4.15-1_OC_Archuleta (1)
7
Eastern New Mexico ENMU 21-23, 19-23 LSC
9
Winner St. Mary's STMU 22-23, 20-23 LSC
Eastern New Mexico ENMU
21-23, 19-23 LSC
7
Final
9
St. Mary's STMU
22-23, 20-23 LSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern New Mexico ENMU 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 7 2
St. Mary's STMU 0 1 0 0 7 1 X 9 12 1

W: John Curtis (4-4) L: Bravo, Ruger (6-6)

10
Winner Eastern New Mexico ENMU 22-23, 20-23 LSC
5
St. Mary's STMU 22-24, 20-24 LSC
Winner
Eastern New Mexico ENMU
22-23, 20-23 LSC
10
Final
5
St. Mary's STMU
22-24, 20-24 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern New Mexico ENMU 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 0
St. Mary's STMU 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 10 1

W: Lopez, Julian (4-2) L: Billy Baehr (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cameron Brennan

Baseball Takes Series Finale Over Rattlers

St. Mary's won game one of the doubleheader, 9-7, while ENMU claimed game two 10-5

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Eastern New Mexico Baseball closed their road trip with a split of a doubleheader with St. Mary's University on Saturday afternoon at Sullivan Field. The Rattlers claimed game one of the day, 9-7. In game two, ENMU scored early and often to win 10-5. St.MU claimed a series win over the Hounds, taking three of the four games. The Hounds shift to 22-23 on the season, with a 20-23 Lone Star Conference (LSC) record. St. Mary's move to 22-24 on the season, along with a 20-24 conference standing.

GAME ONE: StMU 9, ENMU 7

The Greyhounds started scoring early, plating four runs in the opening inning against the Rattlers. After three straight walks loaded the bases, Willie Ponce brought home the first Greyhound run on a sacrifice fly. With Dylan Hummel at the plate, a run scored after a reach on error, leaving two runners in scoring position. Mason Estrada doubled into the left center gap, adding two more runs to the Hounds lead.



 
After St.MU picked up a run in the 2nd frame, the Hounds plated a run in the third. Estrada again delivered a two-out double to bring the run home, giving ENMU a 5-1 lead after three full innings. Following a scoreless fourth inning, the Rattlers plated seven innings to take their first lead of the game, 8-5. St. Mary's scored the seven runs on six hits, while taking advantage of a Greyhound fielding error. The Rattlers entered the final inning with a 9-5 lead after scoring a run in the sixth.
 
Ponce and Hummel reached base via a single and a walk, respectively, to give the Hounds life in the final inning. Estrada brought home Ponce on a groundout and Hummel scored on a passed ball to make the score 9-7 St.MU. The Rattlers secured the final out of the inning and record a 9-7 win.

NOTABLE STATS

  • ENMU totaled seven hits in the game, while St. Mary's produced 12 base hits.
  • Five Greyhounds finished with a base hit, while a pair of ENMU hitters producing multiple base hits.
  • Estrada was the standout in the lineup, finishing with a pair of doubles and four RBIs. Ponce collected a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly in the game.
  • Both Ponce and Hummel scored twice in the game.
  • Ruger Bravo had a final line of 4.2 innings pitched, 11 hits allowed, eight runs (five earned), with six strikeouts. Javier Luna allowed one hit, while allowing one unearned run.
  • For the Rattlers, John Curtis went 5.2 innings in the game with five strikeouts allowing five runs (two earned). Matt Bundy gave up two runs over 1.1 innings.

GAME TWO: ENMU 10, StMU 5

Eastern started the game on the right foot with a leadoff triple from Camden Matthews, and Demetrio Archuleta sent him home with a sacrifice fly. After St. Mary's tied the game with a solo home run in the 2nd inning, ENMU broke open the game in the third inning. Nick Schifftner was the first Greyhound to reach base (single), then Archuleta reached base on an error with two outs. Cooper Hamilton made the Rattlers pay for the error, hitting a single up the middle to break the tie, 2-1 ENMU. Jonatan Clough compounded the St.MU error with a 3-run home run to the opposite field for a 5-1 lead.



 
The Greyhounds didn't stop scoring, tacking on five runs in the 4th inning to take a 10-1 advantage. Estrada doubled with one out, and Jayden Martinez followed with a single. After a walk loaded the bases, C.Matthews picked up an RBI after a 10 pitch walk, 6-1 ENMU. The next batter didn't see a lengthy at bat, as Archuleta tagged the first pitch of the at bat over the left field fence for a grand slam, 10-1 ENMU.



 
St. Mary's tried their best to reply with a large scoring inning, but starting pitcher Julian Lopez held the Rattlers in check in preventing the home team from scoring in bunches. St.MU scored one run in the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th inning to eat into the Hounds lead, 10-5. The Hounds defense turned an important relay throw, catching a runner trying to score during the 6th inning. In the end, Lopez finished his complete game win with the Greyhounds on top, 10-5 over St. Mary's.

NOTABLE STATS

  • The Rattlers posted 10 base hits during the game, while Eastern finished the contest with nine hits.
  • Seven different hitters secured a hit during the game, while two ENMU hitters had two base hits.
  • Both Estrada and Martinez finished 2-4 at the dish. Schifftner, C.Matthews, and Archuleta each crossed the plate twice in the game.
  • For RBIs, Archuleta led all batters with five with Clough chipping in with three.
  • Lopez tossed the entire game for the Greyhounds, finishing with six strikeouts in the nine-inning contest and giving up five earned runs.
  • St. Mary's starting pitcher, Billy Baehr takes the loss giving up seven runs (three earned) on six hits in 3.1 innings. Brett Brown is charged with three runs and giving up one hit in 0.2 innings. Bundy finished the game for St. Mary's tossing five innings, giving up just a pair of hits with four K's.

FROM THE SOURCE

"In game one today we came out and scored early, but lacked the quality at bats needed to continue putting up runs and we fell a part quickly on the mound and on defense," said Head Baseball Coach Riley Price. "They outplayed us, and we allowed the big inning to happen and they ended up running away with the win,".
 
"For game two, we finally had some solid barrels and big hits with runners on but still didn't hit like we are capable of. A lot of rollovers and weak contact kept us stuck, but Lopez put our whole team on his back and threw a gem of a complete game," said Price. "I'm proud of Lopez for continuing to step up in the starter role for us and allowing us to salvage the weekend," said Price.
 
"Going into our last series at home, we need to get back to staying inside the baseball at the plate and cleaning up a few things on the defensive end," said Price.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • During game one, Estrada recorded a career best four RBIs and his first career game with two doubles. Ponce posted his 11th multi-hit game of the season with a pair of base knocks.
  • Several Greyhounds made notable marks in game two, including Archuleta hitting his third home run of the season (tied for 2nd on the team). His five RBIs marks the second time Archuleta has brought home five or more runs, with six RBIs against UT Tyler being his career best.
  • Clough launched his 15th home run of the season, bringing his RBI count to 61 on the season (3rd most in a single season in program history). Martinez recorded his first multi-hit game of his career, while Estrada posted back-to-back multi hit games for the first time this season.
  • Lopez tossed his second complete game of the season, with a career long 9.0 innings pitched in a game. The right-hander has won his last two outings, and tossed a career high 132 pitches during the game.
  • ENMU return to the Land of Enchantment for their final home series on Apr. 28-30 with Lubbock Christian coming to town.