ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- Tied 4-4 after eight, a three-run ninth inning for No. 7 Texas Tech, with the winning run scoring on a wild pitch, spelled a 7-4 defeat for The University of New Mexico Lobos in a battle of two of the West's top teams.
The game was tight throughout, with New Mexico twice coming from two runs down to tie. Down 2-0 after two innings, UNM scored single runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth. In the third, Dalton Bowers doubled before coming home on a Luis Gonzalez single.