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Winner New Mexico Highlands NMHUBSB 0
2
UT Permian Basin UTPB 0
Winner
New Mexico Highlands NMHUBSB
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Final
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UT Permian Basin UTPB
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New Mexico Highlands NMHUBSB 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 11 1
UT Permian Basin UTPB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 4

W: Lawson, Cody (0-0) L: Jake Albert (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Brandon Hernandez

Cowboys Win Series Against Falcons

Odessa, TX- The New Mexico Highlands University Baseball team bested the Texas-Permian Basin Falcons, 6-2. Your Cowboys improve to 3-7 overall on the season.
 
Senior Easton Garcia reached base due to an error by the Falcons, but he would be the only player to find a base in the top of the first. Senior Cody Lawson started the day for the Cowboys on the mound, retiring the first three batters in order.
 
Senior Jeremy McCarty got himself on base with a single to lead off the second inning. Junior James Cordova also stepped up and hit a single to give the Cowboys two on base. Sophomore Travis Spruiell came up big for his team as he knocked in a single that brought McCarty home. Lawson had two strikeouts in the bottom of the inning to hold off the Falcons.
 
The Cowboys took a while to get going, but they found a rhythm in the top of the seventh inning. With two outs, Spruiell got on base with another single. Junior Codie Simmons advanced Spruiell to second base as he hit a single of his own. Then, Sophomore Joseph Cilladi smacked a double and picked up 2 RBIs as Spruiell and Simmons both scored. Garcia and Senior Brad Blackwell both walked to load the bases for the Cowboys with two outs. Junior Luis Ornelas came to the plate and reached by an error, allowing Cilladi to get across for their 3rd run of the inning. After giving up a run in the third inning, Lawson settled down and handled the Falcon batters, allowing only one hit in the bottom off the seventh.
 
The Cowboys were up 4-2 at the top of the ninth, when Cilladi reached on a Falcon error. Then, Garcia was hit with a pitch, putting Cilladi in scoring position. Blackwell also reached on an error, loading the bases once again for the Cowboys. Ornelas earned a walk that scored Cilladi, and McCarty popped up, allowing Garcia to score once more. Lawson gave up 1 more run in the eighth, but he responded by sitting down the Falcon batters in order to preserve the 6-2 victory for the Cowboys.
 
Your Cowboys will return home to take on the University of the Southwest Mustangs on February 28th at 12:00 p.m.
 
Go Cowboys!
 
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