PUEBLO, Colo. - Colorado State University Pueblo closed out the home portion of its 2025 schedule here Sunday afternoon as they picked up a 19-3 run-ruled Senior Day victory over Adams State in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action at Rawlings Field. The win helped the Pack earned a RMAC series sweep against the Grizzlies. 

With the victory, the ThunderWolves improve to 29-17 overall and 19-9 in the league, while ASU fell to 17-29 overall and 13-15 in the league. Despite the four game sweep over the Grizzlies, the Pack remained in fourth place in the RMAC standings heading into the final week of the regular season, while the 29 wins matches last season's win total.  The Pack hasn't won 30 games in a season since posting a 39-14 record in 2015.

Prior to Sunday's game, the Pack recognized its 17-member senior class in a pregame ceremony. The 17 seniors this season are right fielder Elijah Borjas (Denver, Colo./Lakewood), first baseman Christian Castaneda (El Paso, Texas/Otero JC), pitcher Kade Douglas (Lakewood, Colo./Hill College), pitcher Travis Farrell (Las Vegas, Nev./Otero JC), third baseman Kysen Howard (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest), catcher Brady Ingalls (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa), infielder Edmund King (Imperial Beach, Calif./Southwestern), shortstop Rob Mansour (La Verne, Calif./Cuesta College), infielder Kolton Miller (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa), pitcher Nick Perry (Denton, Texas/Dallas College Richland), infielder Cael Porter (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa), third baseman Joseph Quintana (Golden, Colo./Erskine College), left fielder Wyatt Reginato (Cottonwood, Calif./Folsom Lake), pitcher Cameron Saso (McKinleyville, Calif./Folsom Lake), pitcher Luke Schmedding (Olathe, Kan./Cloud County CC), infielder Kade Snodgrass (Derby, Kan./Neosho County CC), and infielder Brad Stone (Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada).

The four-game RMAC home sweep was the first for the Pack since taking four games against New Mexico Highlands on March 17-19, 2023. In addition, it also the second four-game sweep this season for the Pack as they took all four games in its RMAC series at Colorado Christian on March 28-29.

In Sunday's game, the Pack scored four runs in the first, added three runs in the second and put the game away in the fourth inning as they sent 13 hitters to the plate and scored 10 runs to take a 17-0 lead after four innings of play. The Pack would add two more runs in the sixth to cap the scoring.

The Pack offense finished the day with 21 hits, including seven extra hits. Three of extra bats hits were single-game school record tying three doubles by Castaneda, while Borjas hit two of the Pack's four home runs in the contest. The 21 hits were the second most in a game this season by the Pack, while the 19 runs were the fourth-most in a game this season.

Castaneda had a Senior Day to remember as he was 5-for-5 with three runs scored and 3 RBI, while Borjas was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and 5 RBI. For the series, those two combined to go 17-for-28 (.607) at the plate with 11 runs, eight doubles, two home runs, and 17 RBI, including 14 by Borjas. The two players combined for a slugging percentage of 2.251 and an OPS of 3.513.

In addition to Castaneda, Ingalls went 3-for-4, while Reginato, Mansour, King and Howard each had two hits and combined for 10 runs and 7 RBI. In fact, every starter recorded at least one hit with the exception of Porter, who was 0-for-2 with a walk.

The Pack jumped in front 1-0 in the bottom of the first on an RBI double to left by Castaneda and used a Borjas RBI ground out to take a 2-0 lead and Castaneda scored the third run on a wild pitch by Joseph Marek to push out to a 3-0 lead and added a fourth run later in the frame on an RBI single to right center by Ingalls. 

Castaneda added the Pack's fifth run of the game on his RBI single to left in the bottom of second to give the ThunderWolves a 5-0 edge. After Castaneda was picked off at second, Borjas drilled a 2-1 pitch over the wall in right center for a solo home run to give the Pack a 6-0 lead and Howard added the Pack's seventh run of the game on his single through the right side that plated King, who drew a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. 

In the bottom of the fourth, Castaneda led off with a double and scored one batter later when Borjas made it 9-0 on his 2-run homer over the wall in left center. The homer was his second of the game and ninth of the season. Later in the inning, Miller drove home two runs with his bases loaded single through the right side to push the Pack's lead to 11-0 and Mansour added another run on his single to left center to push the lead to 12-0. The lead grew to 13-0 on an infield RBI single by Castaneda and Borjas followed with another infield RBI single to give the Pack a 14-0 lead and King then drilled a 3-run homer over the wall in left field to give the Pack a 17-0 lead. 

After not allowing a hit through four innings and staked to a 17-0 lead, Perry lost his bid for both a no-hitter and shutout as Phil Carter hit the first he saw in the fifth inning over the wall in center for a home run to give ASU its first run and first hit of the game. Carter's homer chased Perry from the game and brought Saso into the game. The Grizzlies would get two more runs in the inning on solo homers by Christian Altamirano and Chris Gracia to drop the Pack's lead to 17-3. 

The Pack added another run to its tally in the bottom of the sixth as Reginato led off the frame with a solo homer over the wall in right center and later in the inning, King added the 19th run of the game on his RBI single up the middle.

Schmedding, who was the third pitcher of the game for the Pack, pitched a scoreless sixth inning as he allowed two hits and had a strikeout and Douglas struck out the side in the seventh to close the game.

Perry (5-2) picked up the win as he went four-plus innings and allowed one hit and one run, while walking two and striking out four. Saso, who relieved Perry after he allowed Carter's homer in the fifth, tossed the fifth inning and allowed three this and two runs, while walking none and striking out none.

ASU, who was outhit, 54-24 and outscored, 43-19 in the series, finished Sunday's game with six hits, including Carter going 2-for-3 with a home run.

Marek (4-3) took the loss on the mound for the Grizzlies as he tossed 1.2 innings and allowed seven hits and seven runs, while walking four and striking out one. The Grizzlies used five pitchers in the game.

Both teams committed an error, while the Pack left six runners on base and ASU stranded five. The Pack, who were credited with 13 steals in the series, stole two bases on Sunday. ASU also had a stolen base in the game.

The Pack will close out the 2025 regular season next weekend as they travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., for a four-game series against UCCS. The series will begin with a 12 p.m. game on Thursday, May 1 at UC Health Park, before playing a doubleheader on Friday, May 2 at 12 p.m. on the UCCS campus and concluding the series with a noon nine-inning game on Saturday, May 3.