OREM, Utah — With 11 runs over the final two innings, the New Mexico State baseball team beat Utah Valley 17-6 to clinch a berth in next week’s WAC tournament in Mesa, Arizona.
NM State jumped out to a 5-0 lead over the first two innings of play. In the first inning, Edwin Martinez-Pagani cleared the bases with a three-run double to give the Aggies a lead they would never relinquish. Later in the frame, Cal Villareal would go on to drive in a run with a single through the right side.
In the second inning, the Antillon brothers would connect for NM State’s fifth run of the game.