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Winner St. Mary's (Tex.) StMU 25-25, 23-25 LSC
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Cameron CU 13-37, 13-35 LSC
Winner
St. Mary's (Tex.) StMU
25-25, 23-25 LSC
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Final
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Cameron CU
13-37, 13-35 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Mary's (Tex.) StMU 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 8 11 1
Cameron CU 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 10 2

W: M. Bundy (4-0) L: Bourg, Carter (0-2) S: B. Brown (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Rylan Stiles

Season Ends in Defeat for Cameron

LAWTON, Okla. – Cameron could not hold off the surging Ratters of St. Mary's as they fell in the season finale 8-7 at McCord Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Aggies turned to Jacob Acheson to start the season's final game on Sunday. He hurled two scoreless innings to start the contest before the Rattlers struck for a run in the top of the third before the Black-and-Gold offense got it right back in the bottom half. Acheson responded nicely, though, posting two straight zeros, leaving the game after the fifth inning, boosted by the two-run cushion the Aggie lineup gave him in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Matthew Scott took over to start the top of the sixth inning, where he allowed three straight singles and eventually saw the Rattlers turn in three runs in the frame.

Carter Bourg was handed the ball in the seventh inning, with CU needing to close out the final three frames of their season. Bourg tossed a zero in the top of the seventh, keeping the Black-and-Gold within striking distance and was rewarded by the CU bats. Cameron took the lead in the bottom half of the seventh frame, 5-4.

In the top of the eighth inning off Bourg, the Rattlers stuck for a run to retaliate for a three-run outburst from the Aggie offense in the previous half inning. Bourg limited the damage to just one, and CU entered the final inning with a one-run lead.

Bourg ran into trouble in the ninth inning, recording an out but loaded the bases in a one-run game. With the score 6-5 and the bases juiced, Kyle Williams turned to Evan Nichols to try to secure the save and the win for the Black-and-Gold. Nichols allowed a single to right that scored three Rattlers and gave STMU a commanding 8-6 lead. Nichols left the game without recording an out, as Drew Durst took over, inheriting two in scoring position with one out on the scoreboard. Durst started the game as the DH, ending it on the mound by recording two outs.

Acheson finished with five innings pitched, four hits allowed, as many walks, and three strikeouts while only giving up one run. Scott gave up three runs in an inning of work but did get a punch out after allowing four hits.

Bourg had a final line of three innings pitched, one hit allowed, walked four Rattlers, and struck out two. Bourg was charged with four runs. Nichols did not record an out and allowed two hits in his appearance. Durst earned a ground out and a strikeout to clean up the final frame.

The Aggie offense was jolted by a Beau Williams single in the bottom of the third to plate Trent Mallonee. That set the table for a two-run bottom of the fourth inning, highlighted by Jayce Clem darting home on a wild pitch and a Riley Hines sac-fly to score Durst.

The CU bats came back alive in the bottom of the seventh, refusing to go away; the Aggies scored on a Mallonee single back up the middle to score Hines. Then, Williams reached on a fielder's choice, which prompted a run-down error on the Rattlers as Mallonee juked his way home to untie the game and give the Aggies the lead. CU earned some insurance with a Durst sac-fly to score Kody Bigford, ending the seventh frame up 6-4. The Aggie offense could not keep pace with the Rattlers, as their ninth-inning rally fell short despite Smith's RBI single to right to plate Williams.

Mallonee and Smith finished with two hits, while Ryan Allen, Bigford, Clem, Durst, Hines and Williams all collected hits.

The Aggies finish the regular season with a 13-37 record, 13-35 in conference play, and 5-19 at McCord Field.
 
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