COLORADO SPRINGS – The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team dropped a 13-8, non-conference decision to UCCS on Sunday afternoon at Mountain Lion Park.
Jackson Babcock, less than 24 hour removed from hitting for the cycle, stayed hot at the plate. He finished Sunday's game 2-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, one home run, one double, and one walk.
Tyler Pina recorded a multi-hit game as well, notching one double and one RBI.
Ben Leiphart produced three RBI on one double.
Canon Humphreys and
Alex Dunagan added doubles too. Also notable was
Wayne Moeck going 1-for-1 with one run and one RBI. On the mound,
Alex Honeyman (1-2) started and wore the decision after six runs on eight hits with three walks across 3.0 innings.
Sam Monk,
Grant Reising,
Luke Parker,
Jackson Kay,
Nick Lacson, and
Cade Burghardt all came out of the bullpen.
As a team, Mines (4-8) batted .312. Six of the Orediggers' 10 hits also went for extra bases. However, the visitors left six men on base. Meanwhile, UCCS scored its 13 runs on 13 hits for a .342 average. The Mountain Lions churned out two doubles and two home runs. They also benefitted from three fielding errors by Mines. The Oredigger pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and 11 walks. Mountain Lion arms struck out nine and walked five.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Mines pushed in four runs across the first two innings and four more runs in the final frame. Scoring began with back-to-back, one-out doubles off the bats of Babcock and Pina. A Dunagan double, Moeck single, and two-run home run from Babock in the second afforded the Orediggers a 4-1 lead. From the bottom of the second inning through the bottom of the eighth, UCCS stacked up 12 unanswered runs. Finally, in the ninth, Mines' offense found life, but not enough. Babcock worked a bases-loaded walk and brought in
Ryan Vermeer. Then, Leiphart hit a pinch-hit, two-out, three-run double. The Mountain Lions made a quick pitching change and ended the game there.
NOTABLES
- Mines still holds a 22-12 lead in the all-time series against UCCS.
- The Orediggers are also still 7-3 in their last 10 meetings with the Mountain Lions.
- Babcock's home run was his fourth of the season and third of the weekend.
- Babock recorded eight straight at-bats with a hit, dating from Valentine's Day to Sunday. That streak ties him for second in the program record book.
- The last player with a hit in at least seven straight at-bats was
Jackson Woolwine last season.
Luke Folsom recorded seven sriaght in 2022. Babcock is tied with Elliott Riege who notched eight consecutive in 2011.
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Jackson Kay recorded a 0.00 ERA on Sunday, giving him a 0.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in two appearances this season.
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Luke Parker also touts a 0.00 ERA in two trips out of the bullpen.
- Oredigger Head Coach
Robby Bales is now 150-113 in his seventh season leading Mines.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Orediggers close their series in Colorado Springs on Monday with a single, nine-inning game against UCCS starting at 12 p.m. Free live stats and video on the RMAC Network will be available 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.
