Park University's baseball program traveled south to Waxahachie, Texas to face Nelson University on Saturday and Sunday, winning two out of three against the Lions.
Park moves to 4-3 on the season, while the Lions are now 10-6 on the year.

W, 5-3 | Box Score

Raul Garcia pitched another gem on Saturday going six strong innings against Nelson. He kept Park in a good position as a 3-3 tie went into extra innings. He finished the game with seven strikeouts and only one walk.

Park was aided by an error in the fourth inning that tied the game 2-2, but then Evan Johnson got an RBI single to keep the inning alive and gave Park the lead 3-2.

It wouldn't be until the 8^th inning that Park would get the game winning runs off of a two-run home run by Jake Lufft.

Sebastian Del Olmo and James Hays threw two shutout innings in relief with only one hit allowed between them. Hays gets the save as Park went on to win 5-3.

W, 13-12 | Box Score

The defense tightened up for both sides, but the bats came alive at the same time in game two. A double by Ricardo Hernandez got Park on the board in the first inning. Then Zayne Morrow had an RBI single to give Park a 2-0 advantage.

Jake Lufft added a sacrifice fly in the top of the third, but a seven-run bottom of the third put Park in an 8-3 hole.

Walks in the early going plagued Park's staff with six walks within the first three innings. Still the Pirates responded in the fifth, sixth, and seventh with 10 runs for the eventual 13-12 win.

Park capitalized in top of the fifth with a hit batter, walk, and an error to bring runs in, but then Billy Rivera laced a two-RBI double to take the lead 9-8.

Nelson tied in the next half, but once again Lufft, the Heart Player of the Week, had his second two-run home run of the day to regain a 11-9 lead.

Gilberto Torres and Lufft were back in the seventh with two RBI singles and once again Sebastian Del Olmo and James Hays did a job in the backend of the bullpen to seal the victory.

L, 12-23 | Box Score
Early on in the season walks can be a little elevated and unfortunately for Park in the last two games of the series they allowed nine walks a game.

Park took the lead again in the first inning on an RBI single from Rivera and another sacrifice fly from Lufft to make it 2-0.

Nelson would respond with three runs in the next two innings, but Park had the makings for a sweep six runs in the third and fourth innings. In the third, an error scored Torres and then a solo home run by Morrow tied it up 4-4.

Park's big four run inning came in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Rivera, a sacrifice fly by Torres, and then a clutch two-RBI single by Hernandez.

The hopes of sweep turned sour though in the bottom of the fourth as seven Lion runs poured in. Nelson would outscore Park in the remaining three innings 12-4, as Nelson took game three, 23-12.

The Pirates will look to continue to build on their season with a local tournament at Homefield Baseball Complex in Kansas City, Kan. this weekend. Game times could be subject to change.