The No.22 WTAMU Buffalo baseball team hosted a four-game series from March 30 through April 1 against the Angelo State Rams. WT won the first and third games to earn a 2-2 split with ASU.

The Buffs put up three runs in the first inning and another two in the second of the first game on March 30 to take an early 5-1 lead. The Rams scored a run in the third and fourth innings to cut WT’s lead to 5-3. The Buffs’ bullpen would hold ASU to one run in the ninth for the 5-4 game one win.

“It’s always good to win the first one,” Head Coach Matt Vanderburg said. “It makes for less stress tomorrow.”

Senior Kendall Boone’s RBI single in the first inning of the early game on March 31 gave WT an early 1-0 lead. The Buffs would maintain that lead until the Rams hit a two-run homerun in the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. ASU would add an insurance run in the seventh en route to a 3-1 win.WT responded with a season-high 19-run explosion in the 19-7 win in the second game of the day. The Buffs scored five in each the second and third to take an 11-2 lead. Junior Parker Wood hit two homers and knocked in five runs in the two innings.

After falling behind 2-0 in the series finale on April 1, junior Jarvis Smith hit an RBI single and Boone drove in two runs to give WT a 3-2 lead after three innings. The Rams answered with six in the fourth inning and four more in the ninth on their way to a 13-7 win. Sophomore Steven Diaz (1-2) got the loss pitching three innings and giving up six runs on six hits.

The weekend split gives the Buffs a record of 22-8 overall and a 9-3 mark in the Lone Star Conference. The Buffs’ next action is against the University of the Southwest on April 3 at 1 p.m. at Wilder Park in Canyon.