HOUSTON – Jace Selsor led the Colorado School of Mines Baseball team to a 6-0 victory over Central Missouri Sunday with his first home run of the season on the final day of the 2018 Houston Invitational.
Selsor went 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBI and two runs scored. He added a double to his home run and finished the day slugging 2.000.
John Howard also recorded multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with two runs while driving in one.
On the mound,
Drew Burman (1-0) made the first start of his career and got the win behind five innings of three-hit, shutout baseball.
Toby Scoles,
Jake Roberts,
Jake Englehart,
Drew Hill and
Sam Slusser all appeared in relief to preserve the shutout. Central Missouri's Zach Girrens (0-1) was given the loss.
Selsor opened the scoring with his moon shot to right-center field in the top of the fourth inning to give Mines (2-1) a 1-0 lead. Selsor made it 2-0 in the fifth frame with a RBI-double and
Daniel Ciraula capped a three-run sixth with a RBI-triple. Central Missouri (1-2) scattered five hits over nine innings and had one baserunner thrown out at home on a throw from Burman to
Mikey Gangwish.
NOTABLES
- Mines has recorded at least two wins on opening weekend in back-to-back seasons and four of their last five season-opening series.
- Both winning pitchers for the Orediggers earned the victory in their first-career start.
Gabe Garvens got the win Saturday in his first collegiate appearance.
- Six different players combined for Mines' 10 hits in Sunday's victory.
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Trevor Kehe extended his reached-base streak to 13 games, dating back to last season.
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Derek Daly has reached base safely in all three of the Oredigger's games this season.
- The Orediggers have scored 12 runs on 20 hits over their last two contests.
- Mines has not committed a fielding error in 27-straight innings.
- Sunday's finale featured two mule-based mascots with the Mules of Central Missouri and Blaster the Burro of Mines.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Orediggers take a week off before hosting St. Edward's (Texas) at Jim Darden Field Feb. 16-18. Live stats and audio will be available at MinesAthletics.com.
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