Stephenville – After a ninth-inning rally fell just short in game one, the Javelinas scored in every inning of game two to earn a split over Tarleton State to take a 2-1 lead in the four-game series. 

   Tarleton State won the first game 5-4 with the Javelinas winning game two 13-8.

   Texas A&M-Kingsville is now 22-19 overall and 17-14 in Lone Star Conference play.

   Down 5-0 going into the ninth inning of game one, Owen Weaver hit a grand slam to cut the deficit to 5-4, but couldn’t push across the tying run.

   In game two, Sam Strickland came on and pitched 3.2 innings of four hit, one-run relief as the Javelina offense out-scored the Texans 5-1 over the last three innings.

   James Brown (Corpus Christi King), Thomas Miller, Chase Myrick and Erik Gomez all had three hits apiece as the Hogs picked up 17 hits over seven innings.

   Weaver and Miller each hit home runs in the nightcap.

   Miller hit a two-run home run in the first, Brown singled to drive in a run in the second, and Wiley Crowson doubled to drive in two runs in the third as the Javelinas built a 7-4 lead after three innings.

   Weaver then hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth to give the Hogs an 8-4 lead, but the Texans responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to one, 8-7.

   A&M-Kingsville pushed the lead back to a pair of runs when Gomez singled with two outs to drive in Myrick in the top of the fifth.

   The Hogs then put some distance between themselves in the Texans with three runs in the sixth. Miller doubled to drive in the first run and Myrick doubled to drive in two more.

   Brown singled to drive in the final run in the seventh.

   The two teams will wrap-up the four game series with a single game Sunday afternoon.