RAMS ROMP IN HOME OPENER, 21-1
February 9, 2007

Box Score

FORT WORTH, TX:  It was a chilly afternoon, but the Texas Wesleyan University bats were red hot.  The Rams improved to 2-1 on the season with a 21-1 romp over Tabor College at LaGrave Field on Friday.

A two-run homer from Chris Palmer got the scoring started in the second inning.  The floodgates opened in the third when Texas Wesleyan sent 15 hitters to the plate and scored eleven runs on eight hits highlighted by freshman Taylor Miller’s first career home run, a two-run shot that cleared the grandstand in right field.

Tabor scored its lone run in the fourth, but Texas Wesleyan batted around again in the sixth inning, scoring eight more runs.

Texas Wesleyan pounded out 16 hits on the day.  Meanwhile Tabor walked five batters and hit four more.

Caleb Thomas (2-0) earned the win with by tossing three scoreless innings. Philip Unruh took the loss after allowing 10 earned runs on seven hits and four walks in 2.1 innings pitched.

The Rams set school records with 21 RBI, and eight doubles.  They were just two shy of the school record for runs scored.  Texas Wesleyan has scored 23 runs on two occasions: once against the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2001, and once against Tarleton State University in 1999.

Billie Hicks led the offensive onslaught, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored.  Taylor Miller and Josh Vander Hey each recorded a pair of hits and three RBI.  Twelve Rams recorded a hit.  Fifteen different players scored a run, and 12 men knocked in at least one run.

Texas Wesleyan will return to the field on Wednesday, February 14, when they travel to Brownwood, TX, to take on Howard Payne University.  That game is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.