Jonathan Joy
5
Winner Eastern New Mexico ENMU 10-5
2
UT Permian Basin UTPB 2-19
Winner
Eastern New Mexico ENMU
10-5
5
Final
2
UT Permian Basin UTPB
2-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern New Mexico ENMU 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 6 1
UT Permian Basin UTPB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 6

W: Joy, Jonathan (3-0) L: Alex Rivera (1-2) S: Shandrew, Levi (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Opportunistic Hounds Cruise Past Falcons in Series Opener

ODESSA, TEXAS — Jonathan Joy, Victor Persad and Levi Shandrew combined to strike out 10 batters as the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team (10-5) opened a non-conference series, Friday afternoon at Roden Field. Alex DelaCruz drove in a pair of runs as the Greyhounds capitalized on six errors to pick up a 5-2 win over University of Texas of the Permian Basin (2-19).

Inside the Series
  • The win was ENMU's tenth in the last 11 meetings with the Falcons
  • The Hounds are 10-4 overall in the series
  • Eastern is 6-4 against UTPB at Roden Field

About the Game
  • Zach Shank drew a leadoff walk in the Greyhound third and took second on a balk before advancing on a ground out from Endy Villalona
  • One batter later, ENMU took a 1-0 lead on DelaCruz's RBI single
  • The Falcons pulled even on a two-out RBI single from Tony Oslovar in the fourth
  • A bases-loaded walk to DelaCruz forced Chris Padilla across the plate in the sixth inning with the go-ahead run
  • The Hounds added the eventual game-winning run one inning later on an error which allowed Julian Heredia to score
  • Villalona batted 2-for-4 with a walk and registered his 27th stolen base of the season
  • DelaCruz had his 16th stolen base of the season
  • Garlind Webster singled to extend his hit streak to eight consecutive games
  • Joy fanned four batters , while Shandrew garnered the save

Up Next
  • The teams will play a Saturday doubleheader at Roden Field
  • First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. MT