OREM, Utah – New Mexico State baseball starter shined Thursday night at Utah Valley Thursday night, tossing a four-hit complete game shutout at the UCCU Ballpark as the Aggies run-ruled the host Wolverines in seven innings.
The first couple innings were a bit quiet despite NM State (27-9, 10-3 WAC) leaving a pair of runners in scoring position. With two outs in the second, drew a walk before singled up the middle to put runners on first and second, but nothing came to fruition as UVU's Jason Carr froze on a 2-2 pitch down.
reached third on a high flyball to left that couldn't be fielded cleanly due to the sun before drew a walk to put runners on the corners for – who answered with a deep flyball to right center to score Bottrell for the 1-0 lead in the third.