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Winner Regis RUBB 28-19, 19-10 RMAC
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CSU Pueblo CPBB 18-29, 14-15 RMAC
Winner
Regis RUBB
28-19, 19-10 RMAC
18
Final
13
CSU Pueblo CPBB
18-29, 14-15 RMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Regis RUBB 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 18 17 5
CSU Pueblo CPBB 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 14 4

W: Cottrell, Shaun (1-0) L: Tyler Curtis (4-3)

Shaun Cottrell 5.4
Paul Shepardson / Paul Shepardson Photography
Regis freshman Shaun Cottrell picked up his first collegiate win in Thursday's victory against CSU Pueblo (File Photo).

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

Rangers clinch No. 3 seed, knock off CSU Pueblo on the road to begin final regular season series

PUEBLO, Colo. — The 2,000-plus fans in attendance at Colorado State University Pueblo's Pack the Park night were treated to a wild Thursday evening of RMAC baseball, featuring 31 combined runs on 31 hits, a brief power lighting outage, and a much needed 18-13 victory by the Regis University baseball team that clinched the No. 3 seed for next week's RMAC Tournament.

Regis (28-19 overall, 19-10 RMAC) moved five games ahead of the ThunderWolves (18-29 overall, 14-15 RMAC) with three games remaining in the series and 2023 regular season, and move 4.5 games in front of Colorado School of Mines (19-22 overall, 14-14 RMAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED: The two RMAC rivals each took turns throwing haymakers in the first inning Thursday as the Rangers stormed out of the gates with five runs in the top of the first; the big blow being a three-run home run to left by redshirt sophomore Joey Cicini.

CSU Pueblo responded with a nine-run home half of the first to briefly take a 9-5 lead. That advantage would be short lived as Regis struck for four more runs in the top of the second inning, receiving a RBI double from sophomore Maxim Fullerton and a trio of RBI singles off the bats of Colten Chase, CJ Difiglia and Cicini to tie the game at 9-9.

After the ThunderWolves tallied two runs of their own in the second to take a 11-9 lead, the Rangers would go on top for good following a three-run fourth inning to recapture a 12-11 advantage.

The score remain deadlocked at 12-11 until the eighth inning, where the Rangers salted the game away with six insurance runs.

Senior utility man Austin Vaught got the eight-inning scoring started when his three-run triple to right-center cleared the bases and he trotted home with the fourth run following an interference call on the CSU Pueblo catcher.

Two batters later, Fullerton capped his 4-for-6, three RBI evening with a rocket two-run home run to right that ballooned the Regis lead to 18-11.

Freshman left-hander Shaun Cottrell picked up his first collegiate win with 4.1 solid innings of relief where he allowed two runs on four hits while striking out a career-high five.

Regis also received clean relief appearances from redshirt senior Luke Luebker (0.2IP), sophomore Vinnie LaGatta (1.1 IP) and senior right-hander Michael May, who struck out a pair in the ninth inning to put a bow on the 18-13 final.

GAME NOTES
  • Colten Chase (3-for-5, 3 Runs), CJ Difiglia (3-for-6, 2 Runs, 2 RBI) and Cicini (3-for-4, 3 Runs, 4 RBI) all finished with three hits apiece, accounting for nine of the Rangers' 17 hits.
  • Regis walked six times versus just five strikeouts for the ballgame.
  • With Thursday's win, the Rangers earned their 28th victory of the season, surpassing the 2022 win total of 27.
UP NEXT: The Rangers and ThunderWolves will continue their four-game series on Friday with a pair of seven-inning contests. Action gets underway at 2 p.m. at Rawlings Field in Pueblo.
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play RUBB CPBB
RUBB TOP 1st Levi Padilla singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Fullerton scored. 1 0
RUBB TOP 1st CJ Difiglia reached on a fielding error by 2b, advanced to second (1-2 BFF); Colten Chase advanced to third; Levi Padilla scored, unearned. 2 0
RUBB TOP 1st Joey Cicini homered to left center, 3 RBI, unearned (1-1 BK); CJ Difiglia scored, unearned; Colten Chase scored, unearned. 5 0
CPBB BOT 1st E. Borjas reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to third, 2 RBI (1-0 B); K. Howard scored; R. Williams scored. 5 2
CPBB BOT 1st Casteneda doubled to left field, RBI (2-2 KKBFFB); E. Borjas scored, unearned. 5 3
CPBB BOT 1st E. King doubled to left field, 2 RBI (0-2 FK); T. Vasquez scored; B. Prewitt scored. 5 5
CPBB BOT 1st R. Williams doubled down the lf line, ground-rule, 2 RBI (1-1 BF); N. Hennings scored, unearned; E. King scored, unearned. 5 7
CPBB BOT 1st K. Howard singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-2 SFB); R. Williams scored, unearned. 5 8
CPBB BOT 1st Casteneda singled up the middle, RBI (3-1 BBBK); E. Borjas advanced to second; K. Howard scored, unearned. 5 9
RUBB TOP 2nd Fullerton doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-1 K); Zach Daudet scored, unearned. 6 9
RUBB TOP 2nd Colten Chase singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Levi Padilla advanced to second; Fullerton scored, unearned. 7 9
RUBB TOP 2nd CJ Difiglia singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Colten Chase advanced to third; Levi Padilla scored, unearned. 8 9
RUBB TOP 2nd Joey Cicini singled to left field, RBI (2-2 KBBK); CJ Difiglia advanced to second; Colten Chase scored, unearned. 9 9
CPBB BOT 2nd C. Knightley singled up the middle, RBI (2-2 SBFBF); T. Vasquez scored. 9 10
CPBB BOT 2nd K. Howard singled, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf, RBI (1-1 KB); R. Williams advanced to third; C. Knightley scored. 9 11
RUBB TOP 4th CJ Difiglia doubled down the lf line, ground-rule, RBI (0-1 F); Levi Padilla scored. 10 11
RUBB TOP 4th Hamilton reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-1 S); Joey Cicini advanced to third on a fielding error by 3b; CJ Difiglia scored. 11 11
RUBB TOP 4th Vaught grounded out to 1b unassisted, bunt, RBI (0-1 K); Hamilton advanced to second; Joey Cicini scored, unearned. 12 11
RUBB TOP 8th Vaught tripled to center field, scored on a fielding error by c, interference, unearned (3-2 KBBFBFFFF); Hamilton scored; Joey Cicini scored; Colten Chase scored. 16 11
RUBB TOP 8th Fullerton homered to center field, 2 RBI, unearned (0-0); Zach Daudet scored, unearned. 18 11
CPBB BOT 8th T. Vasquez tripled to right field, RBI (1-2 BSK); B. Prewitt scored. 18 12
CPBB BOT 8th T. Vasquez scored on a wild pitch. 18 13

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