{"id":257352,"date":"2026-04-19T23:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257352\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:18:11","slug":"patriots-sweep-eagles-to-cap-senior-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257352\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Sweep Eagles to Cap Senior Weekend"},"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\/2026\/01\/1768542918_530_StMU.png\" alt=\"St. Mary's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at St. Mary&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>4\/24\/2026 | 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 24 (Fri) \/ 6 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\/2026\/01\/1768542918_530_StMU.png\" alt=\"St. Mary's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0St. Mary&#8217;s&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/st-mary-s\/315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"343\" data-start=\"0\">TYLER, TEXAS \u2013 UT Tyler baseball closed out Senior Weekend in dominant fashion, completing a series sweep of Oklahoma Christian with a 12\u20134 victory Sunday afternoon. The Patriots extended their winning streak to nine games, improving to 37\u20139 overall while finishing the regular season 19\u20134 at home and winning 19 of their last 20 contests.<\/p>\n<p>UT Tyler struck first in the second inning after back-to-back singles from <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/drew-schmidt\/7078\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7078\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Schmidt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kaston-mason\/7098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7098\" target=\"_blank\">Kaston Mason<\/a> set the table. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/bryce-jewell\/7077\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7077\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Jewell<\/a> delivered an RBI single through the right side to open the scoring, and a sacrifice fly from <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/travis-bragg\/7080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7080\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Bragg<\/a> pushed the lead to 2\u20130.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Christian answered in the third, stringing together three hits to tie the game at 2\u20132, but the Patriots responded in the fourth. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/spencer-simpson\/7089\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7089\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Simpson<\/a> sparked the inning with a double before Bragg launched a two-run home run to right field\u2014his fifth of the season\u2014to give UT Tyler a 4\u20132 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles trimmed the deficit to one with a run in the fifth, but the Patriots continued to apply pressure. In the sixth, Mason reached and moved into scoring position before Bragg came through again with an RBI single to extend the lead to 5\u20133.<\/p>\n<p>UT Tyler added another run in the seventh as <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tanner-hornback\/7085\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7085\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Hornback<\/a> singled, stole second, and eventually scored on a double play to make it 6\u20133. Oklahoma Christian got one back in the eighth, but the Patriots put the game out of reach in the bottom half with a six-run explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The inning was highlighted by disciplined at-bats and timely hitting, as Hornback, <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cole-ketzner\/7092\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7092\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Ketzner<\/a>, and Schmidt each drove in runs via bases-loaded situations. Mason capped the rally with a three-run double to left field, stretching the lead to 12\u20134.<\/p>\n<p>On the mound, <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/matthew-mackenzie\/7093\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7093\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Mackenzie<\/a> got the start, allowing two runs over 2.2 innings. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-hadden\/7096\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7096\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Hadden<\/a> earned the win in relief, tossing 1.1 scoreless innings. <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tyler-puckett\/7107\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7107\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Puckett<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coleson-abel\/7088\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7088\" target=\"_blank\">Coleson Abel<\/a> combined to stabilize the middle innings, while <a href=\"https:\/\/uttylerpatriots.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/garrett-landry\/7099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7099\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Landry<\/a> closed the door with a scoreless ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, the Patriots tallied 12\u00a0hits, with Mason leading the way with a three-hit, three-RBI performance. Bragg drove in four runs on two hits, including his fourth-inning homer, while Schmidt and Simpson each recorded multi-hit games.<\/p>\n<p>UT Tyler will now hit the road for a crucial four-game series at St. Mary&#8217;s beginning April 24. The Patriots need just two wins next weekend to clinch hosting rights for the Lone Star Conference Tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at St. Mary&#8217;s 4\/24\/2026 | 6 p.m. &#13; Apr. 24 (Fri) \/ 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-257352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257352","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=257352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}