COLORADO SPRINGS – The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team put on a power-hitting clinic Saturday with five home runs in its 14-7 win over UCCS in the series finale at Mountain Lion Park. With the win, Mines takes the series from the Mountain Lions and moves into a tie for first place in the RMAC standings.
 
Trevor Kehe led the charge with four hits including one double and his ninth home run of the season. Kehe also scored three runs and recorded three RBI. However, Jace Selsor played the hero with his go-ahead grand slam, finishing the day 2-for-4 with three runs and four RBI. Derek Daly and Joe Popp contributed three hits apiece and each hit a home run. The duo also combined to score three runs and drive in four. Walter Pennington capped the slugfest with his 11th home run of the season.
 
On the mound, Toby Scoles (1-1) got the first win of his career, overcoming seven runs on 11 hits in 5.0 innings of work. Gabe Garvens earned the second save of his career thanks to 4.0 innings of stellar relief. Garvens surrendered just two hits and no runs with two strikeouts.
 
Mines (19-7, 12-4 RMAC) struck first for a third straight game in the top of the first inning. Mikey Gangwish drove in Selsor with a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. UCCS (16-16, 10-10 RMAC) tied it up with a run of its own in the bottom of the opening frame.
 
Kehe brought the thunder for the Orediggers in the second inning, sending a three-run bomb out to left-center field. However, the Mountain Lions answered scored five unanswered with one run in the second, another in the third and three in the fifth.
 
Mines entered the sixth inning trailing 6-4, but would not go away. John Howard hit a one-out single to start things off and Griffin Jones added a two-out, pinch-hit single to put runners on first and second. Kehe drew a walk to load the bases, bringing Selsor to the plate. The junior lefty left no doubt as he took the ball out the opposite way to left field, giving the Orediggers an 8-6 advantage.
 
UCCS pulled within one run in the bottom of the sixth inning, but it would not be enough. Mines ran off six straight runs in the final three innings with homers from Daly, Popp and Pennington to clinch the victory and the series.
 
NOTABLES
- Scoles' first victory of his career came in the freshman's fifth start.
- Mines has won every series its played this season.
- The Orediggers are 12-1 when scoring 10 runs or more and 10-0 when scoring in the first inning.
- Pennington's 11 home runs are tied for fourth-most in a single season in program history.
- Mines is outscoring its opponents 228-137 through 26 games.
- Kehe has reached base safely in every game this season, a streak of 26 games.
- The Orediggers produced four straight games and 32 innings of error-free baseball against UCCS.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Mines hosts Colorado Christian and Colorado Mesa April 6-8 in the RMAC pod weekend. Play opens Friday at 3 p.m. with Mesa taking on CCU at Jim Darden Field. The Orediggers face the Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at www.MinesAthletics.com.
 
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