Tigers season comes to an end with 4-1 loss to Coastal Carolina

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas Southern University baseball team concluded its 2015 season with a 4-1 loss to Coastal Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Baseball tournament Saturday afternoon. 

The Tigers were led by shortstop Robert Garza.  He tied with a game-high two hits and knocked in the Tigers lone run.  Felix Gomez received the loss after going 3.1 innings.  Larry Romero went a team-high 3.2 innings in the game, striking out a team-best three batters and giving up no runs and only one hit.

Down 4-0 heading into the bottom of the ninth, TSU started to rally.  Ryan Lazo led off with a double down the left field line.  Christopher Scroggins then walked to put two on for Garza, who took his first pitch back up the middle, scoring Lazo. 

Coastal Carolina's Andrew Beckwith was able to get the next batter to ground out, but Bobby Holmes was called to take the mound for the Chanticleers.  He got the next two Tigers batters to ground and fly out to end the game.

"This was a really special season for our program," said TSU head coach Michael Robertson. "I couldn't be prouder of all the things this group of young men came together and accomplished."

"I can honestly say that this was an extremely competitive regional site and all of the teams here deserve to be here including us. We proved that with the way we competed in these ball games and throughout the course of our season."

Texas Southern concludes the season with a 31-19 overall record and a 16-7 mark in league play.