ALPINE, Texas - Baseball got out to an early lead, but the Cowboys of Hardin-Simmons came back for a 13-11 win over the Lobos on Friday night at Kokernot field.
HSU got out to a 1-0 advantage with a solo home run in the first.
Carsen Thor gave Sully the lead in the bottom of the first with a two-RBI double that scored
Jalen Benton and
Jared Lorenz for a 2-1 advantage.
After a scoreless second from starter
Isaiah Moya, the Lobos tagged the Cowboys for seven runs in the bottom of the inning. Benton extended the lead to three with a two-run shot to left field to score himself and Hartley.
Jorge Marquez later tripled home Lorenz before Thor singled in Marquez for a 6-1 lead.
Richard Bailey later sent a three-run home run to left, scoring Thor and
Tye Lindsey for a 9-1 lead after two innings.
The Cowboys answered back in the top of the third with six runs to cut it to 9-7. Sully was sent away scoreless in the bottom of the inning to keep that score going to the fourth.
Moya settled back in with a scoreless top of the fourth and
Matthew Wheeler brought in Thor and Bailey on a double in the bottom of the inning for an 11-7 lead.
HSU crept closer with three runs in the fifth for a slim 11-10 Sully lead.
Ian Craigie relieved Moya in the sixth and was tagged for one run in the inning for an 11-11 tie. Craigie settled down after that and pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings. The Lobos were also held scoreless as the 11-11 score went to the ninth.
The Cowboys were able to get two across in the ninth with one a solo shot and later one a throwing error on a stolen base for a 13-11 lead going bottom nine.
Wheeler doubled with one out and then Hartley walked to bring up
Isaac Aleman as the winning run at the plate. HSU was able to get Aleman to hit into a double play on a line drive to take the 13-11 win.
The Lobos put up 16 hits with Thor going 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three runs batted in.
Benton had three hits in the leadoff spot with a pair of runs and two runs batted in.
Marquez, Lorenz and Bailey each totaled two hits with Lorenz and Bailey also scoring twice. Bailey matched Thor for a team-high three runs batted in.
Craigie pitched well but shoulder the loss after 4.1 innings in relief. He allowed two earned runs with five strikeouts and one walk.
Sully sits at 6-16 on the season and 3-13 in conference play. The Cowboys stand at 7-14 and 3-10.
The Lobos and HSU will finish the series with a doubleheader today at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. at Kokernot Field.
