CANYON – The University of Texas Permian Basin baseball team let some chances get away in the series opener against West Texas A&M University.
 
UTPB had a prime opportunity in the first inning with runners on second and third with one out before a strikeout, a walk and another strikeout ended the threat.
 
WTAMU scored two in the first then one each in the second and fourth innings for a 4-0 lead before UTPB garnered another threat to put runs on the scoreboard in the fifth.
 
A one-out walk by Mason Hamlin and a subsequent stolen base was followed by a single through the right side from Michael Clapperton that wasn't in a position deep enough to send Hamlin home on the play.
 
The Falcons could not get on the board and lost game one of the series. 10-0.
 
Hamlin, Clapperton, Jack Haggerty and Brandon Glowacki each garnered a hit for the Falcons.
 
Creede Jeffers (2-3) was tacked with the loss on the bump for the Falcons after going six innings giving up five earned runs on 10 hits with four walks and two strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT
Both teams will return to action on Saturday afternoon in Canyon where the doubleheader action is slated to begin at 3 pm for the first game of double header Saturday.