MONROE, La.?Southern
Mississippi rallied from a four-run deficit to take a 7-5 victory over ULM Wednesday
night at Warhawk Field despite begin out-hit by the Warhawks 11-7.
The Golden Eagles (12-6) pushed seven runs across the plate
in the third, fifth and sixth innings after ULM (12-5, 5-1 Sun Belt) jumped out to a 4-0
lead after the first two innings.
The Southern Mississippi
bullpen combined for six scoreless innings with Seth Hester (1-0) earning the
win and Tyler Conn recording his fifth save.
Corey Stevens broke a 5-5 tie with a single back up the
middle in the top of the sixth inning scoring Bo Davis and Josh Fields. Davis
finished the game 2-for-3 and scored three times.
A.J. Siggers put the Warhawks on the board in the first
inning with a single through the right side of the infield scoring Kyle
Suire. ULM has scored in the first inning in
11-of-18 games this season and tonight was just the third loss in those games.
Suire and Matt Collins led the Warhawks at the dish each going 3-for-4 with. Suire scored twice while Collins stole a pair of bases.
Ben Soignier extended the lead to 2-0 with a single back up
the middle in the second, Suire followed with an RBI single to center and
Dexter Fontenot made it a 4-0 lead with a double to left extending his hit streak to eight games.
After Southern Miss pulled within 4-2 in the top of third, Collins
singled down the line in left field scoring Suire pushing the Warhawk lead out
to 5-2.
Kyle Maxie singled to center in the fifth pulling the Golden
Eagles within one, 5-4, and Brian Dozier tied the game drawing a walk from ULM reliever Kyle Smith with
the bases loaded.
Devin Pourciau (1-1) took the loss for the Warhawks allowing
a pair of runs in 2/3 of an inning walking two of the five batters he
faced. ULM pitchers walked eight batters and also
hit three Golden Eagles; five of those 11 runners came around to score.
The Warhawks will put their nation's best 7-0 road record on
the line this weekend at Arkansas
State (11-8, 4-2) in a
three-game Sun Belt Conference series.
First pitch on Friday night is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
