COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The University of Colorado Colorado Springs baseball team drops both games of the Saturday double header at #1 Colorado Mesa.
INSIDE THE MATCH UP
- Final Score Game One: UCCS 1, #1 CMU 5 | UCCS 3, #1 CMU 4
- Records: UCCS (25-11-1, 14-4-1 RMAC) | #1 CMU (37-3, 23-0 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: Bergman Sports Complex | Grand Junction, Colo.
- All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions hold a 11-32 all-time series against the Mavericks.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME ONE
- The Mountain Lions broke the ice in the second period when Trevor Dale slashed a single to left field, scoring James Harbison from second who reached on an error.
- The Mavericks would find paydirt in the third inning, stringing together a lead off double with a one-out single to bring home their first run and tie the game at one.
- The Mavericks would continue their scoring, with a pair of runs in both the fourth and fifth innings, while only letting a Mountain Lion base runner past first base once in the final four innings, taking game three by a 5-1 final.
GAME STATISTICS | GAME ONE
- Bryce Peterson (1-3) owned the lone extra base hit for UCCS, doubling in the sixth.
- Trevor Dale (1-3) delivered the lone RBI of the game for UCCS with his second inning single.
- Cayden Gonzalez (0-1) was the only Mountain Lion to reach base more than once, with two walks.
- Rafael Espinoza (4-0) earns the win for CMU. Joe McDermott (3-1) drops his first loss of the season for UCCS.
HOW IT HAPPENED | GAME TWO
- It was a tale of two halves in the nightcap, as this time it was Colorado Mesa getting to the plate first, and doing so by plating two in the second by going double, single, double.
- The Mavericks would combine a single, stolen base, and double together all with one out in the third to extend their lead to three.
- The Mavericks added on once more in the in the fifth with a solo home run, now leading 4-0.
- The Mountain Lions bats found momentum in the away half of the sixth inning, with Ruben Velasco wearing an offering to head to first on the hit by pitch to lead off the frame. Matthew Shipley battled on the ensuing at-bat before pushing a triple between defenders in right center to score Velasco, with Brendan Killeen providing a productive out with a sacrifice fly to right. The fly-out brought Shipley home to score, with UCCS then well within striking distance 4-2.
- Jason Fink would come on to pitch for UCCS, shutting down the Mavericks in a big spot with a 1, 2, 3 inning.
- UCCS would continue the their momentum in the seventh as Trevor Dale led off with a single, moving to second on Tyson Mayberry's groundout. Tyler Genrich fouled out for the second out of the frame, before Tyler Buchman singled to right and drove in Dale, to keep the Mountain Lions hope alive and cut the deficit to one. Quinn Medin would come on to pinch hit, but fouled out, as UCCS' comeback fell short 4-3.
GAME STATISTICS | GAME TWO
- Matthew Shipley, Brendan Killeen, and Tyler Buchman all recorded RBIs in game two.
- Tyler Buchman was the lone Mountain Lion with a multi-hit performance.
- Pitching was very effective for UCCS, with only one walk issued in the game, and one wild pitch.
- Jackson Eisenhauer (6-1) earns the win for CMU, Jacob Brown (3-1) falls for the first time of the season. Sage Ferguson gets the save, his fifth of the year.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Game two was the seventh errorless performance for UCCS' defense.
UP NEXT
The Mountain Lions finish the series versus Colorado Mesa tomorrow at 12 p.m.
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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.
