Dye Brilliant in 3-1 Win Over Columbia

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HOUSTON, Texas — Cody Dye was brilliant, allowing just four hits and a run over eight innings on just 93 pitches, and he got just enough offense in the form of another steal of home, a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single as the Lobos defeated the Columbia Lions for a second straight day in a neutral site game played at Houston’s Schroeder Park.
 
Dye picked up his first victory of the year.  He was coming off a good start against Fresno State that saw him go six innings and allow three earned runs in a 5-4 loss last Sunday.  This time out, he threw perhaps his best career outing.  The righty allowed a leadoff double, and then no other hits until the seventh inning. 
 
Overall, he allowed three hits and struck out eight in eight innings, allowing just two walks.  Over his last two starts he has lowered his ERA over four full runs.  Dye’s effort continued a hot stretch by UNM’s pitchers, as over the last 25 innings, UNM has allowed just two runs.  UNM’s relievers went 7.2 scoreless in a 10-9, 11-inning win on Friday before Justin Slaten and Malachi Emond allowed just a single run in the nightcap, a 1-0 loss to Houston.
 
UNM got on the board first with another double steal, again with both Mang brothers in the thick of it with Jared stealing second and Connor stealing home.  The duo turned the same trick against Columbia on Friday, with Jared stealing home.
 
The Lobos added two more runs in the sixth when Phillip Sikes doubled and went to third on a Justin Watari single.  After a sacrifice bunt and another Jared Mang hit by pitch, the bases were loaded.  Sikes scored on a sacrifice fly by Robby Campillo and Watari scored on a single by Jeff Deimling.
 
Dye was touched for a scratch run in the seventh on a leadoff double and an RBI single, but that was it.  Christian Tripp entered in the ninth and allowed two runners but got a game-ending double play for his fifth save of the year.