ABILENE - Austin Lasprilla hit a home run and drove in three runs Saturday afternoon to lead No. 16 Angelo State to a 10-4 win over Eastern New Mexico in the first round of the Lone Star Conference Baseball Championship at Crutcher Scott Field.
The win pushes the second-seeded Rams to 41-16 overall as they advance to the winner's bracket game Sunday at 7 p.m. The Greyhounds -- making their first appearance in the conference tournament -- are now 29-26 and will play in a loser's bracket game Sunday at 11 a.m. against Cameron.
Angelo State led 5-2 before Seth Clabaugh's two-run home run to right-centerfield trimmed the lead to 5-4. But the Rams were able to pull away in their final two at-bats, scoring three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth to put the game away.
With two on and one out in the seventh, Lasprilla doubled to right field to drive in Chris Adamson and Jason Morris to push the Rams' lead to 7-4. Travis Lites followed Lasprilla with an RBI single to make it 8-4.
In the eighth, Adamson stretched his hitting streak to 25 straight games with a two-out, two-run blast to left field to put the finishing touches on the victory.
Kenny Elkind went the distance on the hill for the Rams, allowing just eight hits over nine innings to pick up the win and improve to 10-2 on the season.
Ticket Information
Tickets can be purchased online by clicking on the ticket button above. No one will be admitted into the stadium without a ticket, and no passes will be accepted. All children age 12 and under will be admitted free of charge.
Fans interested in pre-ordering an all-session tournament pass can order those online for $20, or they can order single-day tickets for $10 apiece. Those tournament passes or tickets can be order anytime from April 13-May 1. Any tournament passes or tickets ordered online between April 13 and April 24 can be mailed to those placing the order, or they can be picked up in Room 216-A in Moody Coliseum on the ACU campus.
However, those tournament passes or tickets must be picked up by noon on Friday, May 1.
All tournament passes or tickets purchased after April 24 will have to be picked up at the will-call window at Crutcher Scott Field on May 2. All pre-tournament sales will end at noon on Friday, May 1.
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