HENDERSON, Nev. (May 4, 2019) – How sweep it was for the No. 8 College of Southern Nevada baseball team on Saturday.
Needing to pick up two victories in order to win the Scenic West regular-season title, the Coyotes found a way to come past the No. 19 Salt Lake Community College program to earn a narrow 3-1 victory in game one and an impressive 9-1 win in game two. The wins help Southern Nevada earn the right to host the Region 18 championships next weekend at Morse Stadium.
More information on next weekend's Region 18 championships will be available in the coming days on the Scenic West's website. The bracket will be released in the coming days.
Southern Nevada 3, Salt Lake 1: A back-and-forth game ended in the Coyotes finding a way to power to a late victory.
After four scoreless innings,
Jack Pineda got the Coyotes on the board in the fifth inning on a sacrifice-fly to center field to give Southern Nevada a 1-0 lead. Salt Lake picked up a tying run in the sixth inning before CSN retook the lead with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning. First,
Steven Rivas scored on wild pitch for CSN to take the lead, followed up by
Matt Wong scoring on a fielder's choice.
Josh Brown earned the win for Southern Nevada, throwing 1.1 innings with a strikeout.
Southern Nevada 9, Salt Lake 1: CSN clinched the Scenic West title with a roar, picking up a run-rule win in the series finale.
The Coyotes scored a run in the first inning on an
AJ Amelburu RBI walk, followed up by two runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead.
Cole Schaefer had an RBI bunt-single in the third inning to help Southern Nevada to a 4-0 lead.
Salt Lake scored a run in the fifth inning before
Matt Wong responded with a two-run home run in the sixth inning and
AJ Amelburu hit an RBI double to boost the CSN lead to 7-1. Two Southern Nevada runs also scored in the seventh inning on unearned runs.
Wong and Schaefer both went 2-of-3 at the plate, with Wong also finishing with three RBI's. Cuevas pitched a complete-game victory, allowing five hits and striking out nine batters in seven innings.
