GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Regis University Baseball team battled Colorado Mesa, the No. 1 seed in the RMAC Tournament and the #1 ranked team in the latest NCBWA Top 25 Poll on Wednesday night. CMU pulled away late to defeat Regis, 12-10. The Rangers fall to 10-31-1, while the Mavericks improve to 46-4.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Regis started the game strong with back-to-back singles from Jack Moulin and Ethan Wood. Bobo Iandoli's double brought home Moulin, while Park Romney's single scored two more runs. Ayden Harrison then made it a 5-0 game with a home run to left field. Mesa got one run back with a lead-off home run in the bottom of the inning. They would then load the bases, and score two runs on a single through the left side. A passed ball brought the score to 5-4.
In the top of the second, Moulin led off with a double, and Wood homered over center field to go up, 7-4. Three straight CMU singles loaded the bases again, and they scored on a wild pitch. A fielder's choice scored one run, but the Rangers turned two on the play, going into the third, leading 7-6.
Dylan Perry singled in the top of the third, advancing Nicholai Arnold to second, while Moulin singled to bring him home. However, a solo home run kept the Mavericks within one. RU started the fourth with a pair of walks, and Harrison's double brought home Iandoli. An error from CMU allowed Park Romney to score with two outs. But again, the Mavericks had an answer, scoring on a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch.
The fifth would be the first scoreless inning of the game, while Romney opened the sixth with a single. Neither team scored in the sixth either, while in the seventh, Mesa scored twice on a pair of runs. In the eighth, CMU extended their lead to 12-10. Arnold singled to lead off the final inning, but a double play ended the game there.
GAME NOTES
· Moulin went 4-5 with an RBI and two runs scored
· Harrison batted in three runs on two hits
· Wood and Romney contributed two hits and two RBI apiece
· Landon Nunes was 2-3 with three RBI for Mesa
· Daniel Strohm struck out three batters in 2.1 IP. Nathan Ling (0-2) recorded the loss, while Cayden Clark (W, 5-0) picked up the win and Sage Ferguson (S, 6) earned hos sixth save
UP NEXT
The Rangers will play Colorado School of Mines in the second round of the tournament in a losers-eliminated game at 11 am.
