4/23/2022 | Baseball | Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

LAREDO, TEXAS – Eastern New Mexico Baseball dropped a pair of away LSC contests against Texas A&M International University on Saturday afternoon. In game one, the Hounds came up just short with a 7-6 defeat, while the Dustdevils hitting powered them to a 16-0 win in game two of the doubleheader. The Hounds move to 15-28 on the season, while holding a conference standing of 14-27. TAMIU shift to 16-29 overall with a 16-27 standing in conference play.

GAME ONE: TAMIU 7, ENMU 6

The Dustdevils took advantage of early base runners in the second inning, scoring the first run. After two runners reached base, a sacrifice face brought home a run for a 1-0 advantage. Two batters later, a bases clearing double brought home two more runs holding a 3-0 lead. However, Eastern eliminated the deficit in the top of the third inning. Nyles Durenstarted things off with a double and ENMU managed to put runners on the corners with two outs. Cooper Hamilton doubled to center field to score the Hounds first runs, 3-2 TAMIU. Spencer Roachfollowed immediately after with an RBI single to tie the game at 3-3.

Texas A&M International jumped back ahead with one run in the fourth frame, with one run on a fielding error. TAMIU added three more runs to its cushion in the fifth inning. After a runner reached on a hit by pitch, four consecutive singles brought the score to 7-3 after five innings. The Hounds had just six outs to work with trailing by four runs.

Entering the final frame, the ENMU bats started to click. Camden Matthews singled with one out to get a base runner aboard. Dax Edmonds followed with a single, bringing Roach to the plate with two outs. Roach launched the first pitch he saw in the at bat over the left field fence to bring the game to 7-6 TAMIU. However, a strikeout ended the contest for the Dustdevils, taking game on by a score of 7-6.

NOTABLE STATS

  • The Hounds outhit the home team, 10-9, in the game, coming from seven different hitters.
  • C. Matthews led at the plate going 3-3 with a walk and a run scored, Roach finished the game 2-4 with a team high four RBIs. Hamilton also posted two RBIs on the game.
  • On the mound, Damian Acosta gets the loss in 4.1 innings of action. The starter allowed seven runs on eight hits with one strikeout. Javier Luna shut things down out of the bullpen, allowing two base runners with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings.
  • Abanny Garcia tossed a complete game in the win for the Dustdevils allowing 10 hits but finishing with 10 strikeouts.

GAME TWO: TAMIU 16, ENMU 0

After a scoreless first inning, TAMIU took four runs in the second inning. With the bases loaded, a hit by pitch sent home the games first run. A walk, sacrifice fly, and single each brought in one run for a 4-0 lead. A solo homerun in the third inning pushed the Dustdevils lead to 5-0. The Hounds tried to string together some hits in the fourth frame, as Hamilton and Roach both posted singles to start. Eastern couldn’t move the runners over as both runners were left stranded.

Texas A&M International put the game away in the fourth inning, posting 10 runs in the frame. Two hits to start the inning allowed a sacrifice fly to start the scoring, then after a single and a walk, another walk sent home the seventh run of the game, 7-0. With the bases loaded, the Dustdevils produced a grand slam to go ahead 11-0 with one swing of the bat. A bases loaded single and two wild pitches scored another four runs, as TAMIU held a commanding 15-0 advantage after four innings.

One more run in the fifth inning sealed the game for Texas A&M International, as the Hounds bats were held in game two. The final score read 16-0 in favor of TAMIU.

NOTABLE STATS

  • Eastern collected six hits on the game and worked three walks.
  • Braeton Matthews had the lone extra base hit for the Greyhounds, with C. Matthews, Hamilton, Roach, Duren, and Jorge Colon all producing singles.
  • Ruger Bravo is dealt the loss on the hill, going 3.1 innings, and allowing eight runs in the contest. Stephen Rausa, John Martinez, Reed Carter, and Robert Nidy all made an appearance on the mound, with Carter going 0.2 innings, and Nidy tossing 2.0 frames.
  • Jan Cabrera takes the win for the Dustdevils, going four scoreless innings with seven K’s. Brandon Salazar and Brandon Butler both straddled the rubber in the game for TAMIU, with the former going one scoreless inning, and the latter throwing the final two scoreless frames.

FROM THE SOURCE

“Today was disappointing as we had a lot of opportunities in both games to put the game in our favor early on a lack of consistency on the mound with 17 free bases and untimely hitting led to the results at the end of the day,” said Head Baseball Coach Riley Price. “We have lost touch of who we are and need to get back to cleaner more competitive baseball all around. Upperclassman need to lead the way and we need to be tougher in all facets going into tomorrow as we need to salvage the weekend playing well as a team, not as individuals,” said Price. ” Team baseball with everyone and executing their individual role is how we have won this year, and we have to get back to that”.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • Roach connected with his team leading fourth homerun of the season. C. Matthews, Hamilton, and Roach continued their active hitting streaks, with Hamilton hitting in 13 straight games, and C. Matthews and Roach are at nine consecutive games.
  • Texas A&M International are 6-3 in the all-time series and have won the last four contests.
  • Eastern look to close out the series tomorrow, Apr. 24, with first pitch scheduled for 12 p.m.