Portales, New Mexico - The Cowboys dropped the opening game of the two game series at Eastern New Mexico 15-7 on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops NMHU to 7-6 on the season.
The day looked promising early for the Cowboys as they scored four runs in the top of the first inning. ENMU, however, answered with six runs in their half of the first and never trailed from that point in the game.
Forrest Simpson,
Seth Galfano, and Rman Robles each had two hits in the game for the Cowboys. Galfano had two RBI.
Center fielder
Benny Martinez has hit safely in 12 of the Cowboys' 13 games this season as he recorded an RBI double in the first inning.
Dominick Castillo started Saturday's game and took the loss.
The two teams close out the brief series on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm.
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