SAN ANTONIO, Tex. – The Spalding University baseball team won their fifth consecutive game Friday evening, defeating DeSales University, 3-0. Aaron Mitchell (2-0) earned the win, going eight innings strong with 10 strikeouts. Korie Vire (2) closed out the ninth earning the save. Felix Martinez Jr. (0-1) was tagged for the loss.
 
Brad Speek led the way for the Golden Eagles, going 2-for-4 with 1 RBI. Kam Bruner went 1-for-3 including a RBI double. Vire went 1-for-4 including a run and a stolen base.
 
Pitching was dominating early in the contest. DeSales threatened in the bottom of the second with runners on the corners, but Mitchell was able to get out of the jam. In the bottom of the third, the Bulldogs again threatened with two runners in scoring position. Mitchell was once again able to get out of the jam by striking out Conner Lafferty before inducing a groundball to end the inning. Spalding finally found some offense in the top of the fifth when Blake Patterson doubled to right field. A groundout saw him advance to third before a single from Speek brought him home for a 1-0 lead. DeSales tried to answer in the bottom half by once again having runners on the corners. The inning would end in a double-play after interference was called following a strike-out from Tyler Sweeney. Spalding was able to add another run to the board in the top of the sixth. Korie Vire singled to get on base. He stole second and was able to advance to third on a throwing error. The next batter walked to put runners on the corners. A wild pitch from Chris Zampini saw Vire come home from third to give the Golden Eagles a 2-0 lead. A double down the left field line by Bruner in the top half of the eighth inning scored Nic Chafin from second and Spalding extended their lead to 3-0. Pitching would finish out the game as Mitchell and Vire combined to shut down the Bulldog offense in the final two innings to see Spalding close out the win.
 
Spalding continues their swing through Texas Saturday, March 12^th when they travel to Belton to take on the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. First pitch is scheduled for 8 pm EST.