# Howard Payne vs East Tex. Baptist DIII Baseball Game Summary - April 23rd, 2026 | NCAA.com

## DIII Baseball

Howard Payne (13-25-0)  
 East Tex. Baptist (30-10-0)

### Final Score: Howard Payne 4 - East Tex. Baptist 21

|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
|  | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 3 |

[Box Score](/content/game/6583631/boxscore/index.html) | [Scoring Summary](/content/game/6583631/scoring-summary/index.html) | [Team Stats](/content/game/6583631/team-stats/index.html) | [Play-By-Play](/content/game/6583631/play-by-play/index.html)

### Howard Payne Batting:

| #  | Player Name           | Position | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG   | OBP  |
|----|----------------------|----------|----|---|---|-----|----|---|-------|------|
| 29 | Landon Prestage      | 1B       | 2  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 1  | Jace Mackenzie       | CF       | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 1  | 0 | .000  | 100.0% |
| 4  | Kyle Hemenway        | RF       | 1  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 42 | Braiden Hurlbutt    | 3B       | 2  | 0 | 1 | 1   | 0  | 0 | .500  | 50.0% |
| 44 | Jacob Hill           | 1B       | 2  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 40 | KT Smalls            | CF       | 2  | 0 | 0 | 1   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 9  | Kenze Holubec       | SS       | 1  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 11 | Huston Cornish       | RF       | 3  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 14 | Colby Chapman        | C        | 0  | 1 | 0 | 0   | 1  | 0 | .000  | 100.0% |
| 35 | Joshua Lile          | 3B/SS    | 3  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 13 | Nader Gulamhusein    | 2B       | 2  | 0 | 1 | 1   | 0  | 0 | .500  | 50.0% |
| 16 | Joshua Norris        | SS/2B    | 3  | 1 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 15 | Ryan Pullen          | LF       | 2  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .000  | 0.0% |
| 10 | Eli McNair          | DH       | 3  | 1 | 2 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .667  | 66.7% |
| 31 | Manuel Chaco        | C        | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0   | 2  | 0 | .000  | 100.0% |
| 12 | Braden Franks        | LF       | 2  | 1 | 1 | 0   | 0  | 0 | .500  | 50.0% |
| **Total** |                      |          | **28**  | **4** | **5** | **3** | **4** | **4**  |  |

### Howard Payne Performance:

- **2B:** Eli McNair 1 (1)  
- **RBI:** Braiden Hurlbutt 1 (1), KT Smalls 1 (1), Nader Gulamhusein 1 (1)

### Howard Payne Pitching:

| #  | Player Name          | P  | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Pitches | Strikes |
|----|---------------------|----|----|---|---|----|----|---|---------|---------|
| 17 | Tyler George        | P  | 2  | 3 | 4 | 4  | 3  | 0 | 14      | 2       |
| 2  | Ty Phillips         | P  | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0       | -       |
| 3  | Kaleb Kuligowski    | P  | 1  | 5 | 4 | 3  | 1  | 0 | 12      | 1       |
| 22 | Brian Hill          | P  | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0       | -       |
| 37 | Caden Foster        | P  | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0       | -       |
| **Total** |                     |    | **6**  | **20** | **21** | **19** | **5** | **5**  | **46** |

- **Tyler George** 54 (29 strikes)  
- **Kaleb Kuligowski** 30 (16 strikes)