Nicholls State 9 Northwestern State 6
NATCHITOCHES, La. – Nicholls score four insurance runs in the sixth that proved necessary as the Demons scored six in the seventh, but the Colonels held on to even the series with a 9-6 win Saturday afternoon.
The Colonels (12-16, 6-8 SLC) got on the board in the first on an RBI single from first baseman Zach Tisdale (Petal, Miss./Pearl River CC), adding a run in each the second, third and fifth innings for a 4-0 lead.
Jarret Dunnam (Saraland, Ala./Alabama Southern CC) scattered four hits through six innings for the Colonels and held the Demons scoreless as he improves to 3-4 on the season.
Patience at the plate paid off in the sixth when catcher Jason Dennis (Mobile, Ala./Alabama Southern CC) and center fielder Chris Murrill (Mobile, Ala./Alabama Southern CC) each singled and five Colonel hitters reached on free passes from Demon pitchers. Four-straight Nicholls’ batters drew walks as the Colonels doubled their lead to 8-0.
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Sam Houston State 12 McNeese State 7
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Seth Hammock went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run to lead Sam Houston State to a 12-7 Southland Conference baseball victory over McNeese State Saturday afternoon at Cowboy Diamond.
Sam Houston won 7-5 in extra innings in the first game of the Southland series Friday night and will go for the sweep in the final game of the weekend at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Braeden Riley also was 3-for-5 for the Bearkats with four RBIs. Mark Wyatt had a double and a solo home run in the seventh inning.
Sam Houston (16-11, SLC 8-6) totaled 15 hits in the contest. Sean Weatherford was the winning pitcher in his first college start. The freshman spread eight hits over seven innings and struck out six Cowboy batters.
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Southeastern Louisiana 1 UT Arlington 0
ARLINGTON, Texas – Senior second baseman Ty Summerlin scored the only run of the ballgame to set a school career record, junior third baseman/closer Chris Franklin tied the school’s regular season saves mark and sophomore right hander Brandon Efferson went 7.2 innings to outduel UTA’s Nathan Long as the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team (19-9, 10-4 SLC) gutted out a 1-0 win over the Texas-Arlington Mavericks (15-14, 8-6 SLC) to clinch a series win and maintain a tie for first place atop the Southland Conference standings on Saturday.
The Lions had their hands full early on against Long. Southeastern managed just one base runner in the first two frames, and the Lions couldn’t find the hit column until a two-out third inning double by sophomore center fielder Cass Hargis.
Fortunately, for the Lions, Efferson was up to the challenge. The Zachary native allowed just four hits and no runs through the first five innings and didn’t allow a runner past second base in his 7.2 innings.
With Efferson keeping the Mavericks at bay, the Lions finally found a way to get on the board against Long. After being held scoreless through five, Summerlin doubled down the left field line with one out. Senior left fielder Brandon Street followed with an RBI single through the left side, and Summerlin beat the throw to the plate to stake Southeastern to a 1-0 lead.
Lamar 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
BEAUMONT, Texas – Matison Smith struck out five in 8.2 innings to lead Lamar to a 4-0 series-clinching win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Vincent-Beck Stadium Saturday.
Lamar (21-10, 8-6 Southland) won its fourth-consecutive game and recorded its fifth shutout of the season. A&M-Corpus Christi fell to 11-20 and 3-11.
Lamar scored the first run of the game in the sixth inning. Tyler Link led off with a single and advanced to third on Brian Taylor’s single, with Taylor going to second on a fielding error by Jacob Perales in right field. Link then scored the eventual game-winner on Steven Tucker’s sacrifice fly to left-center.
The Cardinals pushed three more runs across in the eighth on three singles and a sacrifice bunt. Link led off with a single, moved to second on Taylor’s bunt and stole third before Tucker walked. With the Islanders leading the country in double plays and having already turned two in the series, Tucker stole second on the first pitch to take the DP out of play. Chris Dunkin then singled-home Link to put runners on the corners. Pinch runner Kevin Roebuck stole second before Jeremiah Sammy hit a two-run single to right that made it 4-0. Sammy stole second to give Lamar four in the inning. But Quentin Luquette hit into a double play after Ryan Saldivar had walked to put runners at first and second with one out.
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Texas State 12 Central Arkansas 11
Conway, AR – After a twelve-game absence, junior Paul Goldschmidt launched a pair of home runs to notch the all-time career home run record at Texas State and aid the Bobcats in a 12-11 extra inning win over Central Arkansas Saturday afternoon at UCA Field.
Texas State improves to 19-9 on the season and 10-4 in Southland Conference action, still tied with Southeastern Louisiana and two games up on the remaining league competitors.
Both teams combined for 34 hits, 10 of which went for home runs. Goldschmidt’s first knock came in the top of the second on a three-run shot to centerfield. His final came on a solo hit in the top of the sixth, his 27th-career home run, to break open a 9-9 tie game.
In addition to Goldschmidt, Kyle Livingstone, Lance Loftin and Jordan Kopycinski all tallied home runs for the Bobcats.
Michael Russo was credited with his first win of the season, shifting to 1-2 overall. The hurler tossed two complete innings, with two hits and two earned runs.
For the second day in a row, Texas State jumped out to a 3-0 lead initiated by a shallow single to centerfield from Tyler Sibley. The freshman shifted to second on a sacrifice bunt from Laurn Randell and Livingstone followed with his two-run homer to left in the next at-bat.
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Stephen F. Austin 8 UTSA 2
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Erich Lehmann retired the first 12 UTSA hitters he faced as SFA never trailed the Roadrunners on Saturday, taking an 8-2 win at Jaycees Field.
The ‘Jacks (11-17, 4-9 SLC) have won four of their last five contests overall while UTSA (16-13, 8-6 SLC) has lost five of its last six. It was the first win over UTSA for SFA since 2007, snapping a five-game losing skid to the ‘Runners.
Lehmann finished with 6.1 innings under his belt, and no-hit UTSA until the fifth inning. He finished with a pair of strikeouts and a walk, allowing just two runs on a pair of solo home runs to get his second win of the year and 20th of his career. The senior has now just allowed two earned runs in 21.1 innings at home this season.
Richard Folmer earned his fifth save of the season with 1.1 innings of work, getting Aaron Powell to fly out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to get the ‘Jacks out of the jam when the score was still just 5-2.
Freshman Casey Selsor fell to 4-2 on the year for UTSA, allowing five runs in just 3.1 innings. Kris Ruepke allowed just one run in four innings of relief, while the ‘Jacks got to All-American closer Zach Calhoon for a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth.
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