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Mitch Namie
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Winner Liberty Flames LIBERTY 14-15, 6-1 CUSA
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NM State NMSU 11-17, 1-6 CUSA
Winner
Liberty Flames LIBERTY
14-15, 6-1 CUSA
9
Final
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NM State NMSU
11-17, 1-6 CUSA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Liberty Flames LIBERTY 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 9 14 1
NM State NMSU 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 1

W: HERTZLER, Cole (4-3) L: Lewis, Hayden (2-3) S: BLAIR, Ben (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

NM State Falls Short in Loss to Liberty

The Aggies recorded just four hits in a 6-3 loss.

THE BASICS: 
Score: NM State 3 – Liberty 9 
Records: NM State (11-17), (1-6) | Liberty (14-15), (6-1) 
Location: Presley Askew Field  
Win: Cole Hertzler (4-3) | Loss: Hayden Lewis (2-3) 

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Aggies dropped their first game at Presley Askew Field since Mar. 17, 9-3 to conference foe Liberty on April 5. NM State tallied just four hits in the season opener. 

Josh Sharman started on the mound for the Aggies and managed to hold the Flames scoreless in the first. The Flames were able to get two hits and runners on second and third, but Sharman got himself out of the jam by forcing a fly out to end the inning.  

With the Aggies' first chance with the bats Keith Jones II blasted a solo home run to right field to put the Aggies up by one. This was Jones' sixth homer of the season. The lead would not last long as the Flames managed to knock a solo shot of their own to even the score.  

In the third inning, Romeo Ballesteros was hit by a pitch to start the inning. After a Titus Dumitru walk Ballesteros advanced to second. Ballesteros would then steal third and managed to score on a bad throw by the Flames pitcher.  

Both teams went scoreless in the fourth. At the top of the fifth, the Flames added two runs. The first run was scored on another solo home run. After the home run, Sharman was replaced by Hayden Lewis.  

With a single and a hit by pitch the Flames managed to put two on. The runner then advanced to third on a fly out to right field. After that the Flames second baseman hit an RBI single to put the Aggies up one.  

The Aggies managed to tie the game up in the sixth on an RBI double hit down the right field line by Damone Hale, his fourth of the season. This would be the Aggies third and final run of the night.  

In the seventh the Flames took the lead by scoring three runs. After a walk and a wild pitch, the Flames now had a runner on second. Tanner Marsh knocked an RBI double to switch places with the runner on second. After the double Macaddin Dye hit a two-run home run to put the Flames up three.  

In the eighth, Lewis was replaced by Aaron Treloar. Lewis' final line on the night was three innings pitched, giving up three runs on four hits with five strikeouts, setting a new game high on the season.  

In the ninth the Flames got some insurance runs. The first run that the Flames scored in the ninth was a leadoff home run. After a walk and a wild pitch, the Flames now had a runner on second. With the runner in scoring position, Dye hit an RBI single. The Flames final run of the night was earned on an RBI double to score Dye.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: 

  • Jones launched his sixth home run of the season in the bottom of the first. He is now tied with Nick Gore for the season lead among Aggies. 
  • Lewis fanned five Flames in 3.0 innings of work, a new personal best in the Crimson & White. 
  • Kade Benevidez tallied his first hit of the season in the bottom of the ninth inning. 
  • Mitch Namie extended his on-base streak to 12 games, on a single in the sixth.  


UP NEXT: 
The NM State Aggies will face off against Liberty in the second game of their three-game series April 6, at 2 p.m. MT. For complete coverage of NM State Baseball, visit NMStateSports.com - the official home of Aggie athletics – and follow us on Twitter (@NMStateBaseball), Instagram (@NMStateBaseball) and like us on Facebook (NMState Baseball) 

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