Tough seventh inning costs Cowboys against CSU-Pueblo

LAS VEGAS, N.M. --- An eight-run seventh inning by CSU-Pueblo cost the New Mexico Highlands baseball team as the Cowboys fell 12-4 on Friday at Brandt Field.
 
NMHU (15-28 overall, 8-21 RMAC) led 4-2 with two outs in the top of the seventh when five consecutive hits and a pair of walks by the ThunderWolves (21-21, 16-13) led to eight runs and turned the Cowboy two-run lead into a six-run deficit.
 
CSU-Pueblo added two more in the ninth to make the final 12-4.
 
The Cowboys fell behind 1-0 in the third inning before a four-run bottom half of the inning thanks to an RBI single by Joe Cilladi, a Gaylan Young RBI single and a Carlos Ramirez two-run single made it 4-1. But the Cowboys were held scoreless the rest of the way as the ThunderWolves scored 11 unanswered runs.
 
Cilladi, Young and Ramirez each picked up two hits as NMHU finished with 10 hits – all singles, however. Kyle Bedsole had a strong start for NMHU and finished going 6.2 innings and giving up six runs (five earned) on eight hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
 
NMHU and CSU-Pueblo play a doubleheader starting noon Saturday at Brandt Field.