Senior
Kyle Muller drove in five runs over two games on Friday, helping vault the Rangers to a pair of convincing wins at the College Station Invitational. Jesuit Dallas defeated Huntsville, 11-2, before upending Bryan High School in five innings, 13-2.
Muller and senior
Matt Horvath scattered four hits apiece over the two-game span, scoring a combined seven runs for the Rangers (4-1). Senior
Bryce Bonner drove in three while third year
Mark Ready finished the day with two RBI. Junior
Nic Colombo earned the win against Huntsville, throwing six innings and only allowing one run, while senior
Pete Hamrick picked up the victory in the nightcap with four innings of work.
Huntsville scored in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring, but the Rangers erupted with four runs on four hits in the top of the third after plating their first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by senior
Thomas Jordan, taking a 5-1 lead.
A one-out double by Hamrick set the stage for a triple by Muller in the fourth that scored one of the Rangers' two fourth-inning runs before a single by junior
Jake Ryan scored classmate
Will Guzman followed by Muller crossing the plate on a passed ball increased the lead to 9-2.
The Rangers finished off Huntsville with a pair of runs in the seventh, the first coming on a groundout RBI by Guzman before Horvath was able to score on a wild pitch. Chris Irby took the mound in the seventh to shut the door on the Hornets.
Jesuit's offensive momentum carried over to the bout against Bryan, where the Rangers scored eight runs in the first two innings. A single to center by Bonner scored Muller and junior
Alex Lengyel before another center field single by Ready allowed senior
Chris Campagna to cross the plate. Senior
Jared Kengott drove in Campagna before Guzman closed out the first inning scoring with a single to right that brought Kengott home.
Muller recorded his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left field scored Horvath to spark a three-run second, complimented with a single by
Jared Bond to score Campagna. A Horvath single in the third scored Kengott before Guzman crossed the plate on a double play, propelling Jesuit Dallas to an eight-run advantage. In the fifth inning, Jesuit scored three runs on three hits, with senior
Connor Lynch, junior J.T. Mix and Horvath crossing the plate for the Blue and Gold.
The Rangers will close out the College Station Tournament with a pair of games on Saturday, opening with a 1 p.m. bout against Kempner before finishing at 4 p.m. against Rudder.