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FRESNO, Calif. – Justin Armbruester was brilliant in a 10-inning shutout performance, lifting New Mexico past Fresno State 1-0 in the second game of a Mountain West Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday.
The 5-7 Lobos fell 5-2 in the opener. The series finale is 2:35 p.m. Sunday.
Armbruester (2-1) allowed just three hits and struck out 17 batters in the complete-game effort.
Matt Chambers’ double drove in Connor Mang in the top of the 10th inning for the Lobos. A runner was placed on second to begin the inning.
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• In Las Cruces, there was no shortage of offense for the New Mexico State baseball team (4-6), which erupted offensively at the Presley Askew Field in 14-3 and 19-2 sweeps of Dixie State. The first went six innings, the second seven.