Aggie hitters blast West Texas A&M

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CANYON, Texas (March 5) - A day after scoring 19 runs in the first game of a double-header with West Texas A&M on Friday, the Cameron baseball team was at it again.

Coach Todd Holland's Aggies pounded out 38 hits Saturday, sweeping both games of a double-header with the Buffs by scores of 23-12 and 10-5. The wins improved Cameron's record to 8-5 on the season. The Aggies will return home to host Tarleton State in a four-game series beginning Friday.

Saturday's first contest was knotted at 3-3 before the Aggies erupted for 11 runs in the fourth inning. Cameron came within three hits of tying an NCAA Division II record, racking up 12 hits in the frame. Corey Stang belted his team-leading fifth homer, while Clint Powell, Matt Castillo and Greg Patton each recorded two hits in the inning.

Patton finished the game 5-of-6 at the plate, hitting for the cycle with a single, double, triple and home run in the game. Patton collected five RBI and scored four runs.

Dustin Henry (1-0) got the win on the mound for the Aggies in Game 1, despite allowing eight earned runs in just over four innings of work. Josh Smith worked the final two and two-thirds innnings for the Aggies, allowing four runs on six hits. Both pitchers recorded two strikeouts.

Cameron jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the nightcap before West Texas A&M closed the gap with a five-run third inning. The Buffs tagged Aggie starter Ryan Totte (1-0) for four hits in the frame, including a two-run homer by Matt Rehkopf. Totte finished the inning and held WTAM scoreless in the fourth before yielding to Jason Huffaker, who earned his first save of the season by allowing just one hit over the final three innings.

The Aggies added an insurance run in the fourth on an RBI single by Stang, then tacked on three runs in the sixth, capped by John Herbert's solo homer to left field.