{"id":147310,"date":"2026-02-02T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147310\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:39:15","slug":"patriots-complete-weekend-sweep-over-lubbock-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/147310\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Complete Weekend Sweep Over Lubbock Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766128095_563_a16.png\" alt=\"Angelo State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Angelo State<\/p>\n<p>2\/6\/2026 | 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 06 (Fri) \/ 3 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766128095_563_a16.png\" alt=\"Angelo State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Angelo State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/angelo-state\/387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">TYLER, TEXAS \u2013 UT Tyler Baseball capped off a perfect weekend with a 5\u20132 victory over Lubbock Christian in Sunday&#8217;s series finale, completing a three-game sweep of the Chaps. The Patriots scored all five runs across just two innings while combining solid pitching with an 11-hit offensive effort.<\/p>\n<p>Returner <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dylan-blomquist\/7087\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7087\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Blomquist<\/a> made his first start of the season and was efficient early, facing the minimum in the opening inning after allowing a leadoff bunt single before picking the runner off at second. Blomquist worked three scoreless innings, allowing just two hits while striking out two before turning the game over to the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tyler-puckett\/7107\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7107\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Puckett<\/a> entered in the fourth and worked around a one-out single to keep the game scoreless, setting the stage for the Patriots&#8217; offense to break through. UT Tyler struck first in the bottom of the fourth, collecting four consecutive hits. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/drew-schmidt\/7078\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7078\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Schmidt<\/a> sparked the rally with a one-out single and came around to score on a <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cole-ketzner\/7092\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7092\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Ketzner<\/a> double down the left-field line. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kaston-mason\/7098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7098\" target=\"_blank\">Kaston Mason<\/a> followed with a single, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanner-hornback\/7085\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7085\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Hornback<\/a> drove in a run to give the Patriots a 2\u20130 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Puckett continued to deal in the fifth and sixth innings, allowing no damage despite limited traffic on the bases. UT Tyler added to the lead in the sixth, as <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brock-bearden\/7082\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7082\" target=\"_blank\">Brock Bearden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/travis-bragg\/7080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7080\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Bragg<\/a> singled before <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/luke-smith\/7097\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7097\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Smith<\/a> drove in Bearden to make it 3\u20130. The Patriots later loaded the bases and pushed across two more runs, including one on a sacrifice fly, extending the lead to 5\u20130.<\/p>\n<p>Puckett finished his outing in the seventh, allowing one run on a two-out single. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/klayton-wingfield\/7109\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7109\" target=\"_blank\">Klayton Wingfield<\/a> closed out the game, retiring the side in order in the eighth with two strikeouts. Lubbock Christian added a solo home run in the ninth, but UT Tyler shut down a late threat to secure the 5\u20132 win.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, six Patriots recorded hits, with Mason, Hornback, and Smith each posting multi-hit performances. On the mound, Blomquist tossed three scoreless innings, while Puckett earned his first win of the season, going four innings and allowing one earned run with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>For the series, Clark led the Patriots with six hits, batting .429 while stealing two bases. Ketzner followed with a .400 average and a team-high .600 on-base percentage. As a team, UT Tyler hit .318, posted a .426 on-base percentage, and went a perfect 9-for-9 on stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots outscored the Chaps 32\u201318 over the weekend and have now won seven straight games against Lubbock Christian dating back to last season. UT Tyler will travel to San Angelo, Texas, next weekend for a Super Regional rematch with Angelo State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Angelo State 2\/6\/2026 | 3 p.m. &#13; Feb. 06 (Fri) \/ 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-147310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}