Box Score DENVER, Colo. -- University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball dropped game one of the series against Regis University on Friday as the Mountain Lions fell 15-7.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP: 
Final: UCCS 7, Regis 15
Records: UCCS (10-21, 5-8 RMAC), Regis (18-16-1, 11-6 RMAC)
Location: Regis Baseball Field | Denver, Colo.
Series: UCCS leads the all-time series 16-8 over the Rangers.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• After a scoreless first, Jonathan Cowles and the Mountain Lions found themselves in a deficit early as the Rangers plated seven in the home half of the second inning. Regis' seven runs came across on six hits and one UCCS miscue with Cowles punching out the last two batters to keep the score at 7-0 in RU's advantage.

• Then in the top of the fourth, UCCS slashed into the deficit with a big three-run home run from Kit Wigington who brought the score to 3-7.

• Regis tacked on to their lead and took back two more runs just a half a inning later off two hits an a second Mountain Lion error to make it 3-9 through four innings of play. The Rangers added another two runs in the bottom half of the fifth with a Levi Padilla double and wild pitch accounting for the two runs.

• In the sixth and seventh inning, the Mountain Lions found offensive life by driving in three runs with Matt Johnson bringing in a run through an RBI single in the sixth with Wigington registering his fourth RBI before Faragallah scored the third run with a sacrifice fly.

• Now trailing 6-11, the Rangers kept at it in the box by matching a pair of runs in the seventh and eighth inning as a UCCS infield error was responsible for the two-run seventh with a single and double extending the Regis lead to 15-6 score through eight innings.

• UCCS clawed at the Regis lead in the top of the ninth by taking advantage of two RU fielding errors to have Faragallah score on an error from an RU pitcher Cam Bushnell to mover to 7-15, but the game would not move any further with the Rangers holding in to the eight-run win.


STATS FROM THE DAY:
• Regis outhit UCCS 16-8 in the ballgame  with the Rangers recording six extra base hits to UCCS' two.
• Jonathan Cowles slides to 3-5 on the season after going 4.1 innings where the graduate student allowed 11 runs (nine earned) on 11 hits.
• Redshirt freshman Kit Wigington drive in a game Hugh four RBI after finishing 2-for-5 with a three-run home run.
• Fellow redshirt freshman Macully Sehr matched Wigington's game high two hits by also going 2-for-5.
• Regis' pitching staff held the advantage in strikeouts 10-8 over UCCS.

BEYOND THE BOX:
• Kit Wigington has registered two RBI and a home run in back-to-back games.
• Sophomore Garrett Shriver tallied a career game high in strikeouts on Friday with five punch outs.

UP NEXT:
• The Mountain Lions will be back at it tomorrow afternoon for a 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. doubleheader against the Rangers.
 
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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.