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The Sul Ross State University baseball team played both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on a six-game road trip to Austin over the weekend. The Lobos dropped four games to the Saint Edwards University Hilltoppers before roaring back to shut out the Con cordia Lutheran Stags in two games. Sul Ross pitcher Shay Morris surrendered seven runs in the third and fourth innings to give St. Eds the winning 7-3*margin. The Lobos held a 1-0 advantage after two innings. John Bowman went two for three at the plate and gave Sul Ross their only lead of the game in the second, when he singled in Judd Ryan. In game two, the Hilltoppers pounded Johnny Guerrero for six runs on six hits in the first inning. Guerrero was tagged for two more runs in the third and was credited for two more after leaving the mound in the fourth. The Lobos cut the lead to 8-5 behind a second-inning two-run homer from Rod Venner and a two-RBI single from Eddie Duar te. Jeff Parnell added a solo home run in the sixth inning for the final 10-7 score. In Friday’s opener, starter Jeff Price was tagged for eight runs on 10 hits in the first five innings to give the Hilltoppers a 5-0 lead. The Lobos countered with two runs off a two-RBI single from Ryan in the third. The Lobos cut the lead to 5-4 in the fifth with two more runs from George Can tu and Arturo Moreno who led off the inning with singles Jim Morris and Ryan picked up the RBIs. Price allowed three more runs in the sixth before leaving the final three outs in the hands of Michael Gonzales. In the final contest, the Lobos took an early lead as St. Eds’ pit cher Brian Cenik walked in two runs in the second and served up an RBI pitch to J. Morris. Sul Ross took the lead 3-2. But Sul Ross hurler Dennis Taylor surrendered the lead on a three-run homer in the fourth by Joe Arredia. The Hilltoppers managed one more run jr the 1Ff th to take the 6-3 win. Against Concordia, Gonzales started on the mound for the Lobos and gave up only three hits in seven innings for a 2-0 shutout. The Midland right hander allowed the lead-off hitter a single in the first before closing the door on the Stags for the rest of the game. Bowman picked up the game winning hit in the second inning with a triple to right that scored Ryan. Venner followed with an insurance run, sacrificing Bowman home on a fly to left field. Gonzalez is now 2-0 on the season with one save and a 1.98 earned run average. In the second game, the Lobos blasted a 10-run first to smother the Stags. Venner, Bowman, Duarte and catcher Scott Sulser all picked up RBIs in the first. Rowdy Brown picked up the win for the Lobos by going three innings and allowing two hits. Brown was relieved by Tommy Bobo who made his first ap pearance of the season. He was followed on the mound by Don nie McNatt. The Lobos return to action today (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in a double header with Lubbock Christian College. Friday the two teams open play at 1 p.m. in another double header. After 25 games, LCC is 6-19 while the Lobos are 8-17.
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Marfa Independent and Big Bend Sentinel
Marfa, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 13, 1986
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