Times-News

The College of Southern Idaho baseball team will head home from Henderson, Nev., with an even record on its latest weekend adventure.

After getting blown out to start the College of Southern Nevada tournament on Friday, CSI delivered impressive performances to level out at 2-2 on the weekend. The latest, a 10-6 win over No. 2 Chipola (Fla.) College, came Sunday Morning.

CSI (4-5) worked seven base hits - all singles - to capitalize on three Chipola errors, and got pitching that was just good enough from its five hurlers to hold on for the win.

Tyler Chism picked up the victory in relief and went 3-for-4 at the plate with two stolen bases, while Tyler Curtis picked up the save.

"(Chipola) helped us out a bit (with the errors) and we capitalized. It was a great game that we found a way to win," said CSI head coach Boomer Walker. "This was a real good trip for us. To come down here and go 2-2 against the teams in this tournament is pretty dang good."

With nine games in the books, CSI has just four more contests before opening up Scenic West Athletic Conference action in Henderson on Feb. 28 against Southern Nevada.

The Golden Eagles' final conference tune-up will come this weekend in pair of doubleheaders at Skip Walker Field against the Prairie Baseball Academy out of Lethbridge, Alberta.

The opponent should provide a good test, but Walker is just glad to be at home for the first time this season.

"Anytime you can play at home, you're excited," he said. "We've had a couple of long road trips the last couple of weeks, so we really should be at home to try and recover and get some of our guys healthy."