Postseason

     Trinity baseball rode their 22 game win-streak into the Division 1 district playoffs. Obviously, confidence was high among the team but the players were not going to let their guard down, as they were to face their rivals University of Texas and Texas Pan-Am. Texas Pan-Am had just won the national championship the year before, and UT was a perennial baseball powerhouse. Some of these players had a chip on their shoulder when playing UT as well. 

     "A lot of people felt that UT Pan-Am was our biggest rival, and they were certainly one of our rival because of how good they were and how many times we played them a year, but I always felt that UT was our biggest rival. They were always known as a big time baseball school, and a lot of the players on our team were overlooked in the recruiting process by UT. Of course, when you grow up playing ball in Texas, you dream of ending up at UT, so whenever we got to play them, it was our chance to show them what they missed out on," said Mickey Mahler when asked about Trinity's biggest rivals at that time.

     Regardless, both UT Pan-Am and UT were formidable opponents and each time Trinity faced one of the two, it was sure to be an intense game. Trinity unfortunately lost their first game in the double elimination district playoffs against UT Pan-Am, and they now were to face UT in front of a packed house.

     The game against UT is known as the most memorable moment of that season to a lot of the former players, as it spanned 14 innings. Trinity led Texas 1-0 in the sixth inning, and 3-2 in the 11th. The Longhorns rallied and scored a run in the 12th as the score evened at 3-3. Texas took advantage of a walk, a hit, and a couple of Tiger errors in the bottom of the 14th to win the game. What was an extremely successful season ended on a disspointing note, but the Tigers and Coach Wheeler were proud of the work they put in (trinitytigers.com).