Hounds rally for win over Angelo State

Facing what would have been a devastating sweep at home against Angelo State, the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team found away to salvage one on Sunday.

CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroENMU left fielder Ryan Forkel goes up to snap a high hop on an Angelo State base hit during the sixth inning of Sunday's Lone Star Conference baseball game at Greyhound Field. ENMU erased a 7-1 deficit to beat the Rams 8-7.

Trailing 7-1 after 5 1/2 innings, the Greyhounds rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to pull out an 8-7 Lone Star Conference win over the Rams at Greyhound Field.

Colton Sims reached on an error to start the ninth against ASU reliever James Conlee (0-1), then designated hitter Peter Creamer beat out a bunt. The runners up on a wild pitch, and Sims scored and pinch-runner Rawley Gomez moved to third on the play when Rams catcher Andrew LaCombe threw wildly to third trying to get Sims.

After a strikeout, freshman Matt Spradlin took Conlee up the middle for a single to drive in Gomez with the winning run.

CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroENMU junior Colton Sims beats the throw to second on a forceplay attempt, then races to third base after an error during the sixth inning of Sunday's Lone Star Conference game against Angelo State at Greyhound Field.

Senior right-hander Ryan Pruitt (5-1), making just his second start in 14 appearances this season, threw ENMU's first nine-inning complete game despite allowing nine hits and seven earned runs. He finished with 121 pitches, walking one and striking out five.

ASU second baseman Tyler Coughenour hit a one-out, inside-the-park homer in the top of the first, and the Rams (24-13, 9-7 LSC) never relinquished the lead until the final inning.

CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroENMU's Brooke Brooks drops a bunt during the fifth inning of Sunday's Lone Star Conference baseball game against Angelo State at Greyhound Field.

Coughenour added an RBI triple in the fifth for the Rams, while designated hitter Lee Neumann drove in three runs with a fourth-inning groundout and a two-run triple in the sixth.

The Hounds (19-16, 6-10) finished with 10 hits, including an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run single in ENMU's four-run seventh by catcher Jacob Rogers. The Hounds took advantage of four ASU errors, leading to four unearned runs.

After coming into the series with only one home loss this spring, Sunday's win lifted ENMU to 15-4 at Greyhound Field in 2013.