Game Recap: Baseball | 4/15/2022 10:30:00 PM | Cameron Brennan

#12 Angelo State handled Eastern New Mexico baseball in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, 18-5 and 8-1, at Greyhound Baseball Field. The Hounds drop to 15-24 on the season with a 14-23 LSC standing. The nationally-ranked Rams improve to 31-10, and 29-10 in conference play.

GAME ONE: ASU 18, ENMU 5

The hot hitting #12 Rams started the first three innings with 12 runs. Angelo used a 10 run first inning to get out to a head start, and a run in the second and third gave them a 12-0 lead. Eastern knocked in its first run in the bottom of the third frame. Camden Matthews tripled to start the inning, and Cooper Hamilton singled to center to send him home.

Each team picked up a score in the fourth inning, a hit by pitch scored the run for Angelo, while Eastern benefited from a sacrifice fly. Spencer Roach led-off the inning with a double to deep center and two batters later, Andres Quintana brought home the runner with a long fly out to left field, 13-2 ASU. Both teams added runs in the fifth, as ASU picked up two runs and Hamilton provided another RBI single to score a run for the Hounds.

Three more runs came around in the final frame for Angelo State, and ENMU found two runs in the final inning. After back-to-back singles from C. Matthews and Dax Edmonds, Thomas Wisneski singled into left field and both runners ended up scoring after the ball got by the left fielder. Despite the final two runs, the score ended 18-5 in favor of ASU.

NOTABLE STATS

• The Hounds posted ten hits on the game, scoring five runs with three RBIs.
• Edmonds led the squad with three hits in the game, while C. Matthews and Hamilton finished with two hits. Hamilton was responsible for two RBIs and Quintana had one run batted in.
• Ruger Bravo is charged with the loss, giving up 13 runs (five earned runs) on nine hits with three strikeouts. Reed Carter faced five batters in 0.2 innings, and John Martinez took the mound for the final three innings.
• Aaron Munson started the game for the Rams, but only faced on batter. Jake Rogers tossed 6.2 innings, giving up five runs in the victory.

GAME TWO: ASU 8, ENMU 1

The Rams offense began with the first batter reaching on a walk, and advanced to third on a failed pick-off by the pitcher. The runner crossed the plate later on a wild pitch for the games first run, 1-0 ASU. The Hounds got down to two outs in the first inning, but three straight hits brought two more runs around the plate as ASU held a 3-0 lead after one full inning.

In the second frame, Angelo picked up two runs from a two-RBI triple. The Rams added a single run in the third inning and the fourth inning for a 7-0 lead after four innings. The Hounds were finding base hits but weren’t able to string a pair of hits together until the sixth inning. Roach reached first base on a single to right field, and Sammy Williamson brought him home from first on a two out double to right field, 7-1 ASU heading into the final inning.

Angelo State tacked on one insurance run in the final inning, taking the second game of the day 8-1 over the Hounds.

NOTABLE STATS

• Eastern scattered seven hits from six different batters in the game.
• Roach finished 2-3 in the game and scored the only run for ENMU. Williamson picked up the only RBI for the Greyhounds.
• Damian Acosta delivered 4.0 innings on the mound, giving up seven runs in the loss. Javier Luna posted 3.0 innings out of the bullpen and gave up just one run on two hits.
• Munson, who started game one, picked up the win in game two with 4.0 scoreless innings for ASU. Price Siemering collected a save with three innings pitched and allowing jus one run in the contest.

FROM THE SOURCE

“We gave ourselves no chance when we give up multiple runs in the first and allow guys to get on base without earning it,” said Head Baseball Coach Riley Price. “It’s hard to play our style when that happens, and they beat us at our own game so far this weekend. Offensively, we haven’t been too bad, but not great,” said Price. “We have to string hits together better and build some momentum early and often to beat good teams. You can’t give free bases to good teams because they will continue to make you pay and that’s what has happened all weekend,” said Price. “We need to get back to us regardless of the scoreboard and be more competitive and scrappy all around. Really need to salvage the weekend tomorrow and play a cleaner game,” said Price. “Respond has been the word used often with this group as well as controlling the controllables, so we will see how we take that to heart tomorrow regardless of the end game result”.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Hamilton has hit safely in nine of his last ten games and reached base in nine successive games.
• Martinez tossed a season high 3.0 innings, while Luna also posted a season high 3.0 IP.
• Edmonds recorded his fourth three hit game of the season, tied for the team lead.
• Wisneski collected his second hit of the campaign, and his second in as many games.
• Eastern look to take the series finale tomorrow, Apr. 16, against Angelo State with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.