CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team claimed an extra-innings victory over Prairie View by overcoming a 4-2 deficit to win 8-5 at Tankersley Field.
Anytime you win, you leave feeling good," said head coach
Scott Malone. "They fought until the last end and that makes me proud of them. We had some massive at-bats in the end."
Heading into the fifth inning, the Islanders trailed 4-0 before earning a run in the top of the fifth as sophomore
Tre Jones hit a double to bring in senior
Steven Rivera-Chijin. Two scoreless innings later, the team kept the fight alive with another run in the eighth when freshman
Cole Modgling was walked to bring in sophomore
Tucker McEnroe. The game nearly came to a close in the ninth before a call was reversed, giving
Tre Jones a hit and allowing the Islanders to tie the game as McEnroe homered, bringing in Jones.
Five Islanders earned multiple hits at the plate with junior
Leo Markotic earning a single hit as well in the victory. Jones had his second game this season in which he has driven in four runs, collecting half of the team's RBIs. Rivera-Chijin, Jones and McEnroe each scored two runs apiece with sophomores
Josh Caraway and
Nate White both earning one as well.
Nine pitchers took to the mound led by senior
Cassius Shy. Seniors continued to flood the mound as
Daniel Nelson and
Leo Perez came in for relief before the script changed with a freshman coming in with
Kyle Dickey.
Sebastian Mejia, a sophomore, pitched an inning as fellow sophomores
Kennedy Parks and
JT Moeller did the same. Freshman
Clay Westbrook entered the game before senior
Tyler Miller closed out the game.
A&M-Corpus Christi will take a travel day on Thursday before taking on New Orleans on the road for a three-game series at Maestri Field beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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