March 22, 2005
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico baseball team’s four-game winning streak over New Mexico State came to an end Tuesday night as the Aggies defeated the Lobos, 8-5, at Presley Askew Field. The Lobos (11-12) return to conference action Thursday-Saturday (March 24-26) against UNLV at Isotopes Park. The first game of the series is set for noon on Thursday.
The Aggies (13-12) jumped on the Lobos early with a run in the first inning and scored another run in the second to make it 2-0.
UNM got on the board in the third on a Daniel Stovall RBI single that brought home Jordan Pacheco. Pacheco doubled to lead off the inning, extending his hitting streak to 19 games.
The Lobos tied the game at 2 in the top of the fifth as Stovall drove in his second run of the game, this time on a sacrifice fly that plated Garrick Haymore.
New Mexico State bounced back with five runs in the bottom half of the fifth to take a 7-2 lead.
New Mexico trimmed the lead to 7-5 with three runs in the seventh, all on Aggie errors.
NMSU added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth for the victory.Mark Aranda went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Vince Rodden went 3-for-5 for the Aggies.
Lobo starter Karsten Gaarder (1-4) tossed four innings and gave up five runs on seven hits in the loss.