PORTALES, N.M. (April 11, 2025) – Lubbock Christian played into extras for the second-straight Friday, dropping the series-opener at Eastern New Mexico 6-5 in 11 innings.
 
LCU lost the game despite out-hitting the host Greyhounds 10-7 in large part due to the 12 walks issued by Chaparral pitchers. The only time this season they have walked more batters was in the 21-11 loss at Texas A&M International on March 14, which was coincidentally the last time they lost a series-opener.
 
Logan Moore suffered the loss in relief as the Chaps fell to 23-16 overall and 22-15 in Lone Star Conference play. He issued back-to-back walks to start the bottom of the 11^th before the Chaps got an out. Stoney Rhodes then came on and got Willie Ponce to fly out before another walk set up Luciano Terilli's walkoff single.
 
Andrew Duran was a bright spot out of the bullpen, going 4.1 shutout innings without allowing a run or a hit. Jacob Gutierrez, Kyle Lewis and Frayner Chavez all had two hits apiece at the plate.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Chaparrals got on the scoreboard first, starting in the second inning. Brock Tijerina came across to score the lone run of the inning for Lubbock Christian and get them on the board.
 
The Greyhounds failed to push any runs across before the Chaparrals offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning. Lubbock Christian scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Brevin McCool, which brought the Chaparrals lead to 2-0.
 
ENMU answered in the bottom of the fourth with a pair of runs and then briefly took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Anthony Cortese cleared the bases with a double down the left field line.
 
In the top of the sixth, LCU got all three runs back, getting RBI singles from Brock Tijerina and Ryan Blackwell before Kade York tied the game with a groundout. The Chaps would only have one more hit over the next five innings – a triple from Gutierrez in the seventh – before ENMU walked it off in the 11^th.
 
GAME NOTES
» LCU threw exactly 175 pitches in the game, with only 51 percent finding the strike zone (89). Meanwhile ENMU threw 59 percent of their 164 pitches (97) for strikes.
» The Chaps only struck out one ENMU batter in the game. It is just the second time this season they have struck out fewer than two batters in a game.
» The Chaps reached the double-digit hit mark for the 26^th time this season.
» Gutierrez had a double and a triple, raising his slugging percentage for the year to .583.
» LCU's .244 batting average in the game is their lowest since March 16, when they hit .147 in a 4-1 win against Texas A&M International.