PUEBLO, Colo. - Kris Lalk (Lakewood, Colo./Green Mountain H.S.) allowed one earned run in eight innings, but Metropolitan State University of Denver fell 3-2 at No. 13 Colorado State-Pueblo on Friday night in Pueblo. The Roadrunners fell to 9-9 overall and 4-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while CSUP improved to 18-3 overall and 10-1 in the RMAC with its eighth straight win.
Lalk scattered seven hits and two walks, while striking out nine, but three Roadrunners errors cost MSU Denver.
An RBI double by
Andrew Paust (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa H.S.) in the fourth inning scored
Darryl Baca (Loveland, Colo./Loveland H.S.) to tie the game at 1-1. Baca put the Roadrunners in front with a solo home run in the seventh.
The ThunderWolves responded with a solo home run in the eighth, but two errors in the ninth inning handed reliever
Josh Moore (Grand Junction, Colo./Grand Junction H.S.) a tough loss.
Mitch Gibbons (Franktown, Colo./Ponderosa H.S.) finished with three hits and
Nick Comito (Lakewood, Colo./Mullen H.S.) had two.
The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday.
