Cowboys open conference against Colorado Mines at home

 
Las Vegas, NM --- The New Mexico Highlands baseball team opens up conference play with a 4-game series against Colorado School of Mines that starts on Friday March 6^th, at 2 pm at Brandt Field in Las Vegas, NM.
 
ABOUT COLORADO MINES: The Orediggers come in to the weekend with a non-conference 2-game series sweep (5-1, 6-1) over Colorado Christian over the weekend. As a tream, Mines is batting .285 with a slugging percentage of .524 so far while recording 136 hits, 27 homeruns and 95 RBI.
 
Caden Bonds leads the team with a .400 batting average with 22 hits, 3 homeruns, and 12 RBI while Alex Bumpus is right behind at .382 with 21 hits, 4 RBI, and 3 stolen bases.
 
On the mound, Tyler Blomster has pitched 24.2 innings and has given up 23 hits, 19 runs, with an ERA of 6.57 while Ben Schoneman has pitched in 21.2 innings and has given up 30 hits and 15 runs with an ERA of 5.82. Walter Pennington (19.2 innings pitched, 29 hits, 24 runs, 9.15 ERA) and Drew Hill (17.1 innings pitched, 9 hits, 8 runs, 4.15 ERA) are also pitchers to look out for this weekend.
 
ABOUT THE COWBOYS: The Cowboys are looking to bounce back after losing back-to-back non-conference games against UCCS (5-6, 3-5) over the weekend. As a team, the Cowboys are hitting .290 with a slugging percentage of .494, 11 homeruns and 51 RBI.
 
Jesus Chavez leads the sticks for the Cowboys with a .364 batting average, .909 slg%, 3 homeruns and 8 RBI while Ashton Roy is right behind with a batting average of .357, 10 hits, 1 homerun and 7 RBI. You can also expect Estevan De la O (.333 avg, 8 hits, 5 RBI), Clayton Hale (.333 avg, 8 hits, 3 HR, 9 RBI), and Jared Brown (.300 avg, 6 hits, 1 RBI) in the box for the Cowboys.
 
On the mound, you can expect to see Blake Collier as he has pitched in 11.1 innings and has given up 16 hits and 12 runs with an ERA of 6.35 while Robbie Alarcon has pitched in 8 innings for the Cowboys and has given up 8 hits and 10 runs with an ERA of 7.88. You can also expect JT Mossberg (18 hits, 14 runs, 15.95 ERA), Jadrian Martinez (16 hits, 12 runs, 8.10 ERA), and Mason Myhre (3 hits, 4 runs, 6 ERA) for the Cowboys.
 
GO COWBOYS!!