Box Score

West Texas A&M WT 26-7, 8-0 LSC

UT Permian Basin UTPB 4-25, 0-4 LSC

West Texas A&M WT

26-7, 8-0 LSC

Final

Mar. 31, 2018

UT Permian Basin UTPB

4-25, 0-4 LSC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
West Texas A&M WT	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	4	11	15	1
UT Permian Basin UTPB	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	15	1

W: Huebner, Tate (1-0) L: Tyler Averitt (0-2)

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Cameron

4/15/2018 | 1 p.m.

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Apr. 15 (Sun) / 1 p.m.

Cameron

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Game Recap: Baseball | 3/31/2018 10:54:00 PM

Gritty Buffs Need Extra-Innings for Series Sweep of UT Permian Basin, Run Winning Streak to Nine

Next Game:

Cameron

4/15/2018 | 1 p.m.

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Apr. 15 (Sun) / 1 p.m.

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Team Statistics

Pitching: W: Huebner, Tate (1-0); L: Tyler Averitt (0-2)

West Texas A&M

Batting: 2B: Amaro, Luis 1; Canas, Nick 1; Marrero, Brandon 1; Carter, Darius 1; RBI: Cubillos, Jimmy 4; Amaro, Luis 1; Loya, Christian 2; Marrero, Brandon 1; Paredes, Nelson 1; SH: Hadley, Cole 1; SF: Amaro, Luis 1
BASERUNNING:: RUNS: Weaver, Blake 3; Cubillos, Jimmy 1; Boyd, Jamie 1; Washburn, Ethan 1; Guaragna, Nick 1; Williams, Tommy 2; Nakagawa, Justice 1; Paredes, Nelson 1; SB: Weaver, Blake 1; CS: Loya, Christian 1; HBP: Baxter, Tag 3; Williams, Tommy 1; Nakagawa, Justice 2; PO: Canas, Nick 1

UT Permian Basin

BATTING:: 2B: Dalton Drury 1; Skyler Palermo 1; 3B: Dalton Drury 2; RBI: Dalton Drury 2; Cooper Coe 1; Chris Ortega 1; Andrew Donovan 1
BASERUNNING:: RUNS: Nick Bartley 1; Mike Fernandez 3; Dalton Drury 2; Cooper Coe 1; SB: Andrew Donovan 1; CS: Tylor Frailey 1; HBP: Tylor Frailey 1; Mike Fernandez 1; Chris Ortega 1

Hits

UTPB

Stolen Bases

UTPB

Walks

UTPB

Strikeouts

UTPB

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/blake-weaver/7551' class='boxscore_player_link'>Weaver, Blake</a>

#7 Weaver, Blake

AB

5
R

3
H

3
RBI

0

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/jimmy-cubillos/7541' class='boxscore_player_link'>Cubillos, Jimmy</a>

#1 Cubillos, Jimmy

AB

5
R

1
H

2
RBI

4

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/christian-loya/7546' class='boxscore_player_link'>Loya, Christian</a>

#13 Loya, Christian

AB

6
R

0
H

2
RBI

2

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/brandon-marrero/7565' class='boxscore_player_link'>Marrero, Brandon</a>

#44 Marrero, Brandon

AB

2
R

0
H

2
RBI

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/braden-baker/7536' class='boxscore_player_link'>Baker, Braden</a>

#6 Baker, Braden

ER

1
IP

5.0
SO

4
BB

2

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/drew-mesecher/7566' class='boxscore_player_link'>Mesecher, Drew</a>

#22 Mesecher, Drew

ER

2
IP

2.2
SO

4
BB

0

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/noah-draper/7542' class='boxscore_player_link'>Draper, Noah</a>

#24 Draper, Noah

ER

3
IP

1.0
SO

0
BB

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/phillip-muldrow/7547' class='boxscore_player_link'>Muldrow, Phillip</a>

#12 Muldrow, Phillip

ER

1
IP

1.1
SO

1
BB

1

#13 Loya, Christian

PO

15
A

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/tommy-williams/7573' class='boxscore_player_link'>Williams, Tommy</a>

#15 Williams, Tommy

PO

1
A

6

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/tag-baxter/7553' class='boxscore_player_link'>Baxter, Tag</a>

#8 Baxter, Tag

PO

5
A

1

#44 Marrero, Brandon

PO

5
A

0

Hits

#7 cf

Strikeouts

#6 p

RBIs

#1 lf

Putouts

#13 1b

THE BASICS:

Score: #9/13 West Texas A&M 11, UT Permian Basin 7

Records: West Texas A&M 26-7 (8-0 LSC), UT Permian Basin 4-25 (0-4 LSC)

Location: Odessa, Texas (Ted & Jan Roden Baseball Field)

