Beeville, Tx-  Over the weekend, #5 Coastal Bend College Baseball hosted a familiar foe, in Western Oklahoma State College for a four game series at Joe Hunter Field. The series began on Friday, February 21st for a nine inning ball game. 

After starting the game off with four runs in the Top of the 1st, that's all the Pioneers would need to take game one. The Cougars recorded only five hits in the game, with the only score coming from Designated Hitter, Ryan Howell who hit a Solo Homer in the Bottom of the First.

Late in the game, WOSC tacked on an insurance run to lead, 5-1 going into the Bottom of the Ninth. The Cougars would go down swinging as their attempt at a rally came short. 

Coastal Bend LHP, Nolan Cox pitched seven complete innings, allowing six hits that went for three earned runs. Cox walked two batters while striking out nine.

In game two of the series, the Cougars looked to tie the series up at one game apiece with Luis Martinez on the mound. The game's first score occurred in the Top of the Third inning, the Pioneers crossed the plate for one run. 

Following a scoreless Fourth inning, the Pioneers added another run the Top of the Fifth to lead CBC, 2-0. In what seemed to be a replay of innings past, a scoreless Sixth inning lead to scores by both clubs in the Seven inning. 

The Pioneers lead, 3-0 headed into the Bottom of the Seventh inning. CBC rallied with one run as Shortstop, Bret Copeland hit a Solo Home Run to trim the deficit. Ultimately, the rally fell short of tying the game. The Cougars lost by a final score of, 3-1.

Luis Martinez pitched a complete game, going the distance of seven strong innings. Martinez surrendered two earned runs on four hits while striking out 10 Pioneers.

For game three, the Cougars aimed to get back on track. With a Win, CBC would put themselves in a good position to break even and split the four game series. 

To start the scoring, Coastal Bend drew first blood this time around by scoring two runs in the Bottom of the First inning. The game's next score would again come from the Cougars as they increased their lead to four runs, by adding two scores in the Bottom of the Fourth.

CBC's, Logan Henderson had a no-hit bid going into the Fifth inning. During the frame, the Pioneers bats woke up as they rallied to take the lead. Western Oklahoma would score five runs during the inning. 

As the game proceeded to the Seventh inning, the Cougars kept the Pioneers at bay. Headed to the Bottom half of the inning, the Cougars posed a threat to tie up the game but the Pioneers denied CBC of the game tying run, losing 5-4.

The Cougars scoring came from Argelio Guajardo, Eric Martinez, Klayton Henderson and Ryan Howell who each recorded RBI's. Howell was the only CBC hitter to record an extra base hit. 

In the final game of the series, the Cougars would be in a scoring battle. A wild game it was, between Coastal Bend and Western Oklahoma. 

The Pioneers hit the Cougars hard in the Top of the First with seven runs. They would extend their lead in the Second inning by scoring two runs to lead, 9-0 going to the Bottom of the inning.  In the bottom half, CBC cut into the WOSC lead by touching the plate three times in the frame. 

The game's next score came from the Pioneers in the Fourth inning as they added one run. Coastal Bend rallied in the Bottom half of the inning with four runs of their own to trail Western Oklahoma, 10-7.

During the fifth inning the Pioneers again increased their lead with one more run. As the game progressed, the Cougars were able to produce a run to stay within striking distance of the Pioneers. 

Following a scoreless Eighth inning, CBC held the Pioneers off the board again in the Top of the Ninth. Going into the Bottom of the Ninth, the Cougars had some work to do as they trailed, 11-8. 

The Cougars had a bit of a rally going as they crossed the plate with one run, but again fell short of coming back. CBC ended up losing, 11-9.

CBC's scoring was led by Designated Hitter, Kane Mendietta who recorded two RBI's. Right Fielder, Klayton Henderson and Pinch Hitter, Kaiden Beaty each hit Solo Home Runs for the Cougars. Argelio Guajardo, Eric Martinez, and Bret Copeland each contributed to the scoring while hitting for an RBI. Catcher, Haldamel Perez went two for four during his plate appearance knocking in two, Doubles. 

The Cougars will be back in action, Tuesday, February 25th as they travel to Seguin, Tx for a Nine Inning ball game with Texas Lutheran University (JV). First Pitch is scheduled for 3:00 PM at Katt-Isbel Field.