Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HAYS,  Kan. (February 22, 2020) -  Colorado State University-Pueblo Baseball shutdown the Fort Hays State University Tigers to win both games of a doubleheader Saturday. The Pack claimed game one 4-0 and emerged victorious in game two 6-2.
 
The ThunderWolves pitching staff was brilliant Saturday, only yielding two earned runs on the day.  Pack pitchers struck out 24 batters in just 14 innings. Tigers batters only accumulated nine hits. Pack pitchers had a 0.93 WHIP on the day. Through three games of the series, Pack pitchers have a 1.13 ERA.
 
Brett Matthews (Sr., Queen Creek, Ariz.) set the pace for the Pack with a dominating showing in game one. Matthews pitched six scoreless innings. He allowed three hits and three walks. Matthews struck out 12 batters.
 
Johnathan Ramirez (R-Jr., Henderson, Colo.) closed out both games for the Pack. He allowed one unearned run in game two, but struck out two batters in 2.1 innings of work.
 
Gunner Pickett (Sr., Longmont, Colo.) tamed the Tigers in game two. Pickett fanned 10 batters in 5.2 innings of work. He allowed one run on five hits. Pickett did not issue a walk.
 
The Pack's offense took off in the third inning of game one. Aidan Welch (Jr., Seattle, Wash.) knocked in Easton Adler (Sr., Mead, Colo.) to push across the game's first run. Mike Gonzalez (Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.) slugged a single to plate Welch making it 2-0.
 
Although this was enough, the Pack picked up insurance runs in the fifth and seventh. Welch scored his second run of the game on a Billy Reyes (R-Sr., Yucaipa, Calif.) groundout. Cody Beck (Jr., Brighton, Colo.) came home on an error to clinch the Pack's 4-0 win in the first game.
 
In the second inning of game two, Ty Lewis (Jr., Pleasant Grove, Utah) slugged his first home run in a Pack uniform. Stone Romero (Sr., Albuquerque, N.M.) and Reggie Williams (So., Castle Rock, Colo.) both scored on Lewis' 3-run shot as the Pack jumped out to a 3-0 lead.

The Pack did more damage in the fifth. Beck scored when Reyes hit into a fielder's choice. Welch scored on a  pass ball to make it 5-0.
 
Beck singled in the sixth to drive in Romero to push the Packs' lead to six. Beck finished the game 2-for-3 with  a walk. Welch went 2-for-4 in both games. Romero had two hits in four trips in game two.
 
The Pack will look for a series win Sunday when the two teams meet in the series finale at 11 a.m.
 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.