Program vs. Program
Overall record: ASU leads 28-5
In Canyon: ASU leads 13-4
At the LSC Tournament: ASU leads 2-0
2012 Regular Season: Split series, 2-2
Last season: ASU won series, 3-0, in San Angelo
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Quaid McKinnon had four hits and drove in six runs as the Angelo State Rams eliminated the West Texas A&M Buffs from the Lone Star Conference Baseball Championship with a 12-5 win that saw a two and a half hour weather delay and 18 ASU hits on Sunday at Foster Field.
Angelo State (38-14), which led 7-1 after two innings, will play at noon on Monday in the third round against Tarleton State after the Texans earned a 3-2 win in a game that ended at 1 a.m. ASU and TSU will both enter with nine-game winning streak.
“It was big for us to get out to another good start,” ASU head coach
Kevin Brooks. “The delay was a tough thing for our guys but I thought we did a good job of handling it. We're really doing a good job of putting things together and playing our game.”
McKinnon finished the game with a home run, double and two singles for the Rams, while
Brett Parsons and
Lee Neumann each finished with three-hit games against the Buffs.
Andrew LaCombe finished with two hits and three RBI, while
Ryan Greer and
Tate Allison also had two hit games for the Rams who have now won nine straight games.
Matt Rechkemmer (3-0) earned the win for the Rams by striking out three and limiting WT to five hits in 6.0 innings.
Jake Albert,
Craig Blair and
Travis Stavinoha each pitched one inning and only gave up two combined runs.
Ryan Houston (4-4) claims the loss for WT after giving up seven hits and seven runs against the Rams in 1.2 innings of work. Kendall Boone led the Buffs with three hits.
ASU improved to 9-0 on Sundays with the win and have won those games by a combined score of 104-40. The Rams are 26-4 at Foster Field this season and are 4-2 in neutral site games.
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