Fantastic season and college career, Ty, and wow, what a ride it's been! Can't wait to see what you can do at the next level! Love you to 'infinny and deon'!
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (May 13, 2022) – Two back-to-back home runs sequences for Colorado State university Pueblo were not enough, as the ThunderWolves' RMAC run came to a close at the hands of an 8-6 defeat to UCCS Friday evening.
The slugfest started fast and early with the first run coming from the Pack in the top of the first. Reggie Williams notched himself a double out of the leadoff spot and advanced to third off a wild pitch. Williams raced home off a Noah Hennings groundout.
UCCS tied it up in the bottom frame, but the Pack quickly turned up the heat at the plate. Off a 1-2 pitcher's count, Matt Shea led off the second inning with a well-struck home run over the leftfield fence. Before the Mountain Lions' pitcher could shake it off, Elijah Borjas got ahold of the next pitch and launched it over left-center and into the parking lot behind the stadium.
The back-to-back home runs gave the Pack a 3-1 lead and energized the ThunderWolves fans in attendance.
A dropped-third-strike and an error plagued the Pack in the second inning and the Mountain Lions were able to push in four runs across in the bottom of the second.
In need of more offense, the ThunderWolves found some in the top of the third. After two quick outs, UCCS committed a costly error and Ty Lewis made them pay. Lewis fought his way to a 2-2 count and sent a moonshot home run to right and hyped up his dugout on his way around the bases. Trey Vasquez crossed home plate thanks to Lewis' home run smack.
Two was better than one for the ThunderWolves once again and Shea followed the Lewis moonshot with a hard-hit line drive home run to dead centerfield. Shea was a part of both back-to home run sequences Friday afternoon.
After the ThunderWolves took another one-run lead, UCCS responded with a home run of its own. The two-run shot flipped the game back into the Mountain Lions' favor gave them a 7-6 advantage over the Pack after three innings.
Owen Rudolphi put in 1.2 more innings of work on the mound and kept the Pack in the game, trailing on 8-6 when Johnathan Ramirez came on in relief in the fifth.
Ramirez retired his first three batters and held the contest at 8-6 thru eight innings. Vasquez supplied web gems to the Ramirez performance on the mound but the Pack were unable to turn defense into offense.
The Pack needed to make one more push before the clock struck midnight on their RMAC run. Williams tallied his second double and fourth hit of the ballgame with one out, but it was too little, too late for the ThunderWolves. UCCS retired the next two batters and sealed the Pack's fate.
The 8-6 loss stamped an end to the CSU Pueblo baseball season.
Williams supplied four base hits out of the leadoff spot to lead batting for the Pack, but Shea highlighted the efforts with two home runs. Borjas, Shea and Lewis accounted for the four home runs hit in the contest while Hennings supplied the sixth RBI.
CSU Pueblo closes its books on the 2022 season and finishes 27-26 overall.
