New Mexico State 10, New Mexico 5LAS CRUCES, N.M. –(NMSU Media Relations) The New Mexico State baseball team (16-14) used three home runs to pick up a 10-5 win over Rio Grande Rival New Mexico (13-14), Monday, April 1 at Presley Askew Field.
Junior Tanner Rust got the Aggie bats going with a two-run shot in the bottom of the first to give his team its first lead of the game. After the Lobos scored two runs in the top of the second and another in the third, NM State regained the lead in the bottom of the third when senior short stop Parker Hipp and senior Bobby Lecount combined for back-to-back home runs.
READ FULL ARTICLECal State Northridge 2, CSU Bakersfield 1NORTHRIDGE, Calif.--(CSUB Media Relations) Mylz Jones (Fr., Palmdale, Calif., Paraclete HS) extended his hitting streak to a school record 20 games, but an error led to two runs as Cal State Northridge (13-14) came from behind to defeat CSU Bakersfield (19-10) 2-1 Monday afternoon at Matador Field.
After playing to scoreless tie through the first seven innings, the Roadrunners took the lead when Cael Brockmeyer (Jr., Vineyard Haven, Mass., Avon Old Farms HS) scored on a Cal State Northridge error in the top of the eighth.
READ FULL ARTICLERice 4, Texas State 3 (12)HOUSTON, Texas – (TXST Media Relations) Texas State grabbed a 3-2 lead against No. 18 Rice in the top of the third and did not give up another run until the bottom of the ninth. The Owls tied it in the ninth and won it in the 12th inning on an RBI single up the middle for the 4-3 victory.
Catcher Tyler Pearson had a strong performance in his return to Reckling Park, leading the offense with a 3-for-5 night at the plate, but it was Garrett Mattlage who came up with the biggest hit for the Bobcats. Trailing, 2-0, in the top of the third, Texas State loaded the bases for him. He came through with two outs and a full count to bring in all the base runners with a standup double to the right field corner. The three RBI were almost enough.
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