ALAMOSA, Colo. – Senior
Aaron Faragallah launches his second grand slam of the season to post five RBI on the day as UCCS Baseball goes on to grab the win in game one while falling to Adams State University in game two for a doubleheader split on Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Game 1: UCCS 13, ASU 12 | Game 2: UCCS 2, ASU 6
Records: UCCS (15-25, 10-12 RMAC), ASU (7-29, 4-18 RMAC)
Location: ASU Baseball Field | Alamosa, Colo.
All-Time Series: The all-time series between Adams State and UCCS falls in favor of the Mountain Lions as they hold a 13-5 record.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME ONE
• The first four innings saw just four runs come across with Adams State being responsible for three runs after plating one in each of the first three innings as an RBI double from
Macully Sehr in the second put UCCS on the board with the Grizzlies leading, 3-1.
• In the fourth,
Jonathan Cowles threw his way to a scoreless inning by stranding a runner on second and fanning a Grizzly for the third out to keep a manageable two-run deficit intact.
• Then in the top of the fifth, the Mountain Lions took to the plate to spark an eight-run inning to take their first lead of the game. After
Walker Rumsey led off with a single, the Grizzlies retired two Mountain Lions as a pair of walks from
Kiichi Sato and
Caleb Stubbings loaded the bases up for
Aaron Faragallah with two outs. Faragallah wasted no time in the box as the heavy hitter belted a first pitch fastball to dead center for a grand slam and 5-3 UCCS lead. UCCS continued to chip away with two outs and added to their lead in the fifth inning by driving in two runs off a two-RBI single from Sehr and a two-run moon shot from Rumsey for the 9-3 advantage.
• A half inning later, ASU was able to get one run back on a single from Mike Bathauer, but Cowles' second scoreless inning in the sixth was followed up by two-run seventh from the Mountain Lions with a
Jaeden Hegmann walk scoring one run and
Dylan Morace scoring off an ASU error to make it 11-4.
• The Grizzlies weren't done and stayed in the ballgame with Matt Bathauer hitting a two-run home run and Chris Garcia providing a sac fly to bring the game within four runs, 11-7.
• Both teams kept each other in check during a scoreless eighth as reliever
Hunter Owens came on to strand runners on first and third to setup what would be a much needed two-run Mountain Lions ninth. Redshirt freshman Kit Wiginton recorded his first hit of the day with a single up the middle for one RBI as National Hitter of the Week
Caleb Stubbings hit a sacrifice fly to give UCCS a six-run cushion for the bottom of the ninth.
• In their last at-bats, the Grizzlies would make it a close one by driving in five runs on four hits with one UCCS error to make it just a one-run ballgame with two outs and bases loaded. Freshman
Brock Weiss stayed composed and forced a hard groundball up the middle that Sehr extended to field cleanly to then flip over to Sato at second base for a game saving play and 13-12 Mountain Lion win.
STATS FROM THE DAY:
• Adams State outhit UCCS 19-12 in game one with the Grizzlies committing four errors to the Mountain Lions' two.
• Aaron Faragallah recorded a game high four RBI and four hits after finishing an impressive 4-for-6 with a double and a grand slam.
• Freshman
Macully Sehr and senior
Walker Rumsey also registered multi-RBI games with Sehr adding two RBI to a 2-for-4 day and Rumsey claiming three RBI off a 2-for-5 day that included a home run.
• Graduate student
Jonathan Cowles improves to 5-5 on the season after tossing seven innings where he allowed seven runs (six earned) on 13 hits with six strikeouts.
• Freshman
Brock Weiss adds to his save count by recording his third save of the year 0.2 innings of work with one run allowed and one strikeout tallied.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME TWO
• Game two began in favor of the Grizzlies as they took advantage of three Mountain Lion errors to bring across three ASU runs as Cedrick Reynaud and Brody Bettis registered an RBI single and two-RBI single, respectively, for the 3-0 ASU lead.
• In the second inning,
Aaron Faragallah put a charge into another fastball by going opposite field for a solo home run to give the Mountain Lions some life in a 3-1 score.
• But in the bottom of the second, ASU kept the pressure on with two more Grizzly runs plating off three hits that were allowed by
John Hoffman which led to a an RBI single from Matt Bathauer and a sacrifice fly opportunity for Reynaud to push ASU ahead, 5-1.
• Facing an early four-run deficit, Hoffman bounced back to throw a scoreless third by getting himself out of a jam with a pick over to first base that was thrown ahead to
Macully Sehr who then threw out the runner at home for the final out.
• A full inning later, ASU found an insurance run by way of a solo home run from Ryan Downs to extend out to a 6-1 lead through four innings of play.
• In need of some offense, the Mountain Lions got off to a hot start in the top of the fifth with two straight singles from
Zac Dammel and
Brandon Bagon for runners on first and second. The next at-bat in Sehr resulted in a groundball double play but
Walker Rumsey came up next to split the right center gap for an RBI double to bring the Adams State lead back to four runs, 6-2.
• UCCS was able to notch infield singles in both the sixth and seventh innings, but the Grizzlies stopped the Mountain Lions in their tracks to maintain the 6-2 win.
STATS FROM THE GAME | GAME TWO
• For the second straight game, ASU outhit UCCS 8-6 with the Mountain Lions being on the other end of miscues in game two by recording three errors to the Grizzlies one error.
• UCCS' six hits came off six different bats with
Aaron Faragallah and
Walker Rumsey being responsible for an RBI each after going 1-for-3.
•
John Hoffman gets credited with the loss in a 4.0 inning effort that included six runs (three earned) on seven hits, three walks, and three strikeouts.
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Dylan Grierson came in to toss an efficient two innings of work where he notched two strikeouts and allowed no runs on one hit.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Aaron Faragallah now has two grand slams on the season.
• Walker Rumsey hit his second home run of the season in game one while tying his season high RBI count of three.
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Macully Sehr has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games and holds a 14-game hitting streak, with both being the highest active streaks on the team.
UP NEXT:
UCCS Baseball will look to close out the series tomorrow morning with doubleheader action against ASU beginning at 11 a.m. in Alamosa, Colo.
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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.
