When and Where: February 3, 2024 – Houston, Texas (Minute Maid Park)
Score: #5 University of Central Missouri 5, #9 Southern New Hampshire University 4
Records: SNHU 0-2, UCM 1-1
Junior
Anderson Moreno (Bronx, N.Y.) and senior
Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) each went deep, but the ninth-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team lost, 5-4, on a walk-off homer to the University of Central Missouri on Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in its second game of the Houston Winter Invitational.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Moreno – 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
- Burgos – 1-3, 2 R, RBI
- Sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 2-4, BB
- Sophomore Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 4.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 K, 2 BB
KEY MOMENTS
- Central Missouri struck twice in the bottom of the first against sophomore starter Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.), but Southern New Hampshire tied the game in the third inning on home runs by Burgos and Moreno.
- The Mules again posted a pair in the fifth to go in front 4-2, before sacrifice flies from sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) in the eighth and Moreno in the ninth pulled the Penmen even at 4-4.
- With one out in the home half of the ninth, Central Missouri won it on a solo shot to right-center by Josh Patrick.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Sophomore Ruben Fernandez (Providence, R.I.) went 1-for-2.
- Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) went 0-for-3 and walked twice.
- Trumpour allowed three runs on six hits over four innings, while striking out three and walking three.
- Sophomore Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) relinquished a run on one hit in a third of an inning.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire is ranked ninth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25, while Central Missouri is fifth.
- This was the first meeting between the two programs.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen wrap up their time at the Houston Winter Invitational on Sunday (Feb. 4) at 6 p.m. when they take on Arkansas Tech University.
