Lobos Split Doubleheader, Armbruster Tallies 17 Strikeouts in Game Two
FRESNO, CALIF. The University of New Mexico’s baseball team opened up its three-game series versus the Fresno State Bulldogs (4-5, 2-3) with a doubleheader split. Justin Armbruester led the Lobos (5-7, 3-4) to a win in game two, pitching 9.0 innings, striking out 17 players, holding the Bulldogs to just two hits.
“Justin Armbruester pitched his tail off,” said head coach Ray Birmingham. “That was one of the best pitching performances I have seen at UNM.”
The last time a Lobo pitcher posted 17 or more strikeouts in a game was on Feb. 17, 1998. That pitcher was Jim Serrano versus Point Lomas. Armbruester is just the seventh pitcher in UNM history to tally 17 or more strikeouts in a game.
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FRESNO, Calif. – Justin Armbruester was brilliant in a 10-inning shutout performance, lifting New Mexico past Fresno State 1-0 in the second game of a Mountain West Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday.
The 5-7 Lobos fell 5-2 in the opener. The series finale is 2:35 p.m. Sunday.
Armbruester (2-1) allowed just three hits and struck out 17 batters in the complete-game effort.
Matt Chambers’ double drove in Connor Mang in the top of the 10th inning for the Lobos. A runner was placed on second to begin the inning.
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• In Las Cruces, there was no shortage of offense for the New Mexico State baseball team (4-6), which erupted offensively at the Presley Askew Field in 14-3 and 19-2 sweeps of Dixie State. The first went six innings, the second seven.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The University of New Mexico’s baseball team could not create a rhythm in Saturday afternoon’s game versus Oregon State (1-1). Despite making changes at the mound to combat the Beaver offense, the Lobos (0-2) ultimately fell 1-14.
The Lobos had a few changes to their batting lineup, with senior infielder Jared Martin coming in as a pinch hitter for freshman center fielder Jacob Gutierrez at the top of the eighth inning. After a ball and a strike, this change paid off as Martin hit a bomb down the middle, earning the Lobos their first run of the game. This was just the third at-bat for the senior from Frisco, Texas, and his first on the day.