New Mexico
WKU Baseball eliminates New Mexico State, 8-2, to advance in CUSA Championships
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – WKU Baseball defeated New Mexico State to advance in the Conference USA Championships, 8-2, Thursday evening at Pat Patterson Park. The third-seeded Hilltoppers will face the loser of sixth-seeded FIU and two-seeded Dallas Baptist on Friday at 4 p.m. CT in another elimination game.
It was a pitcher’s duel early as the game entered the sixth inning with a 1-1 score. With two outs and the bases loaded, junior Austin Haller laced one up the middle to score a pair of runs before junior Kyle Hayes did the same thing two batters later. The Hilltoppers tacked on three more in the seventh courtesy of an Aggie error and a pair of RBI from sophomore Dylan O’Connell.
Haller continued off his momentum from yesterday, driving in three runs in a two-hit outing while scoring a run. O’Connell also had a pair of hits with two RBI while Hayes accounted for the other two RBI. Juniors Blake Cavill, Joey Baran, and Zayd Brannigan tallied multi-hit performances.
The WKU pitching staff allowed just two runs on seven hits and three walks on the day to a New Mexico State lineup averaging over eight runs with over 10 hits per game.
Junior Grant Burleson made his first start on the mound since the end of February and surrendered one run on one hit while punching out two. Senior Cory Bosecker checked in to start the third inning and tossed 3.0 shutout frames while conceding three hits with a trio of strikeouts. The next 3.0 innings belonged to junior Cole Heath and sophomore Jack Bennett who combined to give up zero runs on two hits while fanning two. Heath earned the winning-decision and improved his 2024 record to 1-0.
The Aggies got on the board first in the second inning, but an RBI groundout from Haller tied the game in the third.
In the sixth, Haller put the Tops in front with a two-run single before Hayes added a pair of insurance runs with another two-run single.
WKU poured it on in the seventh with a New Mexico State error scoring one before O’Connell singled to score a couple more.
The Aggies added a second run in the top of the ninth, but that would be all they could muster.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque family seeks closure after deadly hit-and-run
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A deadly hit-and-run crash has an Albuquerque family wanting to put a stop to speeding once and for all.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A deadly hit-and-run crash has an Albuquerque family wanting to put a stop to speeding once and for all. They say a truck going 100 mph hit and killed Daniel Zambrano while he was crossing the street.
“There’s no words to explain how we feel about what’s happened to my brother,” said Patrick Zambrano, Daniel Zambrano’s brother.
Patrick says a driver hit and killed his brother Daniel while he was crossing the street near Old Coors Drive and Churchill Road, just a block off west Central. It happened the night of June 10.
“I immediately came to the scene and stood outside the crime scene tape, and I witnessed my uncle laying in the street. There was no traffic had been blocked off. We stayed until OMI took his body,” said Leon Zambrano, Daniel’s brother.
Leon stayed there for hours, not wanting his uncle to be alone.
“I just felt I couldn’t leave his side. I wanted to be there, near my uncle, even though he’s in heaven. Just out of respect for the family as well,” said Leon.
Albuquerque police confirms it was possibly a white Ford F-150 that hit Daniel and sped off.
On Saturday, the family set up a memorial for him at the crash site.
“These are things that Daniel liked, like in his cards are there. The flowers, he loved having flowers. He had woken up that morning, and he had a cross that he was restoring, a metal cross,” said a family member.
“So the symbol of the cross is the symbol of what he liked, what he believed in,” said Patrick.
Patrick knew Daniel as “Danny.” He says he was always outside– talking and playing in the community.
“He loved playing tricks with his cards, everywhere he went, he had his deck of cards. You know, so his luck ran out. And, you know, we’re really, we’re broken-hearted about the whole darn thing. We miss him so much,” said Patrick.
Through the heartbreak, Danny’s family is trying to make sure something like this doesn’t happen to anyone else. They’re pleading with drivers to slow down, especially in that area.
“We have no signs here for slow down, no lights. The people are speeding 70-80 miles an hour,” Patrick said. “If you go like a half a mile up the road on both sides, there’s no, no reflectors, no lights, no signs.”
Above all, Danny’s family just wants the person who did this to come forward. They also want them to know, they’re praying for them.
“You have to believe you have to forgive. And if you don’t, then you stay stuck with that dark heart. It doesn’t mean that you’re going to be perfect. Nobody’s perfect. All God asks is that you believe and just trust in Him. Have some type of hope, and I believe forgiveness is the biggest thing. So I forgive you whoever did this,” said Zambrano.
APD says investigators did get video, including license plate information of the suspect’s truck, but haven’t made any arrests.
New Mexico
Portales council tables pool agreement again
Portales City Council on Tuesday again tabled a decision on a proposed swimming pool agreement between the city and Eastern New Mexico University.
The proposal called for the city to hire and train a manager and 12-15 lifeguards.
“The agreement is very fair and comes down to the Council’s pleasure of what services you want to provide and in what manner,” interim City Manager T.J. Cathey told Council members.
The proposal failed to find support, but councilors agreed to reconsider it at their next meeting.
Portales officials have closed the city pool due to repair costs.
New Mexico
Sunnier, hotter weather returns this weekend
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Grant’s Friday Night Forecast
Clouds and storms brought some much needed relief from the heat and much needed rain across parts of New Mexico Friday. Drier and hotter weather returns this weekend.
Some much needed rain fell across parts of New Mexico today, especially along and north of I-40. The rain and Temperatures have been over 30° cooler today in the northern half of New Mexico, while southern New Mexico is still climbing into the triple-digits. A few isolated storms will continue in eastern New Mexico through Saturday morning, before drier weather returns around 8 AM.
Drier and hotter weather moves in starting Saturday. Temperatures will climb back to near and warmer than normal Saturday afternoon with sunny to mostly sunny skies. It will be even hotter on Father’s Day with more 90s and 100s. The heat will continue into early next week, with high temperatures falling only a couple degrees. Windier weather develops Monday afternoon, likely bringing a high fire danger across parts of the state. The windy weather won’t last long with quieter conditions again by Wednesday.
A monsoon-like patter will develop late next week and bringing back scattered afternoon rain and thunderstorm chances beginning next Thursday and will likely continue into the following weekend.
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