Denver – The Metropolitan State University of Denver baseball team fell 6-2 to MSU-Billings on Friday afternoon.  The Roadrunners fall to 1-3 and the Yellowjackets improve to 3-3.

The Roadrunners were led offensively by senior Reilly Mau (Longmont, Colo./Longmont H.S.).  Mau went 2-for-4 from behind the plate and scored a run in the game.

MSU Denver was trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the first before sophomore Hunter Donaldson (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge H.S.) singled to score senior Jeff Levett (Parker, Colo./Chaparral H.S.) tying the game at 1-1.

The Roadrunners gave up one run in the second inning and three in the fourth inning.  MSU Denver would attempt to rally when sophomore Trent Maloney (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County H.S.) hit a double in the gap scoring Mau.  Maloney was thrown out on the play attempting to stretch the hit into a triple.

Sophomore Julian Garcia (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge H.S.) took the loss on the mound for the Roadrunners.  Garcia gave up six runs, four earned, on six hits.  Senior Cameron Stroup (Arvada, Colo./Arvada West H.S.) allowed only one hit in four innings of relief striking out six.

MSU Denver will face MSU-Billings on Saturday.  The Roadrunners will play two seven-inning games beginning at 12 noon at The Regency Athletic Complex.