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St. Mary’s University (TX)<\/p>\n
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\n \u00a0St. Mary’s University (TX)
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n LUBBOCK, Texas (February 21, 2026) \u2013 Lubbock Christian University earned a win and a loss in Saturday’s doubleheader, winning 9-2 in the first game before suffering a 10-9 lost in the second contest of the day.
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\nAaron Rubio<\/a> tossed a complete game to start the day as the Chaparrals beat the Rattlers 9-2. LCU had a 9-2 lead again in the second game, but gave up eight unanswered runs in the final three frames to lose. They are now 5-8 on the season.
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\nGAME ONE
\nLubbock Christian took control early, scoring five runs in the first inning. Owen Alsup<\/a> and Freddie Nolen<\/a> started the rally with two outs, as theyeach drew walks, setting up Jorge De Los Santos<\/a>, who singled up the middle to drive in Alsup. Roe Forrest<\/a> followed with an RBI single, allowing Nolen to score. Tanner Pachorek’s<\/a> infield single added another run, and Johnny Gomez III<\/a> capped the inning with a two-RBI triple to deep center.
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\nStMU answered with a single run in the top of the second on a pair of doubles, but Aaron Rubio<\/a> induced a groundout to end the threat. The Chap starter went on to hang zeroes in each of the next four innings.
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\nThe Chaparrals extended their lead in the third inning with four more runs. Pachorek singled, and with Gomez reaching on a walk, a throwing error allowed both to score. Dylan Marx<\/a> executed a bunt single to the pitcher’s mound, and a sacrifice fly by Alsup, followed by Nolen’s RBI single, made it a 9-1 game after three innings.
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\nOne final run came across for the Rattlers as Rubio closed out his complete game in the seventh. The run came across on three straight two-out singles before Rubio got a flyout to end the game.
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\nRubio pitched a complete game for Lubbock Christian, going seven innings and allowing two earned runs on eight hits. He efficiently used 106 pitches, with 73 of those being strikes, and induced 10 groundouts alongside 5 flyouts and four strikeouts.
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\nGAME TWO
\nLubbock Christian and St. Mary’s each scored twice in the opening inning of the second game. After the two Rattler runs, LCU responded with back-to-back singles from Kyle Lewis<\/a> and Hudson Grace<\/a> to start the bottom half of the inning. Both players scored on Ryan Gargett’s<\/a> two-run triple.
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\nAfter allowing the two runs in the first, Kyle England<\/a> settled in on the mound for the Chaps. He was able to keep the Rattlers scoreless for the next three frames while LCU built a lead.
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\nIn the second inning, the Chaparrals took control with a four-run surge. Johnny Gomez III<\/a> doubled and scored on Dylan Marx’s<\/a> RBI double. Grace added an RBI single, and Freddie Nolen<\/a> and Roe Forrest<\/a> each drew bases-loaded walks, extending the lead to 6-2 by the end of the frame.
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\nLubbock Christian’s offense continued in the fourth inning when Forrest hit a three-run homer, bringing the score to 9-2. Jorge De Los Santos<\/a> and Gargett scored on the play.
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\nStMU cut into the lead and chased England during the fifth inning, scoring three runs, including two on Dillon Lopez’s double, narrowing the deficit to 9-5.
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\nIn the sixth inning, St. Mary’s evened the score with four runs. A fielding error allowed the first run to score, followed by RBIs from Ashton Beaird and Lopez, making it 9-9. The Rattlers took the lead in the seventh inning with a run-scoring double by Matt Mendez, and LCU was unable to plate the tying run in the bottom half of the inning.
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