LAWTON – Cameron smashed three homers and their pitching staff struck out 14 batters to beat No. 25 Texas A&M-Kingsvile 11-1 at McCord Field on Friday afternoon.
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The game ended off of a
Tyler McKinzie two run shot in the eighth inning to send TAMUK to their second straight run-ruled loss in a row. Â Cameron's win sends them to 22-11 overall and 10-11 in Lone Star Conference play; Texas A&M-Kingville slipped to 23-11 and 14-8 the league. Â
Dirk Masters and
Logan Fanning held the Javelinas to only three hits with CU's batters getting ten. Â
Nate Hale had three of the Aggie hits with three RBI,
Jorden Fields pushed his hitting streak to nine games with a pair of hits, and
Jonathan Reyes had two hits and two RBI.Â
Fields gave the Aggies the early lead in the second with a solo shot to left field but a leadoff walk in the fourth to Texas A&M-Kingsville and a wild pitch put a runner in scoring position. Â The Javelinas would get a two out single to bring in runner in from second to tie the game at one each. Â
Cameron broke the tie in the seventh inning off a
Cole Williams squeeze play with a runner a third, Williams reached on a fielding error but picked up a RBI. Â Hale later in the inning scored two off of a single and McKinzie pushed the CU lead to 5-1 on a ground ball out where a TAMUK error allowed an extra run to score. Â
Reyes in the ninth gave the Aggies six run lead off of a two run shot, Hale continued the scoring with a two RBI single, and McKinzie ended the game with rocket over the left field fence to score two more runs. Â
Masters started the game going five-plus innings, with eight strikeouts, and two hits given up in the no-decision; Fanning (4-0) came out of the bullpen and punched out six in three innings.Â
The series will conclude on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at McCord Field.