An electric offense.

With only two series and eight games under their belt the Mavericks baseball team is already off to a great start offensively.

Colorado Mesa University (CMU) is already putting up big numbers with the bats and it is not just coming from one person in the lineup.

Going into their first weekend facing Azusa Pacific, the Mavericks were trying to figure out how to balance the depth of their lineup and the depth of their bench. They saw everybody step up to the plate as they scored 73 runs over 72 hits.

Sophomore infielder Harrison Rodgers had six home runs in the opening series that took place Feb. 10 – Feb. 12 in Azusa, Cali. Five of those home runs took place in the first two games as the Mavericks scored 20 or more runs in those games.

Rodgers ended the Azusa Pacific series 10-16 with 14 RBIs and only striking out three times.

The lineup is constructed of power and big contact hitter throughout. Senior infielder Caleb Farmer and junior designated hitter Haydn McGeary give the Mavericks power in the top half of the line up while senior Spencer Bramwell and senior Chase Hamilton help in the bottom half of the line up as they are able to make contact to turn the line up over to the leadoff hitter.

After a series that saw efficiency with the bat in a location where the ball usually does not fly due the low elevation the team returned home to a new ballpark.

The Mavericks had to find a way to continue their hot streak at the plate with many different factors in place when returning home. Instead of playing at Suplizio Field like CMU normally does during the regular season, they started their season off at Canyon View Park.

Coming into the weekend, the Mavericks knew that they had to come back to neutral and focus on the task at hand after a very successful weekend.

The games against Montana State University-Billings gave the offense a little bit of a struggle in early innings. The demissons of Canyon View are set up like when they originally built Coors Field in Denver, Colo.

The demissons allowed balls to stay in the ballpark as only McGeary, Bramwell, and senior outfielder Matthew Turner were able to hit home runs for the Mavericks.Bramwell and Rodgers could have had multiple home runs throughout the series but because of the way the ball park was set up they stayed in play.

This did not stop the Mavericks from finding other ways to be efficient again at the plate.

Hamilton was able to use his speed and his ability to put the ball into play well as he went 3 -4 with four RBIs in the series opener on Feb.17. Two of his hits were extra base hits as well.

McGeary was able to continue his dominance at the plate as he hit a monster home run to get the momentum on his team’s side. McGeary also was able to hit one triple and two doubles over the weekend.

The Mavericks have shown that they do not always have to rely on the home run to score runs and that they have the depth in the lineup to bat around without losing momentum with a home run.

CMU will face Northwest Nazarene University at home starting Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m.