Glenn Connelly / Photo Editor

The San Diego State baseball team’s totals this weekend resembled those of a football game. In the course of the three-game series at high elevation, SDSU scored 38 runs against Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo.

With 14 runs Friday and 16 Saturday, the most intimidating was the low-scoring game Sunday afternoon.

Despite back and forth scoring, the Aztecs had enough runs to maintain an 8-7 victory and swept the Mountain West Conference rival Falcons.

“Coming up here the thought is that we’re going to have double-digit scores every game,” head coach Tony Gwynn said. “We didn’t today, but luckily still got the win.”

Sunday’s scoring started early for SDSU thanks to freshman first baseman Blair Moore. Moore knocked a three-RBI double down the left field line, helping the Aztecs produce their seventh consecutive game in which they brought in the first runs of the match.

The lead was stretched to 4-0 at the top of the third when sophomore Chris Wilson was able to score from third on a wild pitch over the Air Force catcher’s head.

The Falcons started to fight back in the bottom of the inning when they managed two earned runs off SDSU freshman starting pitcher Ethan Miller.

The Aztecs responded with an RBI single in the sixth by sophomore outfielder Brandon Meredith. SDSU held the lead at 5-2 until the bottom of the seventh when Miller gave up a three-run homer to tie the game.

“It’s just a different atmosphere when you’re out here,” sophomore reliever John Pecoraro said of Colorado. “Here, guys lift balls that are usually fly balls back in San Diego.”

Jordan Van Hoosier, freshman designated hitter for the Aztecs, proved that when he hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning, his first of the year.

Unfortunately for SDSU, an Air Force run was scored in the bottom of the ninth as well, sending the game into extra innings, 6-6.

The Aztecs had a strong top of the 10th, scoring two runs 8212; one from junior catcher Matt Parker’s sacrifice fly which brought Meredith from third, and what would eventually be the game-winning run off the bat of a single from junior outfielder Cory Vaughn.

The Falcons struck back with a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th, but it wasn’t enough to take the victory from SDSU, or Pecoraro, who received his second win of the series in Sunday’s game.

“I wasn’t too worried about the home run, we were still up one with two outs,” Pecoraro said. “I was just worried about winning in the 10th and not making it to an 11th.”
With the sweep in Colorado, the Aztecs’ win streak goes to five and they now hold a tie with BYU for fourth place in the MWC.

“Today’s game wasn’t really indicative of what they can do, but with five wins in a row, hopefully we can continue to get better and keep winning ball games,” Gwynn said. “When you look at this series on paper, you’d see that we were supposed to win three games, and we did that.”

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