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New Mexico Highlands University Athletics

Winkler
7
Winner Minot State MINOT 1-4
4
New Mexico Highlands NMBB 6-5
Winner
Minot State MINOT
1-4
7
Final
4
New Mexico Highlands NMBB
6-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Minot State MINOT 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 7 9 2
New Mexico Highlands NMBB 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 6 1

W: Cervantes, Jaymon (1-0) L: Whitlock, Kaleb (0-1)

2
Minot State MINOT 1-5
6
Winner New Mexico Highlands NMBB 7-5
Minot State MINOT
1-5
2
Final
6
New Mexico Highlands NMBB
7-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minot State MINOT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
New Mexico Highlands NMBB 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 6 13 2

W: Winkler, Tyler (1-1) L: Larson, Sam (0-1) S: Mossberg, J.T. (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cowboys split doubleheader with Minot State; take series from Beavers

LAS VEGAS, N.M. --- The New Mexico Highlands baseball team split a doubleheader Wednesday, dropping the first game 7-4 and winning the second game 6-2, to take the four-game series 3-1 from Minot State at Brandt Field.
 
In the first game, the Cowboys (7-5) struggled to get their bats going as they fell behind 7-0 after a three-run fourth, a three-run fifth and a run in the sixth by the Beavers (1-5). NMHU got going in the sixth inning as a lead-off single by Joe Cilladi, a one-out single by Aidan McNichol and a walk loaded the bases before Lance MacDonald hit a pinch-hit, RBI groundout to make it 7-1. Justin DeHoog then ripped a two-out, two-run single to cut the Minot State lead to 7-3 before the Beavers got out of the inning.
 
The Cowboys added another run in the seventh after an Auggie Francis triple and a Cilladi RBI groundout, but that was it as NMHU fell 7-4. Kaleb Whitlock picked up the loss, going 4.2 innings and giving up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and three walks.
 
NMHU in game two again fell behind after Minot State scored a pair of runs in the top of the first. But the Cowboys bounced back with a run in the first on a Gaylan Young RBI single and two runs in the second thanks to a McNichol RBI double and a Nico Martinez RBI single to give NMHU a 3-2 lead.
 
It was enough for the Cowboy pitching staff as Tyler Winkler settled down after the first and went six innings to pick up the win – giving up two runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and a walk. J.T. Mossberg pitched the final three innings to pick up the save, giving up two hits and no runs.
 
NMHU picked up insurance with two runs in the fifth on RBI singles from Young and Garrett Hammer and another in the eighth on a McNichol RBI single to make the final 6-2.
 
McNichol led six NMHU players that had multiple hits by going 3-for-4 with two RBI, two doubles and a run. Francis went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs, Young was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run, Martinez finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and Kalen Hammer went 2-for-4 with a double.
 
The Cowboys open RMAC play 2 p.m. Friday as they travel to take on Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
 
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