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CANYON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The West Texas A&M Buffaloes closed out the regular season home schedule on a high note on Sunday afternoon, claiming a 13-11 Lone Star Conference victory over the Texas A&M International Dustdevils at Wilder Park in Canyon.
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\nThe Dustdevils got on the board in the top of the first inning, taking advantage of a WT defensive miscue followed by a Fabrizio Salinas RBI double for the 2-0 lead. WT responded in the bottom of the frame on a Timothy Haynes<\/a> infield RBI single followed by Tristin Thomas<\/a> three-run long ball to right center at 4-2.
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\nTAMIU cut into the lead in the top of the second with an Eduardo Espinoza RBI single to right to make it 4-3. The Buffs answered in the home half with a Jake Alwine<\/a> ground-rule double that scored Brock Bunker<\/a> followed by a Haynes RBI double at 6-3.
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\nThe Dustdevils pushed across another run in the top of the fourth inning on an Eddie Saenz sac fly to right that plated Espinoza at 6-3. WT added to their lead in the bottom of the inning with Thomas staying hot at the plate, singling to left to score Jacob Police<\/a> for the 7-4 advantage.
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\nThe Buffs used the long ball to add to their lead in the home half of the fifth on a three-run blast to left by Police at 10-4. WT extended their lead in the sixth on a Daniel Castellanos<\/a> RBI double off the left field wall for the 11-4 lead. TAMIU cut into the lead in the top of the seventh on a ground ball double play with the bases loaded followed by consecutive RBI single to make it 11-7.
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\nWT added to their lead in the seventh as Police started off the inning with an inside-the-park homerun off the center field wall followed later in the inning by a Castellanos sac fly to make it 13-7. TAMIU wouldn’t go down without a fight as they plated four runs in the top of the ninth all with two outs highlighted by a Saenz three-run long ball down the left field line\u00a0
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\nTeddy Judkins<\/a> claimed the win (1-1) for the Buffs, allowing no runs on one hit with no walks and a strikeout in his 1.1 innings of relief, Kanon Welbourne<\/a> earned his first save.\u00a0
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\nThe Buffs hit the road next weekend to close out the regular season as they travel to South Texas for a four-game LSC series against the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas starting on Friday at Nolan Ryan Field.
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