CANYON, Texas – The #15 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M have some work to do on Sunday afternoon to salvage a weekend series split after dropping a Saturday doubleheader to the #11 Angelo State Rams on a cold and windy day at Wilder Park in Canyon, Texas.
 
The Buffs and Rams wrap-up their weekend series tomorrow afternoon with first pitch of the finale scheduled for 1 p.m. at Wilder Park.
 
THE BASICS:
- Game 1 Score: #11 Angelo State 5, #15 West Texas A&M 0
- Game 2 Score: #11 Angelo State 16, #15 West Texas A&M 1
- Records: WT (23-8, 2-5 LSC) / ASU (25-6. 6-1 LSC)
- Location: Canyon, Texas
- Venue: Wilder Park
- Series (Streak): Rams Lead 53-33 (L2)
 
GAME ONE RECAP:
Saturday's opener saw a pitcher's duel as Drew Mesecher and Trent Baker allowed no hits thru the first two frames in a quick pair of innings, the Buffs registered a pair of hits in the home half of the third with two outs but a groundout ended the threat still scoreless. Mesecher gave up his first hit on a Lachlan Mayo single to left with one out in the fourth followed by a catcher's interference with two outs before the senior forced a fielder's choice grounder to Darius Carter at third to strand a pair.
 
The Buffs threatened in the home half of the fifth with a pair of hits to bring the top of the order to the plate but a groundout to second with runners on the corners ended the frame still scoreless. 
 
Jordan Williams led off the sixth with a single up the middle followed by a Mayo single to put runners on second and third with no outs, Mesecher registered a big strikeout before WT made a move to the pen with Dominic Yearego. Riley Peterson singled thru the right side followed by a pair of errors by the Buffs to allow two more to score, Parker Tadlock was hit by a pitch to drive in another followed by a wild pitch with two outs to make it 5-0.
 
Mesecher picked up the loss (4-3) on the mound for the Buffs, allowing three runs (one earned) on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts in his 5.1 innings of work.
 
GAME TWO RECAP:
The Rams got on the board in the first inning as they used small-ball to take the early lead with a pair of squeeze bunts to make it 2-0. The Buffs responded in the home half of the second as Tanner Schuetz tripled to right field with two outs followed by a Christian Loya RBI single to right to cut the lead to 2-1.
 
Angelo State added to their lead in the top of the third inning as Jacob Finke singled thru the left side with two outs to make it 3-1, the WT defense continued to struggle in the top of the sixth as a throwing error on another squeeze bunt followed by a wild pitch to run the lead to 6-1 as the Buffs made another move to the pen. ASU would break the game open in the inning as they sent 18 total batters to the plate to score 13 runs and make the lead 16-1.
 
Cook picked up the loss (4-2) for the Buffs, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in his three innings of work.