Cowboys drop series finale to MSU Denver

LAS VEGAS, N.M. --- The New Mexico Highlands baseball team dropped the series finale to MSU Denver 10-6 on Monday afternoon at Brandt Field.
 
The Cowboys (7-13 overall, 0-8 RMAC) tied the game at 3-3 after a three-run third inning that included a Justin DeHoog RBI single and a two-run single from Gaylan Young.
 
But a trio of home runs by the Roadrunners (12-7, 6-2) over the next three innings helped them build an 8-3 lead.
 
NMHU got a pair of runs back in its half of the sixth when Auggie Francis blasted a home run over the batter's eye in center field and that was followed by a Jared Brown home run to right to make it 8-6. MSU Denver, however, scored a run each in the eighth and ninth inning to make the final 10-6.
 
Brown and Francis led the Cowboys at the plate – collecting seven of the team's 10 hits. Brown went 4-for-5 with a home run, double, RBI and two runs while Francis went 3-for-4 with a home run, RBI and two runs. Tyler Winkler got the loss, going 3.2 innings and giving up five runs (three earned) on six hits with two strikeouts and four walks.
 
NMHU will be at home again this upcoming weekend as the Cowboys host a four-game series with Dixie State starting 3 p.m. Friday at Brandt Field.