COLLEGE BASEBALL; ; PEREZ PLATES TWO IN THE CLUTCH TO PACE HIGHLANDS' VICTORY.Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN New Mexico Abbr. NM or N.M. or N.Mex. A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. The New Mexican Two outs, bases loaded. Top 10, eight-all. Crespin Perez didn't just step into the batter's box Noun 1. batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate . He stepped into the pressure cooker that was the series finale
A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. between New Mexico Highlands University New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) is a university located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Dr. James A. Fries is the president. NMHU is notable for enrolling a majority Hispanic student body. and Metro State College. Metro State was trying to draw even with Highlands, which won two of the first three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the collegiate or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. baseball games at Auraria Field in Denver, and the Roadrunners squared Sunday afternoon with two runs in the bottom of the eighth. Perez, the senior first baseman, already had a couple hits for the Highlands. But, he had yet to face Ryan Eccles, who entered with two outs and the bases loaded. Perez stroked the second pitch from Eccles into left field, scoring Christian Garcia from third and Kyle Gutchewsky from second, as the Cowboys topped the Roadrunners 10-8. "Crespin was dialed in today and it was good to have him up at that time," Steve Jones Steve or Steven Jones is the name of: In Music:
Instead, it was a fielder's choice, as Garcia was thrown out at home. Highlands failed to score in its half of the ninth. No worries, though. Not with Richard Nicasio on the mound for the Cowboys. Nicasio, a left-hander, pitched three shutout innings. Nicasio (1-0) gave up two hits and walked two and worked out of a two-on, zero-outs jam in the bottom of the ninth. "Coming out of high school, Richard was one of the best pitchers in the state," Jones said of the junior from Albuquerque. "He's had some arm issues. He really needed that to show he was capable of doing that. "It's been close to every time that our bullpen has come in and hasn't thrown strikes. This gives him some confidence and gives our bullpen some confidence that if they come in and throw strikes we can get the job done." Taking the series is a step in the right direction for the Cowboys (12-11, 6-6 RMAC RMAC Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference RMAC Robert Morris Acquisition Center (US Army) RMAC Regional Mine Action Center RMAC Rocky Mountain Adventure Channel (Estes Park, CO) RMAC Repeater Medium Access Control ). "I'm satisfied," Jones said. "We should have won the game (Saturday). This is a team we need to beat because they are in our division. I feel pretty good about it. I'll feel better when we've got a chance to sweep a series and get it done." Highlands takes a break from RMAC play when it entertains the College of Santa Fe History The oldest chartered college in the State of New Mexico, the College of Santa Fe was founded in the Lasallian tradition of education, a Roman Catholic teaching order in which the schools are run by laymen. The institution's first incarnation opened in 1859, as St. at 2 this afternoon and plays host to the University of the Southwest on Tuesday for a doubleheader beginning at noon. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion