February 10, 1998
For Immediate Release
Contact: Judy Willson, SID
505.562.4309 or 356-4755
Thur., February 12
Eastern New Mexico at New Mexico 2:00 pm (MT)
Lobo Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fri., February 13
Eastern New Mexico at New Mexico 2:00 pm (MT)
Lobo Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sat., February 14
Eastern New Mexico at Colorado School of Mines Noon (MT)
Mines Baseball Field, Golden, Colorado
Sun., February 15
Eastern New Mexico at Colorado School of Mines 11:00 am (MT)
Mines Baseball Field, Golden, Colorado
The Greyhounds (2-4, 0-0 LSC-South)...won their home opening series this weekend with a pair of come-from-behind wins over intrastate rival New Mexico Highlands. In Saturday's game, ENMU pitcher Adrian Tapia (Sierra Vista, Ariz.) gave up six runs in the first inning but hung in to complete the nine inning game for a 10-7 victory. Tapia gave up 8 hits, 2 earned runs, walked 3 and struck out 7 to improve his record to 1-1.
The Greyhounds finally gave Tapia some support in the bottom of the sixth inning. Senior catcher Tyke Posey (Farmington) hit a two-run homer to pull ENMU within one run, 6-5. Eastern needed the bottom of the eighth to pull ahead on a Zac Fox (Rialto, Calif.) two-run homer, 7-6. Posey, designated hitter Alex Maynez (Alamogordo), center fielder Sam George (Eau Claire, Wis.), and right fielder Scott Henry (Aurora, Colo.) followed with four consecutive singles to raise the score to 10-6. Fox, Posey, Maynez and Henry had two hits each in the game.
Sunday's game saw two freshman pitchers making their home debuts in a combined effort 14-8 win over New Mexico Highlands. Tim King (Carlsbad) started the game, working five innings. He gave up 6 runs on 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out 3. Victor Hockett (Farmington) finished the game, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits, and struck out 4. Hockett picked up the win in relief, raising his record to 1-1.
From the plate, the Greyhounds combined for 20 hits, including six doubles and one home run by Posey. Second baseman Steven Heredia (Las Cruces) and catcher Slubby Bennalley (Kirtland) had 4 hits each, while George and left fielder Brian Cronk (Cottonwood, Ariz.) had 3 each. Cronk scored 3 of the Greyhound runs, playing his third position of the season. Last week at Grand Canyon he played third base and pitched.
This Week...the Greyhounds take a four-day road trip through the Rocky Mountains. The University of New Mexico hosts ENMU on Thursday and Friday at 2:00 pm at Lobo Field. The Lobos are 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the WAC. They will play New Mexico Highlands today.
The Hounds move on up Interstate 25 to Golden, Colorado for Saturday and Sunday's games against Colorado School of Mines. Game time for Saturday's doubleheader is noon, while Sunday's single game starts at 11:00 am. The Orediggers are 2-2 following the Rawlings Invitational at Southern Colorado. They split doubleheaders with Regis University and Southern Colorado.
Coming Up for the Hounds...ENMU continues on the road. They take a day trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Tuesday for a doubleheader at noon. Next weekend they play a three-day series with New Mexico State University. Friday's start time is 4:00 pm, with a Saturday start of 7:00 pm and Sunday start of 1:00 pm.
Weekly Radio Show...Don Elder will be hosting the ENMU Coaches Show on 107.5 KSMX-FM every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm from Juanito's Restaurant on Avenue C in Portales. Different ENMU coaches will join Elder to give updates on the progress of their teams throughout the spring.
Sports Look...will broadcast on KENW-TV Channel 3 on Thursday nights. The show is hosted by Dallan Sanders. Sports Look is an ENMU student-run production.
Admission is free...to all Greyhound baseball home games.