CANYON, Texas – On a day where both teams combined for 10 homeruns, Eastern New Mexico Baseball fell to West Texas A&M University, 22-16, on Sunday afternoon at Wilder Park. The Buffs take the series against the Greyhounds, 3-1. ENMU slip to 7-12 on the season with the same LSC record. WT move to 12-6 overall, with a 11-6 conference record.
 
The Buffs wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, scoring five runs in the first inning. West Texas A&M used five hits in the frame to plate the runs. The home team added on two more runs in the second frame to take a 7-0 lead going into the third inning.
 
However, the Greyhounds put up a crooked number on the score board to take an 8-7 after the third inning. After Camden Matthews reached base and Cooper Hamilton singled, Jonatan Clough launched a 3-run homerun over the left-center field fence to get ENMU on the board. Right after Clough, Willie Ponce played long ball for a solo blast to right field, 7-4 WT. The Hounds then loaded the bases after a double and a pair of hit-by-pitches. Spencer Roach then brought home a run on a hit by pitch, making the score 7-5. C. Matthews came to the plate again in the inning and singled to right field to tie the contest at 7-7. The Hounds capped off the inning with Hamilton hitting a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Roach from third, and giving the Hounds a 8-7 advantage.
 
The Buffs regained the lead in the fourth courtesy of a two-run home run, but ENMU replied with a two-run homerun of their own to take a 10-9 lead over the Buffs. With Roach reaching on a single, C. Matthews hit a line drive over the right field fence as the Hounds jumped back ahead. That lead didn't last long as the Buffs hitting caught fire over the next two innings. A solo homerun in the fifth tied the game at 10-10, followed by 12 runs in the sixth inning to go up 22-10 over ENMU. In the sixth inning, WT scored 12 runs from 11 hits, including three home runs.
 
Eastern kept the game going scoring four runs in the seventh inning, 22-14 WT. With the bases loaded, after a single and two walks for ENMU, Hamilton brought home a run with an RBI single. Clough walked in a run and Ponce hit a sacrifice fly to score another Greyhounds run. Dylan Hummel got in on the action with a RBI single to close out the ENMU scoring in the seventh. Eastern picked up two consolation runs in the eighth and ninth inning. A fielder's choice from C. Matthews scored Rutger Poiry in the eighth frame, while Clough hit a solo homerun to lead off the ninth. The Buffs closed out the game with 22-16 win over the Greyhounds.

NOTABLE STATS

• Both teams combined for 36 hits (21 for WT, 15 for ENMU). The Greyhounds had six extra base hits and six different Greyhounds registered multiple hits.
• Eight different batters recorded a hit for ENMU, with Clough posting three hits on the day. C. Matthews, Hamilton, Ponce, Poiry, and Roach each finished with two hits in the game.
• For runs batted in, Clough and C. Matthews each finished with five RBIs, with Hamilton and Ponce picking up two RBIs, and Hummel and Roach adding one each.
• The Greyhounds finished with four homeruns overall. Clough launched a three-run homer and a solo blast, C. Matthews hit a two-run homer, and Ponce had a solo shot.
• The Greyhounds saw five different pitchers take the mound during the game. Noah De La Riva gets a no decision going two innings from the start. Julian Lopez gets the loss, allowing seven runs in 3.1 innings pitched. Vernon Hart, Anthony Gonzalez, and Javier Luna all took the rubber for ENMU, with Luna firing 2.1 scoreless innings of work.
• Reese Miller gets the win in relief for WT, despite giving up seven runs in four innings. Mason Caperton started the game for WT, while Gavin Pringle and Tyler Cornett each tossed relief innings.

FROM THE SOURCE

"We knew going into today's game that it could turn into a slugfest with the wind blowing out," said Head Baseball Coach Riley Price. "It was going to come down to which team minimized the most on the mound and today that was them. We had a rocky start and didn't execute on the mound like we needed to," said Price. "Too many pitches left up in the zone against a team who lives off of power will get you in trouble. Offensively, I thought we could have struck out less to make some big innings even bigger, but I thought we fought hard until the end," said Price. "Luna did a good job out of the pen to give us a chance, but the damage was already done. We got a few more bats going today so we need to build on that, figure a few things out on the mound, and get a little tougher mentally going into the next few weeks," said Price.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Eastern set several season highs as a team, including runs scored (16), hits (15), RBIs (16), homeruns (4).
• Clough posted a season best five RBI's, along with his first multi homerun game. C. Matthews had a career best five RBIs in the game, along with his first homerun of the season.
• Additionally, Ponce supplied his second long ball of the season. Roach extended his nine game hit streak with a pair of base knocks, the longest active hit streak by a this season. Hummel held a 12-game hit streak, until it was snapped this past weekend against the Buffs.
• The Greyhounds will step out of conference play for their next weekend series. The Hounds will face off in a two-game series with in-state rival New Mexico Highlands.