AUGUSTA, Kan. – The Newman baseball team used two late rallies to win both games of a doubleheader against Texas A&M International on Saturday (April 18) at Augusta High School. Trailing 3-2 in game one, NU plated five runs in the sixth to get a 7-4 victory. In the second game,
Aaron Mack was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for the walk-off 3-2 win. With the two wins, the Jets moved to 18-20 on the season and 8-12 in the Heartland Conference.
Newman 7, TAMIU 4
The Jets scored five runs in the sixth inning of game one to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 7-3 advantage. The Dustdevils got one run in the seventh, but
Lucas Schauer got forced a groundout to give the Jets the 7-4 win.
Schauer moved to 7-3 on the season, pitching the complete 7 innings. He allowed four runs, three early in the first two innings, on seven hits. After getting off to a slow start, Schauer pitched four straight shutout innings.
TAMIU went up 2-0 in the top of the first inning, a single through the infield scored the two runs. In the bottom of the inning,
Andrew Standish doubled down the line to score
Tyler Bugner for a 2-1 score.
The Dustdevils added one more run in the second inning on a single to right field to plate one run for the 3-1 lead.
Alex Lator pulled the Jets to within one at 3-2 on a homer that went just fair down the left field line.
The five run sixth started with a
Lucas Norton single through the left side to plate two runs for a 4-3 edge.
Garett Thomas and Lator scored on the two-RBI single.
Daniel Jahnke hit a single to center field to bring in
Aaron Mack. A
Jarrod Flax ground out added another run as Norton scored for a 6-3 advantage. The final NU run came on a Bugner double down the line to score Jahnke for the 7-3 score.
A ground out in the seventh inning scored the final Dustdevil run for the 7-4 final score.
Tyler Bugner went 2-for-4 with one RBI. Six Jets finished with hits.
Andrew Standish was 1-for-4 with one RBI,
Alex Lator went 1-for-2 with one RBI,
Lucas Norton finished at 1-for-3 with two RBI,
Daniel Jahnke was 1-for-3 with one RBI and
Jarrod Flax was 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Newman 3, TAMIU 2
Trailing 2-1 in the ninth inning, the Jets plated two runs to get the walk-off 3-2 victory.
With the bases loaded and the game tied at 2-2,
Aaron Mack was hit by a pitch to score Standish for the 3-2 win. The game was tied at 2-2 when Lator was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded right before Mack. The rally came with two outs, starting with a
Tyler Evans single up the middle. A single by Standish and then a TAMIU throwing error put runners at second and third. The bases were loaded when Thomas was intentionally walked. Then the back-to-back HBPs won the game for the Jets.
The Dustdevils went in front 2-0 early. With runners at the corners, one run scored on a double play for a 1-0 edge. An error in the fourth put TAMIU up 2-0.
Mack scored the first NU run of the game on an RBI single up the middle to score Lator for a 2-1 score.
Lane Ramsey started and was superb, going 7 innings and allowing only one earned run. He had five strikeouts and allowed only five hits.
Ryan Jenkins went the final 2 innings with two strikeouts. He got the win and moved to 1-0.
Eight of the Jets finished with one hit. Mack went 1-for-3 with two RBI, including the game-winning RBI.
The three-game series ends tomorrow (April 19) with one game at noon at Augusta High School in Augusta, Kan. Live stats will be available.
