Dorton and Boone get RBI’s

Coming off an impressive conference series victory, the #18 ranked WTAMU Buff baseball team was looking to continue its momentum as they played host to Wayland Baptist on March 22 at Wilder Park.

WT struggled from the plate all night against a solid pitching performance and was simply unable to rally from an early deficit as the Buffs fell 6-2.

WBU took the early lead in the top of the first inning after a leadoff double which led to two runs off four hits to give them a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom half of the inning, WT managed to get runners on first and second but were unable to drive either of them home.

A very similar occurrence happened in the bottom of the second as WT had runners on second and third but once again just couldn’t get the crucial hit to drive home the runners.

WBU took advantage in the top of the fifth inning to increase their lead to 4-0.  However, in the bottom half of the inning the Buffs finally broke through thanks to an RBI double from junior Kendall Boone to make it 4-1.

It looked like a rally might be in the works in the bottom of the sixth when junior Eric Dorton got an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-2.  Unfortunately, that was as close as the maroon and white got all night.

WBU plated one more run in the top of the eighth inning and shut out the WT offense from that point on to claim the 6-2 victory.

Senior Mike De Long was charged with the loss on the mound (0-2) for the Buffs giving up two runs on one hit in his 1.0 innings of relief.

WT’s overall record now stands at 18-8.  The Buffs will return to Lone Star Conference play on March 25-26 as they travel to take on Texas A&M Kingsville.  First pitch is set for March 25 at 6:00 p.m. from Javelina field.