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, and a four-run Comet rally to tie the score in the sixth inning before Clifton pulled out the win for UTD.
 
Clifton fell behind early in the count to Lobo starter Trent Blackwater (6-2), but worked the count full and sent the payoff pitch towering over the leftfield wall to break open the 5-5 game. Clifton made a winner out of Comet reliever Aaron Bach (1-0), who pitched three scoreless innings, and set the stage for closer Brandon Clounch to pick up his league-leading sixth save of the season.

UTD was holding on to a narrow 1-0 lead when rain/lightening in the area stopped the game for an hour-and-a-half. The Lobos (11-12, 7-9 ASC) had two runners with no outs on when the game was halted, and things went from bad to worse for Dauer when he returned to the mound after the delay. Sul Ross ended up sending 10 hitters to the plate with seven getting base hits and five coming home to take a 5-1 lead - all charged to Dauer.

But the Comets got their staff ace off the hook in the sixth, long after Bach had taken over on the hill. Tyler Walker led off with a walk and freshman Nolan Smith (who was 3-for-4) followed with a one-out single. Another walk to Jimmy Norris loaded the bases with two outs and Nick Marti then delivered a 2-RBI single to left field. On the insuing errant throw to the infield, two UTD runners avoided a rundown on the bases and Brandon George took advantage of the new life with a 2-RBI double to tie the game.

Bach made things interesting in his first two innings, loading the bases before getting a strikeout to end the inning. He then got a three-up, three-down inning in the eighth. Clounch also ran into trouble in the ninth, allowing a pair of two-out hits before coaxing a game-ending ground out.

The Comets scored first in the second. Clounch led off the inning with a single and the Comets loaded the bases with a Matt Olszewski walk and Smith single before Norris got the first RBI on a bases-loaded walk from Blackwater.

SATURDAY GAME  1: SRSU 10, UTD 4

Things did not start well for UTD starter Micah Easterling in the opener of the Saturday doubleheader, and didn't get any better as the Comets again fell well behind after a big SRSU inning and had to play catch-up throughout a 10-4 loss.
 
The Comets and Lobos were even at 2-2 after the first inning,,  but SRSU exploded for five runs in a four-hit, two-error second inning to take a lead they would not surrender. Easterling was pelted for six hits and went six batters into the second inning without an out before relief took over. By then the damage was done and the Comets trailed 7-2. Three of the runs were unearned.
 
Comet relievers didn't fare much better as the Lobos continued their offensive onslaught, posting 14 hits against five hitters in the seven-inning game, including six doubles. Even after UTD had cut the lead down to 7-4 with single runs in the fourth and fifth, SRSU answered with three more scores in the final two frames.
 
SRSU jumped on the scoreboard before the fans were even settled in their seats. In the top of the first, the Lobos put together three hits and took advantage of the first of three UTD errors to go up 2-0. But the Comets were able to answer in the bottom of the first. Gandy reached with a single to right, then eventually scored on a George RBI single. The Comets loaded the bases again and Clifton picked up an RBI with a walk to tie the score.
 
After the disastrous second inning, the Comets started chipping away at the lead, scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth. Smith opened the fourth with a single, and eventually scored on a Pierce Fly sacrifice fly. In the fifth, Clounch walked with two outs and came home on a Smith RBI single.
 
SATURDAY GAME 2: SRSU 8, UTD 3
 
Another Lobo outburst midway through the series finale made it look like UTD might be completely shut out. Starter Justin Vajgert, who had only one win all season, looked like an all-star, holding the Comets to just one hit through the first six innings and finishing the complete game scattering six hits.
 
UTD again staged a late rally, but not before falling behind 8-0 in the first six innings. By then, it was too late for more heroics.
 
SRSU jumped on starter Clayton Buckner (1-2) in the second inning, scoring the game's first run on a pair of hits. In the fifth, they blew the game open with four runs on five hits and chased Buckner in the sixth with a a pair of doubles to open the inning. By the end of the frame, two more hits and a walk finished a three-run, five-hit inning and the Lobos led, 8-0.
 
The Comets finally got on the board with a pair of runs in the seventh. George led off the inning with a walk and Clounch followed with a double down the leftfield line. Clifton then added to his RBI total, driving in both runs with a single to center. UTD then re-loaded the bases, but failed to get any other runners home.
 
In their last-gasp effort in the bottom of the ninth, the Comets again loaded up the bases on a hit batter, an Olszewski single and a Fly walk before Vajgert brought home the final UTD run with a 3-2 walk of Norris. But Norris and the others were stranded as the game ended on a popup.