Runion Homers Twice, Lobo Baseball Completes Season Sweep of New Mexico State

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The College of New Mexico baseball group accomplished the Rio Grande Rivalry season sequence sweep with a 12-4 victory over in-state rival New Mexico State on Tuesday afternoon at Santa Ana Star Discipline.

5 Lobos notched multi-hit video games, led by Chase Weissenborn who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. Kamron Willman, Braydon Runion, Kyle Landers and Willie Cano every recorded two hits. Each of Runion’s hits had been homeruns, changing into the second Lobo to have a two-homer sport in opposition to the in-state rival New Mexico State this season as Lenny Junior Ashby did the identical only a week in the past (Might 10).

On the mound, freshman starter Benjamin Baker-Livingston earned his second win in as many begins, pitching 5.0 innings and permitting simply three runs on 4 hits, whereas fanning 4 batters. Within the center reduction spot, Riley Egloff a powerful outing during which he threw 3.0 innings and allowed a single run on three hits. Terrell Hudson shut down the Aggies within the last inning, going through the minimal three batters and forcing two flyouts and a groundout.

After Baker-Livingston saved the Aggies scoreless within the high of the primary, the Lobos set to work within the backside of the body. Willman opened the body with a single to second base. After a pair outs, Runion stepped as much as the plate and lifted his first house run of the afternoon to left area to offer the Lobos an early 2-0 lead.

Baker-Livingston proceeded to drive a fast three up-three down inning within the second on a groundout and two lineouts. Offensively, New Mexico added two extra runs on the opposite half of the inning. After a groundout by Sean Stephens, Johnnie Podsednik singled to middle area on the primary pitch he noticed. Then, Chase Weissenborn tripled to proper middle to drive in Podsednik.

Subsequent, a groundout by Willman drove in Weissenborn to increase New Mexico’s result in 4-0.

The Aggies put up a pair runs within the high of the third to make the rating 4-2, nonetheless in favor of New Mexico. After a scoreless fourth body, New Mexico State tacked on one other run within the high of the fifth to make it a one-run 4-3 sport, nonetheless within the Lobos favor. Baker-Livingston accomplished his outing as he struck out the ultimate batter within the body.

The Lobos responded with two runs within the backside of the body. After a few groundouts to start out the body, Kyle Landers labored a stroll on a 3-2 pitch depend. It didn’t take lengthy for him to be introduced house as Willie Cano stepped as much as the plate and swiftly lifted the primary pitch he noticed out previous the best middle area wall for a two-run blast, extending the Lobo result in 6-3.

The sixth inning was the one different scoreless inning of the sport. Riley Egloff got here in to alleviate Baker-Livingston and sat down the Aggies on a lineout, flyout and foul out.

New Mexico exploded for six runs within the seventh inning. Ashby opened the body with a double, earlier than Runion hit a two-run homerun on a 1-0 depend, his second blast of the evening.

A pair singles, plus a fly out and groundout, put two runners in scoring place with two outs. Weissenborn continued his breakout evening as he singled to drive in each runners – Stephens and Cano.

Willman then tripled down the best area line to drive in Weissenborn, earlier than Willman scored on a wild pitch to increase New Mexico’s result in 12-3.

The Aggies scored a single run on a sacrifice fly however the Lobo pitching employees didn’t enable a lot apart from that. Hudson shut down New Mexico State in an one-two-three ninth inning as New Mexico defeated New Mexico State by a last rating of 12-4 within the fourth and last a part of the Rio Grande Rivalry.

New Mexico’s file improves to 20-31 total, whereas New Mexico State’s total file falls to 18-31.