BOX SCORE: West Texas A&M 7, Angelo State 6 (13 innings)

CANYON – West Texas A&M came back from a five-run deficit to force extra innings and took a 7-6 Lone Star Conference win in 13 innings over Angelo State on Sunday in the series finale at Wilder Park.

ASU (16-9, 6-6 LSC) was swept by the Buffs (20-4, 10-2 LSC) in the four-game series and watched WT celebrate with two walk-off wins over the weekend. The four-game conference sweep was only the second in ASU's history and the first since losing four straight at Abilene Christian in 2010. The game matched the second longest game in program history and was three innings shy of a 16-inning regional game against St. Edward's in 2007.

Angelo State begins a 13-game home stand this weekend with a four-game series against Texas A&M-Kingsville at Foster Field. ASU is currently 7-1 at home this season and will open the series at 6:30 p.m. on Friday before playing a 4 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday and the series finale at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The home stand will also include a four-game series against Eastern New Mexico, a three-game series against Cameron and a non-conference doubleheader against McMurry on Tuesday, April 8.

Graylon Brown (2-2) received the loss for the Rams, despite going 6.2 innings of relief. Brown had four strikeouts, walked only one but saw the game-winning run score on an error by shortstop Christian Summers after WT loaded the bases with two singles and a hit-by-pitch. ASU starter Dillon Becker did not receive a decision in his fourth start of the season after striking out four, scattering five hits and allowing only two runs in 6.0 innings of work. Becker, who has now started three games and appeared in 10 for the Rams, allowed only three base runners in the game before exiting in the seventh inning after a leadoff single and a 6-1 lead.  

After managing only two runs in the first three games of the series, Angelo State got started early in the series finale with Tyler Coughenour and Nehwon Norkeh reaching on walks and being advanced a base on a bunt single by David Goggin. With no outs, Derek Tyner drove in Coughenour and Norkeh with a single to right field. Hunter Choate then added another run with a single to right to take the score to 3-0.

Goggin would respond to WT's first run of the game with a groundout RBI in the top of the fifth and then had a two-out single to center field in the seventh to take the score to 6-1. The Rams scored their fifth run of the game a play before Goggin's hit when Cameron Massengill scored following an error on a Norkeh stolen base on a first-and-third situation. Norkeh got in an intentional rundown and forced an error by WT's third baseman.

Goggin finished the game 3-for-6 at the plate with two RBI, while Tyner went 1-for-6 with the two first-inning RBI. Massengill and Norkeh each added two hits for the Rams who finished the game with 10 hits, but also four errors in the field.
WT started its comeback with two hits and a run in the seventh inning and tied the game with four runs on three hits and an error in the eight. A David Herbert two-run double down the right-field line highlighted the inning for the Buffs before Justin Hargrove tied the game at 6-6 with a sacrifice fly to right field on a 2-2 count.

Angelo State had its chances in the extra frames, but stranded four runners on base. The Rams left two on base in the 10^th after Goggin singled and Choate walked, but Summers flew out to left field. The Rams had another opportunity to score in the 11th with Cameron Massengill looping a single to right field with Brett David on second base. David attempted to score on the play, but was thrown out by WT's Ryan March.

Kyle Olason (3-0) earned the win for the Buffs after going 2.0 innings with two strikeouts and no walks. WT starter Ashton Sivigliano did not receive a decision after allowing three earned runs, three hits and walking two. Sivigliano was relieved with one out in the first inning by Sam Ouellet who allowed three runs (only one earned) in 6.1 innings of relief.
 
SERIES NOTES:  David Goggin led the Rams at the plate in the four game series, going 8-for-16 with four RBI… Goggin had seven singles and a triple in the series… Cameron Massengill went 4-for-11 (.364) against WT and had 15 putouts at catcher… Derek Tyner finished with two RBI and had three hits… ASU finished the series hitting .195 (23-for-118), while the Buffs hit .235 (31-for-132)… The Rams committed 12 errors in the series and WT had five errors.