Box Score STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The No. 24 Tarleton Texans snapped a seven-game win streak over Abilene Christian, falling 7-2 in the series finale against the Wildcats at Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex in Stephenville on Sunday.
 
A four-run sixth inning for the Wildcats broke a 1-1 tie and the Texan offense could only manage one more run against ACU starting pitcher Ty Taylor (W, 5-4), who yielded just two runs despite giving up eight hits. Taylor fanned seven batters in his eight full innings of work before giving way to Brady Rodriguez in the final inning.
 
Ryan Small went 3-for-4 at the plate, driving in a run and scoring a run as well. Colten Boothe knocked in Tarleton's only other run as he went 1-for-4 on the day.
 
Troyal Yosko (ND) got the start for the Texans and allowed just one hit in his 3.0 innings or work. Garrett Kelly (L, 4-4) came on to relieve Yosko in the top of the fourth inning and gave up a run in the top of the fifth inning that tied the game at 1-1. Following a leadoff double to Chuck Duarte in the top of the sixth inning, Kelly managed to get a couple of batters out in between a walk and Landon Thompson came into relieve him with the count 2-0 on Rodge Macy at the plate.
 
Macy reached base on an error and Duarte scored to give ACU its first lead of the series. Reed Watson followed with his first home run of the season, a three-run shot with one of the runs going to Kelly's line.
 
Britt Robertshaw worked the final three innings for the Texans, giving up two runs on just one hit while striking out two batters.
 
The Texans moved to 28-14-1 overall on the season following the loss and are now 17-7 in Lone Star Conference play. ACU improved to 26-19 overall and 14-10 in the conference, three games back of the Texans for first place with four games left in the regular-season.
 
Tarleton remains three games ahead of Angelo State in the conference standings as well following ASU's 9-7 win over Cameron on Sunday.
 
The Texans will host Cameron next week in the regular-season series finale, Friday-Sunday, Apr. 26-28 at Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex. First game of the series is set for Friday with a first pitch slated to begin at 3 p.m.