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Baseball team's high-powered offense scores one, drops two

The Roadrunners lost the first two of three games in their opening weekend, falling to Regis and splitting with Nebraska-Kearney in nonconference action. Metro lost 4-3 in their season opener against Regis Feb. 9 in Pueblo. Regis pitcher Craig Deaver struck out eight ’Runners in 4.1 innings while allowing two runs on six hits for his first win of the season.

Metro split a doubleheader against Nebraska-Kearney Feb. 11 played in Pueblo at Runyon Field.
In game one, the ’Runners scored 15 runs but allowed Kearney to put up 20 runs in a game where relief pitching didn’t fare well.

“Sunday we opened it up a little bit,” Metro head coach Bobby Pierce said of the offense scoring 28 runs in two games. “We put up 15 runs on the board, but we had some guys blow up out of the pen, and that’s not going to be too consistent this year.”

In the second game, the Roadrunners jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first inning, but failed to score a run for the rest of regulation. Kearney managed to put up seven runs to force extra innings, but Metro finally got into the win column with an 8-7 victory.

“When we get a chance to bury somebody, we need to bury them,” Pierce said. “We got to get more sense of urgency when we get up on somebody, because in both games, we were up early.”

The opening weekend left Metro with a 1-2 record and the season continues on the road Feb. 16 to 18 at Hays, Kan., where the ’Runners will participate in the Fort Hays State Tournament.