GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team suffered a heartbreaking loss Sunday as St. Edward's mounted a furious comeback and toppled the Orediggers 12-10 in 10 innings in the series finale. Mines finished the weekend 2-2 against the Hilltoppers.
Three Orediggers went yard in Sunday's finale as
Trevor Kehe hit his third of the season while
Joe Popp and
Walter Pennington each hit their first of the year.
Derek Daly led Mines' offense, going 3-for-4 with one run and three RBI.
Jace Selsor,
Mikey Gangwish and Kehe all finished with two hits and two runs each.
On the mound,
Toby Scoles got the start and put himself in line for the win with 6.0 innings of five-hit, shutout work and three strikeouts.
Sam Slusser (0-1) was dealt the loss while SEU's Jake Davis (1-1) earned the win in relief.
Jake Englehart,
Mitch Menard and
Drew Hill all came out of the bullpen for Mines.
The Orediggers (4-3) dominated the first seven innings as they jumped out to a 9-0 lead. Popp homered in the third inning, Pennington went long in the fourth inning and Kehe jacked his third home run of the series in the fifth inning.
In the top of the eighth inning St. Edward's (5-4) stormed back, scoring 10 runs on 10 hits with three walks and two wild pitches. The Hilltoppers' Blake Alexander capped the rally with a two-out grand slam to give SEU a 10-9 lead.
Pennington tied it for Mines in the bottom of the ninth with a RBI double. However, St. Edward's scored two runs in the extra frame and shut down the Oredigger's offense to escape Colorado with a series split.
NOTABLES
- Mines is now 4-6 in the all-time series with St. Edward's.
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Trevor Kehe extended his reached-base streak to 17 games, dating back to last season.
- The Oredigger's three home runs are the most in a single game since hitting three against Colorado Mesa May 13, 2017.
- Mines' last extra-inning game was May 10, 2017 against UCCS.
- Sunday marked the first start of
Toby Scoles' career. Mines' freshman starters are 2-0 so far in 2018.
- Kehe and Daly both have three games with multiple RBI this season.
- Selsor has scored multiple runs in five of Mines' seven games in 2018 and is riding a five-game hitting streak.
- Popp is currently riding a six-game hitting streak.
- Gangwish and Kehe have reached base safely in every game this season.
- The weekend series resulted a combined 70 runs on 101 hits between Mines and SEU.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Orediggers host Newman Feb. 23-25 in a four-game series at Jim Darden Field starting Friday at 3 p.m. Live stats and audio will be available at MinesAthletics.com.
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