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Trojans take series in Roswell
The Trojan baseball squad took the field for the second straight weekend on the road, this time in Roswell, New Mexico against the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos. The Trojans brought home wins in three of the four contests.
Brandon Vaughn had a big weekend at the plate for the Trojans
Game one was played on Friday afternoon and what started with a seemingly normal 1-1 tie in the first ended in a wild 21-15 affair after 13 innings. Leading 2-1 in the second the Trojans gave up eight runs and had to fight their way back into the contest to tie it up in the sixth at 11-11. The game went to extras and it looked as though the Trojans had the win in the ninth when three runs crossed but the Broncos answered and stayed alive in the game. Each team added a run in the eleventh before a scoreless twelfth left the score knotted at 15. TSJC blasted NMMI for six runs in inning number 13 to put the game away.
The Trojans finished the game with 24 hits and 14 walks. They had seven doubles in the game. Brandon Vaughn drove in five of the Trojan runs and Hans Ask and Brock Schlekeway each scored five times. TSJC used six pitchers in the contest with Ryan Nichols pitching two scoreless innings to get the victory.
“The first day of the series was one of the longest I've spent at a field in my career,” commented Coach Scott Douglas. “I think the first game took 6 hours or so. It was a decent game after the third but it was an emotional day at the yard. It was a good experience for our guys to comeback from a large deficit, blow a lead late twice, and still hang in there to win the game.”
Game two saw the Broncos battle back and tie the series up with a 15-5 victory. Max Martinez had a pair of triples and 2 RBI’s to lead Trinidad.
“I was hoping it would be a quick one but just the other way on the scoreboard,” said Coach Douglas. “We came back again and were at 6-5 with one out and a guy on first. We picked him off and did not finish the play. That would have been 2 outs no one on. It got away on us. It can happen fast if you don't take what's there.”
On Saturday the two teams squared off again with the TSJC pitchers taking charge of the situation. Zac Wittmus took the hill in the first game and gave up only one run while striking out four in almost five and 2/3s innings work to lead Trinidad to a 6-2 win. Vaughn again had a big game at the plate going 2-2 with a pair of doubles and two runs driven in.
Ben Williams started the final game of the series and picked up the win holding the Broncos to three runs over six innings. Dan Peakman went 3-4 with an RBI and scored twice and Ask drove in a pair as the Trojans put together nine hits on their way to the 8-3 win.
“We looked pretty solid on the second day. Played consistently in all aspects and were pretty tough mentally the entire day,” Douglas commented “A couple more young guys picked up their first college wins and we won the series 3-1 against a pretty good team in NMMI. It will be good to be home for a little while.”
The Trojans (4-3) will be home for 10 straight as they continue to prepare for Region IX action. They will face CSU-Fort Collins for doubleheaders on February 18 and 19, Luna College for doubleheaders on February 24 and 25 and will play Dodge City in a pair of games on February 28.
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