Last weekend, the Tigers were swept by the Hendrix Warriors, their rival and defending SCAC champions, at the Warriors' home field in Arkansas. On Saturday, Trinity blew a 12-7 lead in the bottom of the ninth and failed to rebound on Sunday from the Warriors early 7-1 lead.There's a notion in sports that sometimes, the only way to cure a road game slump is to regain your team's confidence by winning at home. The Tigers did just that on Tuesday night by beating conference foe Texas Lutheran by a score of 4-2. Starting pitcher Ben Klimesh led the team to a much needed win by pitching a gem. By the numbers, the sophomore right-hander was outstanding as he pitched a complete game three-hitter. He struck out 10 Bulldogs, walked only 3, and allowed only one earned run.
Yet it wasn't the numbers that made him stand out most, but instead it was his ability to come back in counts where he got behind and to keep his composure in crucial moments of the game. "I was really able to locate my fastball today which allowed me to get back on a lot of 2-0 and 3-1 counts," said Klimesh. My fellow fraternity brother was also able to control his curveball very well, as both his curveball and fastball set his slider up to be his primary strikeout pitch of the night. Even when the fielders behind him made some uncharacteristic errors, instead of getting flustered, he pitched like a senior by keeping his cool. He put two clutch zeroes on the board in the 8th and 9th innings after an error in the seventh allowed the Bulldogs to tie the game 2-2. Klimesh improved to 3-0 on the season and hopefully, he and the rest of the Tiger's starting rotation can put up more performances like that at E.M. Stevens field this season.
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