{"id":186190,"date":"2026-03-02T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186190\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:19:10","slug":"chaps-drop-finale-to-comets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186190\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaps Drop Finale to Comets"},"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\/a16.png\" alt=\"Angelo State University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Angelo State University<\/p>\n<p>3\/6\/2026 | 6:30 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 06 (Fri) \/ 6:30 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\/a16.png\" alt=\"Angelo State University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Angelo State University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/angelo-state-university\/24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LUBBOCK, Texas (March 1, 2026) \u2014 Lubbock Christian University erased a seven-run deficit but let a late lead slip away, dropping the series finale against UT Dallas 18-13 at Hays Field on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was a roller coaster game for both the Chaps and the Comets, with a big early lead for the visitors erased in the middle innings before UTD came back themselves to win the game in the eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Christian now holds an 8-10 record overall and also stands at 8-10 in the Lone Star Conference. UTD improves to 11-7 overall and matches that with an 11-7 record in the league.<\/p>\n<p>UTD scored five runs in the third inning, highlighted by a three-run homer from Nico Fernandez and a two-run shot by Alex Miller, chasing Chap starter <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caden-cline\/5045\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5045\" target=\"_blank\">Caden Cline<\/a> from the game. They added two more runs in the top of the fourth to lead 7-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/owen-alsup\/5039\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5039\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Alsup<\/a> put the Chaps on the board with a two-run home run, bringing the score to 7-2 in favor of the Comets.<\/p>\n<p>The Comets got a run back in the fifth, before the Chaparrals closed the gap even further in the fifth inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dylan-marx\/5033\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5033\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Marx<\/a> tripled and scored on a wild pitch, followed by a two-run double from <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roe-forrest\/4691\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4691\" target=\"_blank\">Roe Forrest<\/a>. Alsup added an RBI groundout, making it 8-6 through five innings.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth inning saw the Chaps take the lead with a five-run outburst. Back-to-back one-out singles from Marx and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-lewis\/4680\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4680\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Lewis<\/a> started the rally in a frame that saw the Chaps send 11 batters to the plate. The pair worked a double steal to score a run, which they did again later in the inning. The go-ahead RBI came from <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roe-forrest\/4691\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4691\" target=\"_blank\">Roe Forrest<\/a>, and Alsup drove in an insurance run before UTD finally got out of the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Christian added two more runs in the seventh inning, thanks to a sacrifice fly from <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> and an RBI single by <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/freddie-nolen\/5042\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5042\" target=\"_blank\">Freddie Nolen<\/a>, extending their lead to 13-9.<\/p>\n<p>The Comets responded in the eighth inning with an eight-run rally, highlighted by a three-run triple from Austin Wallace. UTD added one more run in the ninth with a solo home run from Chris Benavidez, sealing an 18-13 victory over Lubbock Christian.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; LCU&#8217;s 11 walks in the game are their second-most in a game this season. They drew 12 in the second game of the year against UT Tyler.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Chaps swiped nine bases in the game which is the most they have had in a single game in the NCAA era (since 2015).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; With the nine steals, Lubbock Christian now has 46 on the season, already surpassing their season total of 41 in 57 games last season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Alsup&#8217;s home run, which was his first of the season, is the 19th this year by the Chaps, which is the second-most in the Lone Star Conference. He is the 11th different LCU player to leave the yard this year.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Comets hit a whopping .500 (10-20) with runners in scoring position in the game, while the Chaps hit .385 (5-13).<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter two weeks at home, the Chaps will head back out on the road for a four-game series at Angelo State. First pitch for the Friday night contest is set for 6:30 p.m. at Foster Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Angelo State University 3\/6\/2026 | 6:30 P.M. &#13; Mar. 06 (Fri) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-186190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186190","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=186190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}