GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team dropped its series opener with CSU Pueblo on Friday by a score of 13-4 at Jim Darden Field.
Mason Andrews accounted for most of Mines' offense, going 2-for-5 with two home runs.
Tyler Pina also notched a double and scored a run. The Orediggers' additional hits were singles off the bats of
I-Ly Hsue,
Luke Folsom, and
Keene Tanaka. Hsue had an RBI as well, and
Alex Dunagan scored the other run. In addition to batting in the lineup, Folsom (2-1) started on the mound and took the loss. He churned out six strikeouts compared to one walk, but gave up seven runs (five earned) on nine hits as well.
Carter Gorling provided 2.0 innings of one-hit, shutout relief thanks to a strikeout and zero walks.
Seaver Newby and
Henry Novicki also came in out of the bullpen.
Mines (11-12, 4-5 RMAC) finished the game with a total of six hits. CSU Pueblo (17-8, 6-3 RMAC) scored its 13 runs on 19 hits including three home runs and two doubles. There were a total of six errors in the game with each team committing three apiece. Tyler Curtis (5-1) was the winning pitcher on the merits of six strikeouts, one walk, and three hits across seven innings of work. The bullpen for the Orediggers and ThunderWolves only gave up one walk each.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Two runs in the top of the first started the scoring for CSU Pueblo. Both runs were scored with two outs. Andrews answered for Mines with his solo home run in the bottom of the first. That led to a pair of scoreless innings before The Pack started scoring some more, plating two in the fourth, one in the fifth, and two more in the sixth. Three home runs fueled a six-run ninth for CSU Pueblo. The Orediggers' offense didn't return until the bottom of the eighth when Andrews hit his second home run of the game. Pina's one-out double sparked two runs in Mines' last trip to the plate. However, a full rally was stopped short with a lineout and pop-up.
NOTABLES
- Mines is 37-51 against CSU Pueblo since 2007. Neither team has taken more than two straight games from each other since 2019.
- Andrews' home runs were his seventh and eighth of the season. He now has 29 in his career and is tied with Terry Packer (1999-02) for #5 on the Orediggers' all-time list.
- Woolwine has reached base safely in every game this season.
- Oredigger Head Coach
Robby Bales is 128-97 in his sixth season leading Mines.
WHAT'S NEXT
Mines continues its series against CSU Pueblo with doubleheader on Saturday starting at 12 p.m. Live stats and free video on the RMAC Network will be offered at www.minesathletics.com.
Fans can keep up with Mines baseball on "X" (formerly Twitter) and Instagram at @OrediggersBSB. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, "X" and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.
