Friday, March 27, 2015
PORTALES, N.M. — The Eastern New Mexico baseball team had a come from behind win over No. 18 Angelo State University Friday, winning 5-4, getting outstanding performances out of starting pitcher
Mike Peters (Sr., Columbia, Miss. / Alcorn State University) and reliever
Dylan Montano (R-Sr., Albuquerque, N.M. / Sandia High School).Peters threw a season-high 118 pitches in 7.2 innings for the Greyhounds (7-17, 3-10 LSC), giving up only three earned runs and seven hits against the No. 1 offense in the Lone Star Conference. Montano pitched 1.1 innings, holding the Rams (19-8, 9-7 LSC) scoreless and earning the win on the night.
"
Mike Peters came out and gave us a great start," said ENMU head coach
David Gomez. "Montano came in and did the job for us in relief and that's really all we can ask for out of our guys."
The greyhounds fell behind 2-0 in the top of the third inning, but managed to battle back and take a 3-2 lead heading into the eighth inning. The Rams again took the lead in the top of the eighth, scoring two runs to take a one run lead before Montano came in as relief with two outs to retire the final at bat.
Down one in the bottom of the eighth inning,
Dylan Nault (R-Jr., Anaheim, Calif. / Cypress College) starting the inning off with a first pitch single to centerfield and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. Following a walk for the second at bat of the inning, another wild pitch advanced both runners to third and second, respectively, and allowed
Chris Sanders (Sr., Murrieta, Calif. / Palomar College) to drive in the tying run with a grounder to second base.
Blake Cooper (R-Sr., Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Wilson High School / Golden West College) then came up to bat and with a chopper over the second baseman's head scored what would be the winning run. Montano finished off the Rams in the top of the ninth to secure the win.
Nault and
Justin Paul (Jr., Papillion, Neb. / Highland Community College) each recorded two hits in the contest while
Steven Moore (Sr., Phoenix, Ariz. / Paradise Valley College) came up big for the Greyhounds with two RBIs. ENMU finished the day with eight hits, five RBIs and three walks.
"I can't say enough about
Steven Moore who gets us started by getting on base then scoring the run. Then later in the game gets a huge two RBI hit and does a great job behind the plate all game," said Gomez.
ENMU returns to the diamond Saturday for a doubleheader with the first game scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. (MST). The Greyhounds will finish the home series on Sunday with the fourth game starting at 12:00 p.m. (MST).
