LAWTON, Okla.- On Saturday, the Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team won their third consecutive Lone Star Conference series as sophomore Luis Martinez tossed a complete-game shutout in a 6-0 game one victory before the squad picked up a 19-10 win in game two.
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The Javelinas (10-7, 11-7 LSC) took two from the Aggies (3-13, 3-13 LSC), with Martinez going the distance in game one, while senior Steven Bonuz was electric on the day, logging six total hits with six RBIs.
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Game OneÂ
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After seven scoreless frames, Martinez (1-0) picked up the 6-0 win, while Clayton McClenan (1-2) was handed the loss. Martinez scattered three hits and struck out 13 batters, the most of any Javelina hurler since Logan Garza punched out 15 in 2021.
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TAMUK got their first run of the ballgame in the top of the third, with junior Nick Wolff sparking a two-out rally on a base knock into right field. Shortly after, Bonuz plated Wolff in on a sharply hit single for a 1-0 Blue and Gold lead.
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The Javelinas added two more to their total in the top of the fifth, with sophomore Dalton Kramer logging a leadoff single and scoring on a double by Wolff. Bonuz then smacked a double into right, bringing Wolff home.Â
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Now up, 3-0, Kramer walked before denting the plate on a triple by Wolff in the seventh. Bonuz then scored Wolff for his third RBI of the contest. A redshirt junior Ivan Duarte single later in the frame allowed Bonuz to come around for a 6-0 edge.Â
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The Aggies threatened in the bottom of the seventh, moving a runner into scoring position before Martinez clamped down, tossing a pair of strikeouts and inducing a fly out to end the ballgame.Â
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Game Two
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The Javelinas picked up a 19-10 win in game two, with sophomore Karson Shepard (1-0) picking up the win in relief and Evan Nichols (1-0) the loss.
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Back-to-back singles by Kramer and Wolff opened the first before the pair moved into scoring position on a passed ball. Redshirt sophomore Hayden Johnson allowed Kramer to score on a deep sac-fly, as Wolff crossed the plate on an RBI groundout by Bonuz for a 2-0 Javelina lead.Â
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The Aggies answered, tying the contest in the bottom part of the inning before TAMUK took a 6-2 lead in the top of the third. Junior Michael Cervantes was plunked, swiped second, and scored on an Aggie miscue that allowed junior Garrett Thompson to get on base.Â
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Thompson came around on a Wolff single, and Kramer was plunked prior to a Johnson single that pushed two across the plate.Â
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Sophomore Robbie Spencer tossed a scoreless second, but the Aggies pushed one across in the third, cutting their deficit to three.Â
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A sac-fly by Bonuz scored senior Colton Allen in the fourth, ahead of four Aggie runs in the bottom of the inning, for a 7-7 tie.Â
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Thompson knocked in junior Jacob Rosales, who got on via a leadoff double for a run in the fifth, while Bonuz tripled in the sixth to plate Wolff before scoring himself on a passed ball that put his team up 10-7.
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Allen picked up an RBI double in the top of the seventh prior to a trio of Aggie runs in the bottom of the inning.
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With TAMUK holding a narrow 11-10 lead entering the eighth, the Javelina hitters busted the game wide-open, pushing seven across to go up 18-10. Back-to-back walks and a plunked batter loaded the bases, with four straight singles allowing five runs to score. A passed ball and a Duarte single then knocked in the final two runs of the inning, putting the Javelinas up eight. Â
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A wild pitch in the top of the ninth allowed Thompson to dent the plate once more en route to the 19-10 final score. Additionally, freshman Marco Martinez threw the final 2.1 innings of the contest fanning two without allowing any hits.Â
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The Javelinas will now meet Texas A&M-International for a nonconference matchup on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Laredo, ahead of a four-game Lone Star Conference series against UTPB beginning Friday at 6 p.m. inside the confines of Nolan Ryan Field.Â
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