MARCH 27-29 - COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES at NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – It will be a huge weekend in baseball for both the Cowboys and Orediggers as both teams are fighting to remain in contention for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament berth. New Mexico Highlands (9-13, 3-9 RMAC), coming off a tough series, losing all four games at #1 Colorado Mesa, takes on Colorado School of Mines (9-10, 4-8 RMAC) Friday-Sunday (March 27-29).
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here. The Cowboys are coming off a tough stretch, having played a ranked team in three of the last four weekends (3-8 in those 11 games).
Fifth-year senior
Matthew Chavez continues to lead the team (players with more than 30 at-bats) with a .388 average. Chavez, fifth-year senior
Omar Chavez and senior
Joe Cervantes each leads the team with four home runs for the season. Cervantes also leads the team with 10 doubles.
Senior
EJ Stanton has only 25 at-bats, but has 11 hits in 25 at-bats (.440 average). Classmate
Anthony Badalucco leads the team with a 5.59 ERA but is only 1-3.
The Orediggers are only 2-7 in their last nine games, but have won their last two games to split the four-game set with Regis. In those two wins, the offense exploded for a 17-5 and 11-5 win. In fact, Colorado School of Mines scored just three runs less (31) during its seven-game losing streak (four runs per game) than during its two-game winning streak (28, 14 runs per game).
Connor Lambert leads the team with a .413 average, 31 hits and five home runs. Colorado School of Mines can hit the ball, as the Orediggers are hitting .311 as a team with seven guys (with more than 25 at-bats) are hitting better than .300.
Christian Rooney leads the team with a 3.00 ERA with a 3-2 record in 33 innings pitched.
The Cowboys and Orediggers play at 3 p.m. Friday, play two seven-inning contests Saturday at noon and finish up play with a nine-inning game Sunday at noon.
