RICHARDSON, Texas - For the fourth consecutive week, the UT Dallas baseball team opened its Lone Star Conference series with a victory, this time defeating Eastern New Mexico 14-3 in seven innings at home on Friday.

The Comets (7-4 LSC) outhit the Greyhounds (2-9 LSC) 13-5 and scored 14 unanswered runs.

ENMU scored a pair of runs on three hits in the top of the first, including a Jake Willerup double that scored Eiji Sawamura. In the second, Jackson Meng walked and scored on a Cole Curtis triple to give the Greyhounds a 3-0 advantage.

Senior right fielder Trent McCown started the bottom of the second with a rocket blast to deep left field - his third home run of the season.

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UTD sophomore pitcher Luke Nielsen entered the game in emergency relief in the top of the third and retired the first seven batters he faced. Meanwhile, the Comets scored a run in the bottom of the third and took a 6-3 lead on three hits and four walks in the fourth. Alex Miller recorded an RBI-double, Austin Wallace drove in Miller with a triple and scored on a wild pitch and McCown later drew a bases-loaded walk.

Freshman second baseman Gavin Barker singled and scored on a Miller base hit in the fifth. UTD followed with a seven-run sixth inning, which included a two-run single down the right field line by Wallace and a three-run double by shortstop Jake Amoroso.

Senior right-hander Kasey Klyng finished the game on the mound with two scoreless frames.

UT Dallas Performances
- Nielsen (2-0) earned the win with three scoreless innings, allowing two walks, no hits and striking out two. He also picked off a runner at second base.
- Wallace drove in three runs and scored three times with two hits, including the triple. He was also hit by a pitch.
- Amoroso went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of doubles. 
- McCown's home run was the 16th of his career.
- Miller recorded two hits, two runs and two RBI.
- Barker extended his hitting streak to seven games with a pair of singles and two walks.

Eastern New Mexico Performances
- Sawamura was 2-for-3 with a double, walk, run and a stolen base.
- Curtis went 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Jake Willerup recorded an RBI-double.
- Starter Cole Lancaster (1-3) allowed seven hits, six runs, three walks and three strikeouts over 3.2 innings in the loss.

Up Next
The Comets and Greyhounds will play two seven-inning games in a double-header at noon Saturday.