Baseball: Slaten leads Lobos to second win over Central Michigan

A strong outing from Justin Slaten on the mound propelled the University of New Mexico baseball team to its second win over Central Michigan this Friday evening.

Slaten, a sophomore, pitched seven innings and allowed just three hits and no runs. He also struck out eight batters and walked none en route to his first victory this season.

In fact, Slaten pitched two shutout innings to start the game. He hit a batter in the third inning but retired the next three batters to end the inning.

It wasn’t until the fourth inning that UNM’s offense was able to put runs on the scoreboard. After freshman Derek Marshall was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the fourth off, and freshman Connor Mang…