Blackwood gets 700th victory at LCU as Chaps beat Angelo State
SAN ANGELO — No. 23 Lubbock Christian University beat No. 17 Angelo State 9-8 Friday night in a Lone Star Conference baseball series opener, giving Nathan Blackwood his 700th victory as the Chaparrals' head coach.
Blackwood just broke the school record for coaching victories two weeks ago when he topped Larry Hays' 695 wins.
Leadoff batter Eduardo Acosta went 4 for 5 with two runs batted in and two scored as LCU (12-3, 10-3) won its fifth game in a row and 10th out of 11. The Chaparrals broke a 6-6 tie in the ninth on a run-scoring single from Edgar Hernandez and a two-run homer from Jarred Gibson.
In the bottom of the ninth, Kamden Kelton and Jackson Hardy had RBI groundouts for Angelo State (13-4, 13-4), but the Rams had their five-game win streak snapped.
Larry Leitha hit his fourth home run for LCU. Luis Navarro and Mason Donohoe both had two hits and an RBI. Navarro has reached base in 53 consecutive games dating to last season.
Winning pitcher Peyton Hutson (4-0) relieved starter Ethan Coombes in the fifth inning and went 3 2/3. Hutson allowed two runs on four hits and three walks. Cannon Davis pitched the ninth and got his second save.
The Rams host the Chaps in the finale of the four-game series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
LCU softball
LAWTON, Okla. — Athena Muniz, Kamryn Gibbs and Brooke Makemson homered as Lubbock Christian University beat Cameron 11-10 Saturday in the first game of a Lone Star Conference doubleheader, holding on after building a big lead early.
LCU (17-2, 3-0) ran its win streak to 17 games.
The doubleheader originally was scheduled for Sunday, but moved up based on the weather forecast.
Muniz's home run was a three-run shot that capped a seven-run top of the first. Two-run blasts by Gibbs in the third and Makemson in the fourth made the Lady Chaps' lead 11-6.
Cameron (14-7, 2-1) rallied for two runs each in the fifth and the sixth, but LCU relief pitcher Maxine Valdez worked around a leadoff walk in the seventh for her second save. She allowed two hits in two scoreless innings.
Taylor Franco (10-0) was lifted after the first two Cameron batters reached in the sixth. Franco was charged with all 10 runs, six earned. She gave up six hits and six walks.
Tyla Lee had three of LCU's 12 hits.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: College baseball: Blackwood gets 700th victory at LCU as Chaps beat Angelo State
