LAWTON – Cameron was limited to five hits and fell in 10 innings to Eastern New Mexico 3-1 on Sunday afternoon to prevent an Aggie sweep at McCord Field.
With the series win against the Greyhounds, the Aggies have climbed past Eastern New Mexico and into fifth place in the Lone Star Conference. The Aggies are 19-26 overall and 11-21 in league play with three LSC contests to go.
CU starter
Codey Upton went eight innings with only one earned run in the no-decision, scattering seven hits and three punch outs.
After two scoreless innings the Greyhounds managed to get two on with two outs and a single to left field allowed ENMU to up a run. The Aggies opened the fourth with a
Russ Colgan single and after a wild pitch with an out on the scoreboard,
Tyler McKinzie singled to left field to tie the game at one each.
Scoring proved to be tough for either team and zeros kept getting placed on the scoreboard. ENMU had the largest threat in the eighth where they loaded the bases on Upton with no outs. He worked out of the jam with two fielder's choices and a foul out to keep the game tied at one.
In the ninth, ENMU singled to start the inning and a sac bunt placed the runner in scoring position. The next Greyhound batter singled to left field and with the runner going home a relay throw form
Justin Winters to
Tyler Palmer at home stopped the go-ahead run.
Cameron would go down in order in the ninth to push the game in extra innings. In the tenth, the Greyhounds opened the inning with a runner on due to a CU error, a single, and intentional walk loaded the bases again with one outs. After making an Aggie switch at the mound, a first pitch double ripped down the right field line scored two for the Greyhounds.
In bottom half of the inning Cameron managed to get winning run at the plate but a ground out ended the contest.
Jake Winters (1-2) was charged with the loss with 1 1/3 innings tossed and two runs given up, Deven Youngstedt recorded the final two outs.By taking the final game of the series ENMU will go to 15-27 overall and 10-19 in LSC play.Cameron will return to LSC play at Canyon, Texas to play a three game series with West Texas A&M starting on Friday at 7 p.m.
