Four multi-run innings and a fantastic relief outing led TCJ Eagles Baseball to its third consecutive double-digit run total and a South Region win over the Eagles of Baptist University of Florida on Friday. Trinity scored 7 runs in the first four innings, and Richaun Amaro stifled a comeback effort in reilef as Trinity won the game 12-6. 

Taking the mound in the bottom of the sixth after Baptist closed the deficit down to 7-5, Amaro pitched 4 innings of 1-run ball to stop any further attempt to come from behind. Amaro retired the side in order in the 6th with a pair of strikeouts and a ground ball in between and allowed only one base runner in the 7th. After that leadoff walk, Amaro fanned two and got a popup to second baseman Tyson LaChapelle to maintain that 7-5 lead.

Trinity added 4 runs on 1 hit in the top of the 8th. Austin Szala was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Larson Lott walked. Dominic Gattinella was also hit, and LaChapelle blooped a single to right. In the inning, TCJ drew two walks and three hit batsmen to highlight the rally. Trinity led 11-7 at the inning's end.

Baptist scored 1 in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly, but Trinity answered in the 9th with another bases-loaded walk to Gattinella. Amaro then pitched a perfect 9th to close it out and earn his first collegiate save.

[Richaun Amaro: 4 IP, Sv, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6K vs. Baptist on Friday]

Amaro, who started at shortstop, also drove in a pair of runs with a base hit in the 3rd. 

Trinity scored 3 in the second when Darren Goeke, Jr. doubled in 2 and Logan McGann followed with an errant ground ball that allowed Goeke to score. Gadriel Burgos made it 7-0 with a fourth-inning two-run home run with Gavin Williams (single) on first. 

Brodie Nichols pitched the first 5 innings for his 4th win of the season. He allowed 5 runs on 6 hits while walking 1 and striking out 7. 

Trinity totled 10 hits from 7 men; LaChapelle led with a 3-for-5 performance while scoring twice and driving in 1. Burgos was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and a run. Williams, Lott, Goeke, Amaro, and Jacob Burke all hit safely. Gattinella and Goeke each had 2 RBI, and Szala had 1.

Baptist's Zane Alford had a pinch-hit three-run home run in the 5th. Bryan Calderon and Tucker Nix each had 2 hits to help lead the offense. Calderon drove in 2.

The two teams will play twice on Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Trinity will then play two at NAIA Florida Memorial University on Tuesday, March 31. A big three-game series at South Region rival Toccoa Falls College follows on April 10 amd 11.