The WTAMU Buffs baseball team completed their weekend series with the Angelo State Rams with a doubleheader on April 23. The Rams completed a sweep of the Buffs via a pair of walk-off victories. Angelo took game one with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, earning a dramatic 9-8 victory. In game two, a WT error gave the Rams the 10-9 win.
The Buffs scored first in game one when junior Kendall Boone hit an RBI single and junior Jess Cooper scored on a wild pitch in the first inning, giving the Buffs an early 2-0 lead. The lead would be short lived as Angelo State answered with seven runs on three hits and one WT er•ror in the bottom half of the inning, giving the Rams a 7-2 advantage. WT began to come back in the sixth when junior Bryce Baugh cracked a three-run homer to make it 8-5. The Buffs would tie it in the seventh on a two run blast by Boone and a sac fly by Baugh, making the score 8-8. Zach Klink’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave Angelo State their first walk-off win of the day 9-8.
The Buffs would strike early again in game two, taking a 4-0 lead after the first inning. The Ram’s Tate Allison cut WT’s lead in half with a two run shot in the second, cutting the score to 4-2.
The Buffs plated four more runs in their half of the third to take a commanding 8-2 lead. Angelo State began to play chip away at the Buffs’ lead, scoring five runs across the third, fourth and fifth innings, bring•ing the score to 8-7 after five. WT added an insurance run on senior Will Miller’s sac fly in the sixth, giving the Buffs a 9-7 advantage. After the Rams added a run in the sixth, Allison’s solo homerun tied the game at nine all. A WT error that allowed Brent Denny to score gave Angelo State their second walk-off win of the day.
Junior Zach Walker (2-2) got the losses in both games. He gave up one run on three hits in 1.1 innings of relief in game one, and two runs on two hits in 1.0 inning in game two.
The Buffs will complete their LSC schedule this weekend in Canyon against Tarleton State. The first game is scheduled for April 29 at 6 p.m., followed by a doubleheader April 30 set to begin at 1 p.m.
