TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The College of Southern Idaho Baseball Team played toe-to-toe all day Saturday with #10 Southern Nevada but watched the Coyotes rally in the last inning of each game to win 6-4 and 5-3 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.
CSI led game one 4-2 heading into the six inning before Southern Nevada tied it in the sixth and scored the winning runs in the seventh.Â
Jackson Kohler went 3-for-4 and
Hayden Leatham was 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Tyler Curtis hit a home run in the fourth scoring
Andrew Astin who hit a bunt single.
Colton Carpenter pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.
CSI spotted CSN three runs in the first inning of game two but the Golden Eagles battled back, scoring one run in the fourth and two in eighth to tie it up.Â
The Golden Eagles scored in the fourth after
Nolan Walker took first on a hit by pitch and Leatham doubled him in.
In the eighth,
Jordan Scott led off the inning with a single, followed by singles by Hudleson, Walker and Leatham to tie the game.
But that would be all as CSN scored two runs in the ninth with no ball leaving the infield. Southern Nevada took advantage of three bunt singles and two CSI errors for the win.
Connor Breding earned the loss, going 8 innings and giving up four earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts.
Kohler finished 2-for-3, while Leatham was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI.Â
CSI, now 20-18 overall and 7-12 in conference play, hosts league-leading Salt Lake Friday and Saturday.