GOLDEN, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball team drops the first two games of this weekend's RMAC pod play after falling to host school Colorado School of Mines, 1-8, and New Mexico Highlands University, 4-17, in Golden, Colo. on Friday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Game 1: UCCS 1, Mines 8 | Game 2: UCCS 4, NMHU 17
Records: UCCS (9-19, 5-9 RMAC), Mines (19-10, 8-9 RMAC), NMHU (8-21, 6-11)
Location: Jim Darden Field | Golden, Colo.
All-Time Series: UCCS trails the all-time series against Mines, 8-12, but lead the all-time series against NMHU, 21-6.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME ONE
• The Mountain Lions' first game of Friday's doubleheader was shaping up to be a pitcher's duel with the first three innings running scoreless on both sides.
• UCCS'
Jonathan Cowles managed to escape the first inning after allowing runners on first and second with one out as he proceeded to retire the next two batters while mowing down the Orediggers in order 1-2-3 in the second inning.
• The Mountain Lions also found themselves in a position with runners on first and second in the top of the second after
Macully Sehr laced a single up the middle and
Henry Ryan reached base by way of hit by pitch, but Mines' Tyler Blomster was finding success of his own as he bagged his third strikeout of the game to keep it scoreless through two innings.
• After striking out the side in the home half of the third, Cowles found himself in trouble an inning later with back-to-back singles to start the inning which ended up leading to a three-run fourth off four hits and one error to swing the game in the Orediggers' advantage, 3-0.
• Then in the fifth, Mines tacked on another three runs off two doubles as the Mountain Lions had trouble taking care of the ball with two of the runs coming across as unearned and ending Cowles' day with Mines extending out to 6-0 lead.
• Heading into the sixth, the Mountain Lions would breakup Blomster's shutout by plating one run as
Luis Samorano got the inning going by short-hopping the right center field fence for a stand-up double. Redshirt freshman
Kit Wigington came up next to send a first pitch fastball to right field for a single to place runners on first and third with no outs. From the cleanup spot, fellow redshirt freshman
Caleb Stubbings put a groundball into play to score Samorano and bring the game to 6-1.
• CSM went on to plate a pair of runs off
Hunter Owens with one in the seventh and one in the eighth as UCCS' fifth error led to an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh, bringing the final score to 8-1.
STATS FROM THE GAME | GAME ONE
• Jonathan Cowles went 4.1 innings where he allowed six runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks while fanning nine Orediggers in the loss.
• Mines' Tyler Blomster allowed all seven hits in eight full innings as he gave up one earned run and struck out eight Mountain Lions.
• Walker Rumsey and
Kit Wigington each garnered two hits in game one by going 2-for-4 and 2-for-3, respectively.
• The Orediggers outhit the Mountain Lions 8-7 with UCCS holding the advantage in strikeouts, 11-10.
• CSM totaled a season high eight stolen bases as the Mountain Lions committed five errors resulting in three unearned runs.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME TWO
• Game two saw an early lead from the New Mexico Highlands Cowboys as a free pass from base on balls turned into a run in the bottom of the first after Jared Brown sent a double in the gap for the 1-0 lead.
• Just a half inning later, the Mountain Lions received three free passes of their own off an infield error, hit by pitch, and walk to give freshman
Macully Sehr and opportunity to do damage. A six-pitch at-bat and 2-2 count led to a single to left field for Sehr to drive in two RBI and give UCCS the 2-1 lead through two innings.
• The two runs weren't enough for the Mountain Lions as starting catcher
Tyler Richardson came out of an 0-2 pitcher's count to lift a deep flyball over the left field fence for a two-out two-run home run to push UCCS ahead for the three-run lead, 4-1.
• Struggling to find the zone, the momentum quickly shifted away from UCCS as the the next three innings belonged to the Cowboys. The Cowboys worked a five-run fourth, three-run fifth, and eight-run sixth to register the 17-4 win over the Mountain Lions. NMHU plated a total of 16 runs off six hits, two errors, eight walks, and three hit batters to initiate the 10-run rule.
STATS FROM THE GAME | GAME TWO
• UCCS (four) and NMHU (two) combined for six errors in the ballgame as the Cowboys outhit the Mountain Lions, 8-7.
• UCCS utilized five pitchers in game two with
John Hoffman receiving the loss on a night where he went 1.1 innings and gave up five runs (four earned) on one hit with four walks and one hit batter.
• NMHU's Hunter Waugh claimed his second win of the season by hurling five full innings and allowing four runs (one earned) with nine strikeouts.
•
Tyler Richardson and
Macully Sehr each drove in two RBI on one hit nights as Richardson finished 1-for-3 with a home run while Sehr went 1-for-4 with a two-RBI single.
• Cowboy first baseman Jared Brown led all hitters with three hits and five RBI after going 3-for-5 with two home runs and a double.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Jonathan Cowles matched his career high in strikeouts with nine in game one, marking the second time he's done so this season.
• In UCCS' 25 runs allowed on Friday, a total of 16 runs came across as earned with the Mountain Lions tallying 21 strikeouts as a pitching staff while also giving up 15 walks and four hit batters.
•
Tyler Richardson hit his fourth home run of the season for his 10
th and 11
th RBI on the year.
• The Mountain Lions were responsible for Tyler Blomster's fifth earned run allowed this season.
UP NEXT:
UCCS Baseball will take on New Mexico Highlands in a neutral site rematch tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. in Golden, Colo. to continue RMAC pod play.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
