The Javelina baseball team left Portales, N.M., with a conference series win this past weekend.
\nThe Javelinas hit the road over spring break and won three of four games in what was a very offensive weekend.
\nThe Javelinas totaled a whopping 47 runs on the weekend compared to the Gryehounds total of 23.
\nSophomore Giancarlo Servin totaled nine hits on the weekend and seven RBIs to lead the Javelina offense.
\nWhen asked about the big win in New Mexico, student assistant Christian Caudle said, \u201cThe travel to Portales is not an easy one, and we did a good job of overcoming that obstacle. Anytime you can win a series on the road, you have to be happy about it. Now we have to carry this momentum into conference with West Texas this coming weekend at home.\u201d
\nIn game one of the series the Javelinas threw up 16 runs on the board opening the series with a very dominating performance at the plate.
\n Servin and Senior Pablo Hernandez both had three hits a piece at the plate and together batted in five runs.
\nThe Javelinas went on to win game one by a score of 16-4.
\nGame two was a bit of a different story compared to game one.
\nThe Javelinas fought hard but lost the game 11-6.
\nGame three the Javelinas got back on track and put up 17 runs to win the game 17-1.
\n Servin turned in another three-hit game with three RBIs.
\n Junior Seth Spinn also had a three-hit game with a trio of RBIs as well.
\nThe Javelinas scored every single inning in the game and could not be stopped at the plate.
\nGame four of the series was a tight one but the Javelinas prevailed winning 8-7.
\nServin had another outstanding night at the plate with three more hits to add to his weekend total.
\nCameron Melcher also turned in three hits in the game as well.
\nHernandez also hit a three runs blast to help the Javelinas win the game.
\nSenior Garrett Alexander came in to close out the game and series.
\nWhen asked about the series win head coach Jason Gonzalez said, \u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of the fight and pack mentality that the guys showed\u2026
\nThey out-toughed the other team and they don\u2019t know how to quit.\u201d
\nTAMUK will be back at home at 6pm Friday, March, 22 to take on West Texas at Nolan Ryan Field. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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