Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
OKLAHOMA CITY — It was another rough outing for the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team on Saturday.
For the second time in the series, Oklahoma Christian jumped on the Greyhounds early and often and cruised to a 12-2 victory to complete a three-game sweep of the suddenly-struggling Greyhounds (5-16, 5-15 LSC), who have lost six in a row and eight of nine after posting a 4-2 mark over their previous six contests.
A double steal produced one run and RBI singles by catcher Coleton Hinkle and second baseman Grant Lake made it 3-0 after one inning. By the fourth, it was 12-0.
Hinkle had three of the Eagles’ 13 hits and left fielder Tanner White added a two-run homer as Oklahoma Christian (11-9, 10-8) finished the series with 45 runs on 48 hits — 25 for extra bases — while compiling a .449 team batting average.
Left-hander Julien Ly (3-1) worked six shutout innings, throwing only 70 pitches and allowing just two hits with one walk and six strikeouts. The Hounds got to reliever Robbie Suhr for two runs on three hits in the seventh, getting a run-scoring single from designated hitter Rio Granger and an RBI double from catcher Andres Quintana.
The game was called after 6 1/2 innings on the 10-run rule.
Granger, a redshirt freshman from Carlsbad, had two hits for the Hounds, and finished the weekend 6-for-8 with two doubles, a pinch-hit three-run homer on Friday, four runs scored and four RBIs.
ENMU travels to San Antonio this weekend for a three-game LSC set against St. Mary’s, starting with a 1 p.m. (MDT) doubleheader on Friday.
Track competes at Lubbock — The ENMU women’s track team posted a pair of event wins on Friday in The Open, hosted by Lubbock Christian.
Freshman Tamia Smith won in shot put competition with a throw of 41 feet, 3 inches, while the Greyhounds swept the top five spots in the 1,500. Junior Neri Getraide came in first at 4 minutes, 53.94 seconds, followed by senior Mercy Rotich (5:07.50), sophomore Marla Pascoa (5:08.15) and juniors Aminata Kenyawani (5:15.02) and Kayla Sisneros (5:19.36).
Meantime, Portales sophomore Jessica Campbell and senior Teagan Mosley went 3-5 in the 100 hurdles in 16.72 and 17.74, and they were 3-6 in long jump at 15-6 1/4 and 15-2 1/4. Campbell also claimed fourth place in shot put (34-9 3/4).
In other ENMU women’s results, senior Ocean Paul was second (9-6 1/4) and freshman Paige Graham third (8-11 3/4) in pole vault, and freshman Jaliyah Denny placed fourth in the 100 (12.45). Meantime, the 400 relay team of sophomore Marlou Blankvroot, Campbell, Denny and Graham claimed third place with a time of 52.75 seconds.
The top finish for the ENMU men was a fourth-place showing in the 800 by freshman Dan Hurren in 2:01.05. Also, Clovis sophomore Jon Fuentes placed sixth in the 1500 (4:20.33) and junior Alex Aguirre was seventh in the 100 (11.63).
ENMU returns to action this weekend in the West Texas A&M Classic.
