MONROE, La.?Following an hour and
a half rain delay, Sam Houston State
defeated ULM
4-2 Friday night in the first of three games between the former Southland
Conference foes.
Seth
Hammock went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored including a solo home
run in the sixth inning to lead the Bearkats.
Jon Prevost
led the Warhawks going 3-for-5 from the plate.
The junior started a ninth-inning rally with a double to right center
field, but was stranded on third base.
Jacob
Howard (1-0) picked up the win for the Bearkats (3-2) tossing five innings of
four-hit ball allowing two runs ? one earned ? and striking out seven ULM (4-2)
batters. Casey Springer threw the ninth inning for his first save of the season.
The
Bearkats scored the first two runs of the game on an RBI single by Hammock and
sacrifice fly by Bobby Verbick.
ULM struck in the bottom of the third
with an RBI off the bat of Ben Soignier.
Sam Houston extended its lead to 3-1 on a base hit by Braeden Riley in the fourth.
Playing in
his first game for the Warhawks, Nick Maragas singled through the left side of
the infield scoring A.J. Siggers. It was Maragas' first hit and RBI of the season
pulling ULM
within a run at 3-2.
Josh Lett
(1-1) was saddled with the loss for the Warhawks allowing four runs ? three earned
? in six innings on the mound. He
yielded 11 hits while walking one and striking out one.
The teams
continue the three-game series Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The Warhawks will send Ryan Kirk (1-0, 4.76)
to the bump while the Bearkats counter with Brent Powers (0-0, 11.57).
Sam Houston State 4, ULM 2 (Feb 29, 2008 at Monroe, La.)
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Sam Houston State... 011 101 000 0 - 4 12 3 (3-2)
ULM................. 001 100 000 X - 2 5 1 (4-2)
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Pitchers: Sam Houston State - Howard, Jacob; Springer, Cody(6); Duguay, Guillaume(6);
Springer, Casey(9). ULM - Lett, Josh; Poche, Jordy(7).
Win-Howard, Jacob(1-0) Save-Springer, Casey(1) Loss-Lett, Josh(1-1) T-2:50 A-339
HR SHSU - Hammock, Seth (3).
