KINGSVILLE, Texas- The Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team earned an 8-0 victory on Friday, besting the Oklahoma Christian Eagles in Lone Star Conference action, as senior
Kolby Lunsford (Helotes, Texas) and sophomore
Hunter Kloesel (Shiner, Texas) tossed a combined shutout at Nolan Ryan Field in Kingsville, Texas.
JASON GONZALES POSTGAME
"We got a shutout, seven innings from Kolby (Lunsford) and two from
Hunter Kloesel," said coach
Jason Gonzales. "The hitters scored just about every inning but the last two, and when those guys are doing that, it makes me look like a pretty good coach. I couldn't have been more proud of how Kolby competed. It always starts on the mound..,for him to throw a shutout you can't say enough about that, that's what a Friday night guy does, and he sets the tone for hopefully the rest of the weekend."
The Javelinas (11-4, 9-4 LSC) scoring eight on 12 hits, while the Eagles (6-11, 6-11 LSC) were unable to cross the plate at Nolan Ryan Field, after seven dominant innings by Lunsford, featuring seven strikeouts and a single walk.
Additionally, Lunsford scattered six hits, before Kloesel came in and kept OC off the base paths in the final two innings, securing the Blue and Gold victory.
The Pack plated runs in each of the first six innings as sophomore
Nick Wolff (Klien, Texas) went 4-4, smacking a double, while sophomore
Shelby Becker (Giddings, Texas) crossed the plate twice, going 4-5 at the plate. Senior
Kyler Bumstead (Kountze, Texas) led the team in RBIs knocking two in on a pair of hits.
Sophomore
Garrett Thompson (New Braunfels, Texas) and Becker charged home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first, handing TAMUK a 2-0 lead, before redshirt sophomore
Ivan Duarte (Juarez, Mexico) slapped a single through the left side in the second providing a three-run edge.
Bumstead earned his first RBI of the day in the third, smacking a single into right field that allowed sophomore
Jake Chapman (Boerne, Texas) to come home, before Thompson logged an RBI groundout in the fourth, scoring Wolff for a 4-0 Javelina lead.
In the fourth, Bumstead picked up his second RBI, smashing a triple into center field, plating redshirt freshman
Ramsey Amador (Edinburg, Texas). Shortly after, Bumstead touched home on a Wolff single through the right side.
Becker crossed the plate again in the sixth, scoring the Javelinas eighth and final run on a balk by an Eagle hurler.
The series continues on Saturday, as the team square off in a doubleheader with first pitch set for 2 p.m.
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