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Regis RUBB 21-17-1, 14-7 RMAC
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Winner Colorado Mesa CMU 25-8, 12-5 RMAC
Regis RUBB
21-17-1, 14-7 RMAC
5
Final
11
Colorado Mesa CMU
25-8, 12-5 RMAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Regis RUBB 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 3
Colorado Mesa CMU 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 11 12 3

W: Kannon Handy (6-1) L: Kleinsorge, Justin (3-3) S: Josh Danyliw (1)

Zach Harstad 4.14
Brenna Barkley
Regis junior Zach Harstad (#20) tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless relief on Thursday against No. 11 ranked Colorado Mesa.

Game Recap: Baseball | | David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications

Rangers drop series opener to No. 11 ranked Colorado Mesa

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A tough start was too much to overcome Thursday afternoon for the Regis University baseball team as it fell by an 11-5 final to No. 11 ranked Colorado Mesa University.

Thursday's tilt was the first of four games slated for this week between the top two teams in the RMAC standings. Regis (21-17-1 overall, 14-7 RMAC) entered the day atop the standings, one spot ahead of the nationally ranked Mavericks (25-8 overall, 12-5 RMAC) based on conference winning percentage.

HOW IT HAPPENED: The Rangers found themselves in an early hole, falling behind 8-0 through the game's first inning. Only two of the eight runs were earned as an error, three walks and a hit batsman aided to the early struggles.

"We played well for eight innings (Thursday). It was just that first inning that really got away from us," said Regis head baseball coach, Drew LaComb. "We've got to come out ready to go a bit better tomorrow. But we'll build off the positives we did in those other eight innings as we head into tomorrow's games."

The Rangers rebounded nicely from the tough start as they held Colorado Mesa off the scoreboard the next three innings and limited a deep Mavericks' lineup to just three runs the rest of the way.

Offensively, Regis got on the scoreboard with a three-run third inning sparked by some small ball.

Junior third baseman Colten Chase drove in the first run on a RBI groundout. Graduate student Roger Riley followed with a sacrifice fly and sophomore outfielder Levi Padilla capped the inning with a RBI single to left for one of his two hits in the ballgame.

The Rangers would add a run in the fourth inning on another productive, RBI groundout by Chase and concluded their scoring with an unearned run via a Mavericks' throwing error in the seventh.

Chase finished 2-for-5 with the two RBI, while Padilla and freshman outfielder Joey Cicini each finished 2-for-5 as well to lead the Regis lineup.

On the bump, the trio of juniors Zach Harstad and Caleb Ayers, as well as freshman Colton Wuelfing, combined for 3.2 innings of great relief pitching out of the bullpen, limiting CMU to just one unearned run.

Harstad tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball before giving way to Ayers, who also pitched 1.2 innings and allowed just one hit while notching a strikeout.

UP NEXT: The Rangers, who had previously won five straight games entering play Thursday, will look to bounce back on Friday when they square off in a doubleheader against the Mavericks. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Bergman Field in Grand Junction.

"Something we're working on with our program is focusing on playing against the game more than the opponent. I thought we played good baseball in the middle innings and that's the biggest thing for us," LaComb said. "We want to play the game right and control how we play more than focus on who we're playing against. We liked how we played most of (Thursday's game) and we just need to build off of that."
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play RUBB CMU
CMU BOT 1st C. Farmer walked, RBI (3-1 SBBBB); H. McGeary advanced to second; C. Hamilton advanced to third; H. Rodgers scored. 0 1
CMU BOT 1st S. Bramwell walked, RBI (3-2 KBSBBB); C. Farmer advanced to second; H. McGeary advanced to third; C. Hamilton scored, unearned. 0 2
CMU BOT 1st J. Boyd walked, RBI (3-2 BKBFBFB); S. Bramwell advanced to second; C. Farmer advanced to third; H. McGeary scored. 0 3
CMU BOT 1st J. Carr singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-1 K); J. Boyd advanced to second; S. Bramwell scored, unearned; C. Farmer scored, unearned. 0 5
CMU BOT 1st H. Rodgers homered to left field, 3 RBI, unearned (2-2 KBBK); J. Carr scored, unearned; J. Boyd scored, unearned. 0 8
RUBB TOP 3rd Chase out at first 1b to p, RBI (2-1 BFB); Daudet advanced to second; Vaught scored. 1 8
RUBB TOP 3rd Riley flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); Daudet scored. 2 8
RUBB TOP 3rd Padilla singled to left field, RBI (0-2 FFF); Marlow scored. 3 8
RUBB TOP 4th Chase grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-1 FB); Vaught advanced to third; Koontz scored, unearned. 4 8
CMU BOT 5th C. Hamilton doubled to left center, RBI (2-1 BKB); H. Rodgers advanced to third; Villafuerte scored. 4 9
CMU BOT 5th C. Farmer flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); C. Hamilton advanced to third; H. Rodgers scored. 4 10
RUBB TOP 7th Marlow advanced to second; Chase stole third, scored on a throwing error by c. 5 10
CMU BOT 8th J. Carr singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); J. Stubbings scored, unearned. 5 11

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