Grand Canyon walks off against New Mexico in 10 innings
PHOENIX (Interstat) — Cannon Peery’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Grand Canyon to a 6-5 victory over New Mexico on Friday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in a Mountain West game.
The Antelopes improved to 18-28, while the Lobos fell to 25-21-1. Grand Canyon trailed 5-0 after the top of the second inning when New Mexico shortstop Karsen Waslefsky hit a three-run homer, his sixth of the season. The Lobos added an unearned run in the seventh.
Grand Canyon chipped away. Mito Perez homered in the third. Jake Sanko reached on an error in the fourth, scoring an unearned run. Trevor Schmidt’s two-run homer in the seventh cut the deficit to 5-4. Sanko’s RBI double in the ninth tied it, setting up Peery’s walk-off shot.
Cristian Mogen started for New Mexico, allowing two earned runs over 6 1/3 innings with five strikeouts. Cam Cunnings tossed three scoreless innings of relief for Grand Canyon. Chase Frey started for the Antelopes, surrendering four earned runs over seven innings.