The Mavericks dropped the Warriors 4-2 before losing the final game of the series 8-5. MSU finishes the
regular season with a 40-5 overall record and a 30-4 record in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
The Warriors stand 21-28 and 19-17 in the NSIC.
In game one senior Nolan Johnson singled home senior Max Waletich to put MSU up 1-0 after one. The
Warriors tied up the score at one in the second, but junior Kyle Toth hit a two-run home run over the left
field fence to give the Mavericks a 3-1 lead through three innings.
Senior Connor McCallum hit an RBI single in the fifth to push the score to 4-1 in favor of the Purple and
Gold. The Warriors did score one run in the seventh, but junior Dakota Belter was able to finish the Warriors
off for save number 10 of the year.
Senior Joey Reed moved to 2-2 after pitching six innings. He allowed four hits, two walks and one earned run
while striking out one.
In game two, the Warriors jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a three-run home run by Travis Evanson. In
the second inning, the Mavericks took advantage of back-to-back walks and a hit batter to load the bases.
McCallum singled up the middle to pick up a pair of RBI to cut WSU's lead to 3-2.
The Warriors mounted a rally in the fifth inning, scoring four runs off of five hits to increase their lead to 7-2.
They added one more in the sixth and in the bottom of the inning Toth doubled down the left field line and
senior Kevin Kramer scored on a wild pitch as the Mavericks still trailed 8-4. Junior Taylor Branstad hit an
RBI single in the seventh, but that was it as WSU's Mitch Voter came in and shut down the Mavericks.
Senior Nick Veale (3-1) pitched four innings and allowed three earned runs and four hits. Junior Peter
Gaustad pitched .2 innings and sophomore Tyler Frohwirth also saw some action pitching 1.1 innings.
Freshman Christian Howell pitched the final three innings and did not allow a run.
Walk-Off Wins Highlight Fireworks Friday Night
David Jahnke (Assistant Sports Information Director)
5/1/15: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Fourth ranked Colorado Mesa
scored a pair of walk-off wins over the Colorado Mines Orediggers on
Friday at Suplizio Field. The Mavericks pushed their mark to 41-6 on
the season and 33-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
In game one, James Young III's sacrifice bunt turned out to be the
game
game winner as the Oredigger first baseman committed a throwing
error that scored Bligh Madris from second base in an 8-7 win.
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Madris reached second after hitting a double to lead off the inning. He finished 3-for-3 in the game and hit his
18th and 19th doubles of the season. He also walked twice and scored twice.
Colorado Mesa fell behind early 4-0 and 5-1 before the fourth inning but came storming back, scoring two in
the bottom of the fourth and three in the bottom of the fifth. Alex Fife hit his fifth home run of the season in
the bottom of the sixth inning.
Matt Allen earned the win in relief and improved to 6-1 on the season. Allen went four innings and allowed
one run on four hits, walked none and struck out two.
In the nightcap, an NCAA Division II record crowd of 5,172 witnessed the second walk-off win of the day on