ABILENE, Texas- Following an 8-3 victory in game one, the Sul Ross Lobo baseball team dropped a 13-7 decision to Hardin-Simmons University in the second half of a Saturday doubleheader.
Both teams had off weeks in the ASC schedule this week and played the series as a non-conference series.
Game 1: SRSU-8, HSU-3
The Cowboys struck first with a one-run, bottom of the third.
A single in the top of the fourth by
Tim Johnson scored
Wesley Moss to tie the game at one.
Johnson then scored, unearned, off a single up the middle by
Ryan Acebedo for a 2-1 Lobo lead.
Jett Hartley and
Bo Justin Martinez came across in the Sul Ross fifth off a throwing error by the catcher to extend Sully's lead to three.
Chris York's sacrifice fly in the same inning brought Moss across, unearned for a 5-1 lead for the visitors heading to the bottom of the frame.
Hardin-Simmons scored its final two runs of the outing in the bottom of the sixth before the Lobos added three insurance runs in the seventh.
A single through the right side by York scored Martinez and Moss before
Jacob Pool's single drove in Johnson for an 8-3 Sul Ross lead and the eventual victory.
Aaron Marquez picked up his first win of the season while
Peyton Marett collected his second save.
Marquez threw five complete innings giving up three runs off of six hits and posted a strikeout.
Offensively, Moss led at 2-for-3 hitting while Martinez finished at 2-for-4.
Game 2: HSU-13, SRSU-7
Despite outhitting the Cowboys by a 15-14 margin, Sul Ross struggled on the defensive end as Hardin-Simmons took advantage of five errors by the visitors.
The Cowboys scattered five runs over the first three innings of play.
In the top of the fourth, a single by
Chris Browning scored York for the first Lobo run.
Hardin-Simmons then mounted a seven-run attack in the bottom of the frame to take a commanding 12-1 lead.
Sully fought back with two runs in the top of the fifth as
Tye Lindsey scored off a single by
Andres Martinez.
Johnson then doubled Martinez across to pull the Lobos to within nine.
Sul Ross kept punching as Moss reached on a fielder's choice in the seventh scoring Lindsey.
Two more runs came across for the visitors in the eighth as York scored off a sacrifice fly by
Holden Simpson. Pool then scored, unearned off a single by Lindsey cutting the Lobo deficit to six.
The Cowboys plated their last run in the eighth.
Martinez scored in the ninth as Pool reached on an RBI fielder's choice with Hardin-Simmons holding a 13-7 advantage leading to the eventual final.
Starter
Damian Aspetia was tagged with the defeat after just 1.2 innings. Aspetia yielded four runs, three earned, off of six hits while recording two strikeouts and a walk.
York led Lobo batters at 3-for-4 hitting.
Sul Ross sits at 6-9 on the season while Hardin-Simmons also sports a 6-9 mark.
The Lobos return to Kokernot Field March 15 and 16 for a three-game ASC bout against McMurry University.
Next weekend's series will be streamed live on the Sul Ross sports Network.
