Box Score

ALPINE, Texas- Sul Ross baseball defeated former ASC rival Austin College in an 8-3, series-opening decision at a chilly Kokernot Field Friday evening.

Jonathon Bigley hit a team-best 3-for-4 including a solo homerun in the bottom of the seventh.

The Lobos plated the first two runs of the contest in the bottom half of the first as Wesley Moss scored on a double by Jorge Marquez.

A single by Ryan Almager then drove in Marquez for a 2-0 Sul Ross lead heading to the second.

The Kangaroos tied the outing in their second at-bat before Bigley scored in the fifth on a passed ball.

Jace Jenkins then scored, unearned, in the same inning on a single by Ryan Acebedo giving Sully a 4-2 lead.

Austin College scored its final run of the game in the top of the seventh and trailed 4-3.

Bigley then homered to left field in the bottom of the frame to spread the gap by a 5-3 margin.

Another Almager rbi single in the eighth drove Austin Luna across before an infield single by Bigley scored Marquez.

Sully capped the inning with a sacrifice fly by Monty Maley which scored Almager for an 8-3 Lobo lead and the eventual victory.

Senior ace Cody Remore improved to 3-1 on the season after throwing 6.1 innings. Remore gave up 10 hits but struck out nine Kangaroo batters.

With Friday's win, the Lobos improve to 8-6 on the season while Austin College evens their season record to 1-1.

The two teams will close out the series with a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader Saturday.