The Lead: Down 4-1 heading into the seventh, the No. 9/13 West Texas A&M baseball team scored five runs in the seventh and eighth innings and plated four runs in the 12^th for a hard-fought 11-7 win over UT Permian Basin, Saturday afternoon. The Buffs swept the Lone Star Conference series and ran its winning streak to a season-high nine games.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

UTPB took an early 3-0 lead in the second inning as Mike Fernandez singled and a walk to Dalton Drury put two on as the Falcons then loaded the bases with a hit batsman plating the first run.
WT junior Braden Baker replaced senior starter Noah Draper and the Buffs got a double play scoring the second run and a RBI single gave UTPB a 3-0 lead.
The Buffs got on the board in the third as junior Justice Nakagawa was hit by a pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly from senior Luis Amaro, for a 3-1 deficit.
,After a score by the Falcons in the sixth pushing the lead to 4-1, the Buffs plated two runs in the seventh courtesy of a junior Christian Loya single to center, plating two runs for a 4-3 deficit.WT left the bags full in the sixth.
UTPB scored in the bottom of the frame on Drury double to left for a 5-3 score.
The Buffs took the lead in the eighth, plating three runs as senior Jimmy Cubillos singled home runs and junior Blake Weaver scored on a wild pitch for a 6-5 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Buffs had two out and looked to close the door, but Druy laced a RBI triple to center field for a 6-6 score, sending the game to extra-innings for the second time in the series.
WT had a two out single and stolen base from Weaver in the tenth, but were unable to score, as it was the 11^th stranded runner for the Buffs in the game.
With one out in the bottom of the 11^th, Skyler Palermo singled up the middle putting the potential winning run on base.
Senior pitcher Philip Muldrow got the second out and a single put two on base, but Muldrow came back with a strikeout on a 3-2 count to end the inning, sending the game to the 11^th.
Amaro began the 11^th with a double to center field, followed by an out, the Falcons went to the bullpen in favor of Tyler Averitt to replace Caleb Thornton.
Averitt retired Canas for the second out, but senior Brandon Marrero came up with a double to center, plating senior pinch-runner Jamie Boyd for a 7-6 score as Marrero was thrown out at third for the final out and a 7-6 WT lead with two out scoring a theme in the game for both teams.
A leadoff walk put the tying run on for the Falcons in the bottom of the 11^th and a hit batsmen put two on base as senior Tate Huebner replaced Muldrow on the mound for the Buffs.
A single from Druy loaded the bases with nobody out and a fielder's choice RBI tied the game at seven from Cooper Coe with the winning run at third.
WT intentionally walked Chris Ortega to force the out at any base as it paid off with Huebner inducing the ground ball for a double play sending the game to the 12^th.
A leadoff single from junior Nick Guaragna began the 12^th for the Buffs as the game became the longest in terms of innings and time of the season.
WT then used a hit batsmen and a RBI single to left from senior Nelson Paredes for an 8-7 lead and a bunt single from Weaver coupled with a throwing error plated a second run, followed by a two RBI single through the left side from Cubillos for an 11-7 lead.
Junior Cole Hadley put down a sacrifice bunt moving Cubillos to second with one out and a single from Loy put runners at the corners as Canas reached on a fielder's choice, plating what would have been the 12^th run, but was called out for interference ending the inning.
Huebner got the first out in the bottom of the frame with a pop out to shortstop, but a walk put one on for the Falcons.He then got a ground out for the second out and a strikeout ended the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The Buffs recorded 11 runs on 15 hits with one error, while UTPB had seven runs on 15 hits with one error.
The game was the longest in terms of time and innings this season, while the time was the longest in school-history at 5:11.
Cubillos went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a team-high four RBI to lead the team, while Weaver was 3 for 5 with three runs scored.Loya was 2 for 6 with two RBI.
Huebner earned his first win of the season (1-0) as he pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit, walked two and fanned one.
WT had four doubles from four different players in the game, while walking seven times and striking out 12.
UTPB was led by Drury as he went 4 for 5 with two runs scored, two RBI, one double and two triples as he was a home run away from the cycle.Fernandez went 3 for 5 with three runs scored.
The game saw a combined ten pitchers with five from each team as WT recorded 10 strikeouts in the game with six walks.
WT ran its winning streak to nine games for a season-high, matching the mark set in 2017 to open the season.

UP NEXT:

The Buffs have a bye week and will return to Wilder Park April 13 at 6:30 p.m., to begin a four game series with Cameron.
Check www.gobuffsgo.com on the baseball schedule page for links to live stats and audio/video streaming of the games all season long.
James Hadnot will handle paly-by-play duties of WT baseball home games for the webstream all season.

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