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Lobo baseball tops St. Bonaventure, raises its NCAA-leading batting average even higher

Catcher Jake Holland hit two home runs and had five RBIs as the host New Mexico baseball team pounded 16 hits and downed St. Bonaventure 14-4 in eight innings Friday.

UNM improved to 7-1, St. Bonaventure dropped to 0-5. It was the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

The Bonnies struck first, for four second-inning runs against UNM right-hander Riley Egloff (3-0), but the Lobos scored five third-inning runs, six in the fifth and were in control. UNM first baseman Reed Spenrath also homered and scored four runs in a 3-for-3 performance.

Holland is a transfer from two-year Chipola College who began hjs collegiate career at Georgia Tech.