Las Vegas, NM --- The New Mexico Highlands baseball team dropped two games to CSU Pueblo on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, NM at Brandt Field.
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The ThunderWolves (11-16, 9-14 RMAC) jumped out to an early 5-0 lead before the Cowboys (7-16, 5-14 RMAC) were able to register two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Estevan De La O blasted a shot to center field that scored Kaylen Hammer and
Cobe Lehman to make it 5-2 ThunderWolves.
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After both teams scored a run in the sixth inning, the ThunderWolves saw five runs come across the plate in the top of the seventh inning to give CSU Pueblo an 11-3 advantage.
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Hammer singled to left field before two passed balls and a single from
Ashton Roy would score the last run of the evening as the ThunderWolves went on to an 11-4 win.
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Roy and Hammer both finished with two hits apiece to lead the Cowboys while
Jadrian Martinez moves to 1-3 on the year after giving up five runs off nine hits and two strikeouts.
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After dropping the game two of the series, the Cowboys fell in game four 4-3 after leaving the bases loaded two times in extra innings.
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CSU Pueblo scored the first run of the game in the top of the third inning before Roy tied the game with a solo home run that nearly hit the right-field foul ball post.
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Both teams scored two runs in the sixth inning before going scoreless for the next three innings.
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JT Mossberg stepped in for
Angel Castillo after throwing for nine innings as CSU Pueblo Ty Lewis hit the go-ahead run with one out in the tenth inning.
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Gaylan Young added a hit in the bottom of the tenth before Aiden McNichol hit into a double-play to give the ThunderWolves a 4-3 win.
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Young led the way for the Cowboys with a game-high four hits that included his seventh double on the season. Mossberg moves to 1-4 on the year as Castillo pitched 9 innings giving up 3 runs off nine hits and two strikeouts.
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The Cowboys will face CSU Pueblo tomorrow at 12 pm at Brandt Field to finish off the four-game series.
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GO COWBOYS!!
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