Creighton University
3-6
Tarleton State
6-5
Bluejay Baseball Salvages Final Game in Texas with 5-4 Win in 12
3/1/2026 4:15:00 PM | Baseball
After TSU took a 1-0 lead in the first on a solo home run by Rayner Heinrich, Creighton answered in the second with a leadoff triple from Ben North and an RBI grounder from Connor Capece.
The Bluejays claimed the lead at 3-1 in the fourth as Teddy Deters laced a double down the right field line to open the frame, then with two down Isaac Wachsmann blasted a two-run homer over the center field wall.
TSU rallied with single runs in the eighth and ninth frames, then seized a 4-3 lead in the 12th. Creighton responded with a leadoff single from Wachsmann, a one-out pinch hit single from Nick Bowron and Nick Venteicher was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Rocco Gump and Nate McHugh cashed in the opportunity with RBI singles to give Creighton the win.
Reliever Jimmy Burke earned the win (1-1) with three innings of one run ball. Tarleton State reliever Matt McCullough suffered the loss (0-1), allowing two runs on three hits in 1.1 innings.
The win pushed the Bluejays to 3-6 on the season, while Tarleton State fell to 6-5.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Burke, Jimmy (1-1)
L: McCullough, Matthew (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Kendyl 1
HR: Heinrich, Rayner 1
RBI: Heinrich, Rayner 1 ; Lorch, Carson 1 ; Guerra, Sergio 1 ; McCloud, Cage 1
SH: Lorch, Carson 1
SF: Guerra, Sergio 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Kendyl 1 ; Heinrich, Rayner 1 ; Englett, Brady 2
SB: Heinrich, Rayner 1
HBP: Johnson, Kendyl 1 ; McCloud, Cage 1
Batting:
2B: Gump, Rocco 1 ; Deters, Teddy 1
3B: North, Ben 1
HR: Wachsmann, Isaac 1
RBI: Gump, Rocco 1 ; McHugh, Nate 1 ; Capece, Connor 1 ; Wachsmann, Isaac 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Deters, Teddy 1 ; North, Ben 1 ; Wachsmann, Isaac 2 ; Venteicher, Nick 1
SB: Gump, Rocco 1
CS: Gump, Rocco 1
HBP: Venteicher, Nick 1
