3.16_CU_Poiry (3)
11
Winner Eastern New Mexico ENMU 16-18, 14-18 LSC
6
UA-Fort Smith UAFS 7-28, 5-28 LSC
Winner
Eastern New Mexico ENMU
16-18, 14-18 LSC
11
Final
6
UA-Fort Smith UAFS
7-28, 5-28 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern New Mexico ENMU 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 11 10 2
UA-Fort Smith UAFS 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 4

W: Rubio, Adrian (3-4) L: Brayden Ross (0-3) S: McBride, William (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cameron Brennan

Baseball Scores Seven Unanswered Runs To Beat UAFS, 11-6

The Greyhounds scored seven runs in the final four innings, while holding the lions scoreless in that time

FORT SMITH, Ark. – Eastern New Mexico Baseball came from behind to win its series opener, 11-6, against The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith on Thursday afternoon at Crowder Field. ENMU moves to 16-18 overall, with a 14-18 LSC record. The Lions fall to 7-28 on the season, with a 5-28 conference standing.
 
Eastern wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning. First, Cooper Hamilton reached on a walk, followed by a Demetrio Archuleta single, then Willie Ponce reached base on a fielder choice to load the bases. Jonatan Clough stepped up and cleared the bases with a double down the left field line to put the Greyhounds ahead 3-0. The home team responded with a pair of sacrifice flies in the bottom of the inning to make the score 3-2.
 
 
The Lions jumped in front during the second inning, using three straight singles to take a 4-3 lead. Later in the frame, UAFS scored a run on a wild pitch. Both teams produced a sacrifice fly in the 4th to move the score to 6-4 UAFS. Eastern's run came across after Nick Schifftner reached on a walk and stole second base. After moving to third on an error, Rutger Poiry drove home the run with a sacrifice fly to center field.
 
In the sixth, the Greyhounds loaded the bases with one out after three hit-by-pitches in the inning. Poiry drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to center field, to make the game just one run. Then, Camden Matthews singled to center field to tie the contest at 6-6. After a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning, the Greyhounds took the lead in the top of the seventh. After Archuleta reached base, Ponce moved the runner into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt. Clough then bombed a ball over the left center field fence to put the Greyhounds ahead 8-6 over the Lions.
 
 
After taking a two-run advantage, the Eastern defense came up big to hold the Lions in the bottom of the seventh. UAFS loaded the bases with no outs to start the inning, with the Hounds calling on William McBride from the bullpen to get them out of the jam. An infield fly, then an incredible 6-4-3 double play ended the inning to preserve the Greyhounds advantage.
 
 
ENMU increased their lead in the eighth, going ahead 10-6 over UAFS. Jayden Martinez started the inning with a double, with Braeton Matthews coming in as a pinch runner. Poiry brought B. Matthews home on a single, 9-6 ENMU. Later in the inning, Poiry scored after an error on a C. Matthews single. Defensively, the Hounds escaped another bases loaded jam to maintain the four run lead going to the ninth inning.
 
 
The Greyhounds picked up an insurance run in the ninth, and a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth sealed the series opener for Eastern 11-6.

NOTABLE STATS

  • ENMU finished the contest with 10 hits, while the Lions secured 11 hits during the game.
  • Three of the Greyhounds bats finished with multiple hits, while seven hitters produced a base hit.
  • Clough finished with a pair of extra base hits (double and homerun), securing five RBIs. Poiry finished 1-1 at the plate, with 3 RBIs, two sacrifice flies, and one hit by pitch.
  • Additionally, C. Matthews and Hamilton both had two hits in the game.
  • Adrian Rubio returns to the win column for ENMU, going six innings and allowing six runs (four earned), and giving up eight hits. McBride was important out of the pen, earning a three inning save with three strikeouts and just three hits allowed.
  • Brayden Ross is handed the defeat, after allowing four runs in relief for the Lions. Lukas Petross gets a no decision, throwing 5.1 innings and giving up six runs. Devon Chapa, Grant Shankle, and Luke Davenport all took the rubber for UAFS during the game.

FROM THE SOURCE

"Rubio did not have a great start on the mound for us, but started to settle in as the game went on and allowed for our offense to take the game back," said Head Baseball Coach Riley Price. "Clough came up big with a timely home run and Ponce turned another huge bases loaded double play to get McBride out of a jam. McBride did a great job again for us out of the pen to secure the win today," said Price. "We need to minimize better on the mound and play cleaner baseball going into tomorrow's double header,".

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • Clough tied a personal high with five RBIs in the game, also registering five RBIs in a game against West Texas A&M (3/5). Poiry had a season best for RBIs with three (also a season high two sacrifice flies).
  • On the mound, McBride fired his second save of the season. Posting two saves in his last two outings.
  • Hamilton secured his team best 15th multi-hit game of the season, while C. Matthews finished with his 12th multi-hit game of the season.
  • Clough's ninth home run of the season enters him into the top-10 for single season home runs in program history. Nine home runs are the most by a Greyhound in a single season since Matthew Burks' 10 home runs in 2014.
  • Eastern will now play the Lions in a doubleheader tomorrow, Friday, Apr. 7, with the first game starting at 12 p.m. and game two beginning at 3 p.m.