SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team dropped its season opener Friday, falling to Angelo State 14-1 at 1st Community Credit Union Stadium.
Derek Daly accounted for Mines' lone run as he went 1-for-2 with a solo home run.
Jace Selsor,
Mikey Gangwish and
Phil VanZale also recorded one hit apiece for the Orediggers. Starting pitcher
Owen Pigati (0-1) took the loss despite striking out four batters in 2.1 innings of work. He gave up six runs on nine hits in the same span.
Ian Durgin,
Nate Giefer and
Nick Gardner all appeared out of the bullpen.
As a team, Mines (0-1) recorded four hits while Oredigger pitchers combined to strikeout nine Rams batters. Brandon Dusenberry (1-0) earned the decision for Angelo State (1-0) with a complete-game, seven-inning victory. Josh Elvir led the Rams' offense, going 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBI on two home runs and a double.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Gangwish and Daly provided an early spark for the Orediggers in the opening frame. Gangwish smacked two-out single to center field and Daly was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. However, Angelo State worked a ground ball to third base to get out of the jam.
In the bottom of the first inning, ASU worked a leadoff walk to start its season and never looked back. The Rams scored at least one run in every inning, including four in the second and five in the fifth. Durgin provided Mines a bright spot on the mound in the bottom of the fourth inning by striking out the side after Daly broke up the shutout in the top half with his opposite-field home run to right.
One out from Giefer in the top of the sixth brought in Gardner to finish it out. The redshirt-junior, Texas native tossed the final 1.2 innings with two strikeouts and no walks.
NOTABLES
- Gangwish's single marks the first opening-day hit of his career.
- Mines has not been shut out in 55 straight games.
- Daly now has 15 home runs and 77 RBI in his collegiate career.
- Selsor extended his opening-day hitting streak to five straight games and his active hitting streak to 13 games, dating back to last season.
- Selsor's career mark on the first day of the season is 7-for-17 (.411) with two doubles and a home run.
- Selsor's single ties the senior for eighth on Mines' all-time hits list.
- Pigati falls to 3-4 in his career with 54 strikeouts over 57 innings.
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Robby Bales is 0-1 in his first season as head coach of the Orediggers.
WHAT'S NEXT
Mines continues its season-opening series at Angelo State Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. (CT). Live stats and video will be available at www.MinesAthletics.com.
