PUEBLO, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball team give up five ninth inning runs Monday afternoon to lose series vs Colorado State University Pueblo.
INSIDE THE MATCH UP
- Final Score: UCCS 8, CSUP 9
- Records: UCCS (4-16, 1-3 RMAC) | CSUP (14-6, 3-1 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: Rawlings Field | Pueblo, Colo.
- All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions trail the ThunderWolves 14-18 in the all-time series vs CSU Pueblo.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UCCS wasted no time getting to work on offense, having Hayden Iverson single on the second pitch of the game to break the ice. With Kit Wigington walking in the ensuing at bat, Alec Gomez came to the batter's box with two runners on. Firing at the first offering, Gomez launched a three-run shot to left center field, and UCCS claimed the early advantage.
- After retiring the first three ThunderWolves, UCCS came back to the plate in the second and added to their lead. Once again it was Gomez at the dish, this time reaching on a fielder's choice to bring in Aaron Brakel and push the lead to 4-0.
- Colorado State Pueblo would respond with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the second with Elijah Borjas crossing on a wild pitch, and Brad Stone scoring on a double-play-ground out from Brady Ingalls to cut the lead in half.
- UCCS would get the pair of runs back in the third, powered by a Colton Trudeau RBI single to score Vander Hodges, then Aaron Brakel hit a sacrifice to knock in Evan Steinberger and restore the four-run lead at 6-2.
- The Mountain Lions tacked on another pair in the fifth with Hayden Iverson and Kit Wigington both swatting RBI singles, and with the lead at 8-2 UCCS seemed to be in the drivers seat towards an RMAC opening series split.
- Unfortunately for the Mountain Lions, after the fifth inning runs, the Thunderwolves scored seven unanswered down the stretch, capped off by a Elijah Borjas grand slam in the ninth that walked off UCCS and gave CSU Pueblo the game and series victory.
GAME STATISTICS
- UCCS out hit the ThunderWolves 14 to 9.
- Three Mountain Lions recorded extra-base hits. Steinberger and Wigington both had doubles and Aaron Gomez hit his seventh home run of the season.
- Vander Hodges (0-3) takes the loss for UCCS, as Bradley Barkley (1-0) picks up the win for CSUP.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Joe McDermott made his first start of the season, going five innings and allowing just 3 runs, fanning a career high of six batters.
- Cole Philip tossed 3.1 innings of work, surrendering five runs with four earned. In his six outings this year, Philip has given up three or more runs in every appearance.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions welcome the MSU Denver Roadrunners to Mountain Lion Park this weekend, with game one set to begin at 3 p.m. on Friday.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
