{"id":163881,"date":"2026-02-13T23:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163881\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:28:10","slug":"chap-comeback-comes-up-short-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163881\/","title":{"rendered":"Chap Comeback Comes Up Short"},"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\/10\/Oklahoma-Christian.png\" alt=\"Oklahoma Christian University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Oklahoma Christian University<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/2026 | 1 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 14 (Sat) \/ 1 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\/10\/Oklahoma-Christian.png\" alt=\"Oklahoma Christian University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Oklahoma Christian University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/oklahoma-christian-university\/19\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    OKLAHOMA CITY (February 13, 2026) \u2014 Lubbock Christian University&#8217;s fell behind early and had a comeback come up just short against Oklahoma Christian University 7-6 on Friday at Dobson Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Chaparrals&#8217; offense tallied 11 hits, including a home run and four doubles, while successfully stealing a season high six bases, but the Eagles capitalized on a six-run third inning to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>The game started off about as well as possible for Lubbock Christian as <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-lewis\/4680\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4680\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Lewis<\/a> homered to deep left field to lead off. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/owen-alsup\/5039\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5039\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Alsup<\/a> also had a hit in the inning, but they were unable to do any further damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OC went scoreless in the first, but got on the board in the second inning. A single plated the run, but LCU kept the game tied by gunning down a baserunner at the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Christian reclaimed the lead in the third inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/hudson-grace\/5034\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5034\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Grace<\/a> singled and stole second, setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/joe-mancinas\/5029\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5029\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mancinas<\/a> for an RBI double down the right field line. However, the Eagles surged in the bottom of the third, scoring six runs and chasing Chap starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-england\/5047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5047\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle England<\/a> from the game. Ruben Castro&#8217;s two-run homer and Jontae Hennesy&#8217;s solo shot highlighted the inning, and a two-run homer by Liebbe extended their lead to 7-2. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/logan-moore\/4673\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4673\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Moore<\/a> came in and got the final out of the frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Christian did not score again for the remainder of the game as the Chaps clawed their way back. In the fourth inning, Grace delivered an RBI double, scoring <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roe-forrest\/4691\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4691\" target=\"_blank\">Roe Forrest<\/a> and narrowing the gap to 7-3. Then in the fifth <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aaron-morales\/5036\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5036\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Morales<\/a> doubled and scored on <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jorge-de-los-santos\/5032\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5032\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge De Los Santos&#8217;s<\/a> RBI double. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanner-pachorek\/5031\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5031\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Pachorek&#8217;s<\/a> groundout brought in another run, cutting the deficit to 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>The Chaps pulled within a run in the top of the seventh thanks to the legs of <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jorge-de-los-santos\/5032\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5032\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge De Los Santos<\/a>. He avoided the double play when he hit a ground ball before stealing both second and third base, scoring on Pachorek&#8217;s two-out single. LCU had runners in scoring position in both the eighth and ninth, but were unable to push the tying run across.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LCU was given the opportunity to come back thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/isaiah-gonzalez\/5030\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5030\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Gonzalez<\/a>, who delivered an impressive relief performance for the Chaparrals, pitching five innings without allowing a hit or run while striking out six batters and issuing two walks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES:\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Chaps actually out-hit the Eagles in the loss, giving them their second loss this season when collecting more hits.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; All nine Chaparral starters collected at least one hit for the first time since Feb. 8, 2025, when the team put together a 23-hit performance at Sul Ross.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Grace was the only Chaps player with multiple hits, recording his second three-hit game of the season. He is now tied for the team lead with a .414 batting average.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Gonzalez&#8217;s five shutout innings lowered his season ERA to 2.45. Opponents are hitting just .148 against him, which is the lowest mark on the team.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Chaps hit just .190 with runners on base and only .267 with runners in scoring position.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Lubbock Christian swiped six bases in the game, which is their most since April 27, 2024, when they had six against Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLubbock Christian will try and clinch a series split on Saturday when they take on Oklahoma Christian at 1 p.m. at Dobson Field in the series finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Oklahoma Christian University 2\/14\/2026 | 1 P.M. &#13; Feb. 14 (Sat) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-163881","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\/163881","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=163881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}