LAKEWOOD, Colo. --- The New Mexico Highlands baseball team after dropping a game in 11 innings in the doubleheader opener against Colorado Christian on Monday bounced back to take game two 6-5 to split the four-game series on the road at All Star Park.
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The Cowboys (14-24 overall, 7-17 RMAC) in the second game took a 3-0 lead in the fifth after
Carlos Ramirez scored on an error,
Cody Reilly scored on a passed ball and
Joe Cilladi drove in
Auggie Francis with an RBI single to right.
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After the Cougars (11-26, 6-18) scored a run in the bottom of the fifth,
Carlos Ramirez blasted a two-run homer to left to make it 5-1. Ramirez added an RBI with a single to left in the seventh to make it 6-1. The Cougars scored four runs in the seventh, but JT Mossberg was able to finish it for the complete game victory.
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Mossberg got the win, giving up five runs (three earned) on nine hits with a strikeout and two walks. Ramirez paced the Cowboys at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home runs, three RBI and two runs. Cilladi went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two stolen bases.
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In game one, the Cowboys fell behind 3-0 heading into the eighth inning before a
Gaylan Young RBI single ignited a three-run inning that included
Jared Brown scoring on a passed ball and Young scoring on a wild pitch.
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The game remained tied 3-3 until the 11th when the Cougars hit a walk-off RBI single to win it 4-3.
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Sergio Lucero picked up the loss, going 1.1 innings and giving up a run on two hits with a strikeout and a walk.
Cameron Polich was solid starting for NMHU, going five innings and giving up three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and a walk.
Jacob Padilla (two innings) and
Ricardo Santillan (1.2 innings) combined to throw 3.2 innings of scoreless relief.
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Young and
Travis Spruiell led the Cowboys at the plate, each going 2-for-5.
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NMHU will have a short turnaround as the Cowboys travel to take on No. 8 and conference leading Colorado Mesa starting Thursday in Grand Junction.
