On Friday afternoon, New Mexico Military Institute open its four-game series against Lamar Community College with a 9-7 loss at the NMMI Ballpark. With the loss the Broncos dip to 8-5 on the year while Lamar improves to 6-9 to start off the year.

After three scoreless half innings to open the game, NMMI delivered the first punch. Wonjae Cho delivered a moon shot off the third pitch he saw to record his first homer of the year and give NMMI a 1-0 advantage.

Following a scoreless third and fourth innings, Lamar got their scoring started in the fifth. First, Eduardo Cardenas hit a home run to tie the game at 1-1. After a ground out and a fly out, the Runnin' Lopes secured a runner on first and second with a pair of singles. With two outs, Keenan Oxford delivered a two-run shot to give Lamar a 4-1 lead.

In the top of the seventh inning Lamar was able to open to lead as they hit a trio of homers to take a commanding 8-1. However, the Broncos would fight back. NMMI used the home half to answer with six runs of their own.

First Cho started the inning off with a lead-off double. After advancing to third, Jose Rodriguez Mestre helped Cho record a run with a SAC fly RBI to score the first run of the inning. In the next at bat, Seojun Oh homered over the center field wall to make it an 8-4 ball game.

In the next at bats, NMMI got a runner on base before Yahir Fonseca Ortiz tallied his third homer of the year to make it an 8-6 ball game. Five pitches later, Misael Maldonado Baez sent one over the scoreboard to cut the deficit to just one run.

However, in the top of the eight Lamar was able to add a run to make it 9-7 as they held the NMMI offense scoreless in the final two innings.

Head Coach Chris on the loss, "We've got to hit balls off pitcher who can locate more than one pitch and that's what we struggled with today," Cook said. "On the mound we let two guys two the damage and overall we didn't do well enough in the moments to give us a shot to win the game … too many two-strike pitches that missed." The Broncos attempted to comeback but fell just short, "We had a few chances late but at the end of the day we didn't score eight runs – which is usually a winning number for us," Cook said.

The Broncos return to action on Saturday, March 1 as they host Lamar for a doubleheader with first pitch scheduled for noon. The series concludes on Sunday as the Broncos host the Runnin' Lopes at noon.