GRAMBLING, La.?Freshman Tony
Dischler pitched six strong innings in his first career start and the ULM bats
came alive late as the Warhawks won their sixth straight game with an 11-7
victory over Grambling State Sunday afternoon at Tiger Field.
The Warhawks (6-1) completed
the three-game sweep of Grambling scoring nine runs over the final three
innings and pounding out 12 of their 16 hits over the final five innings of the
game.
The Warhawks began their rally
with a pair runs in the fourth inning. Jordy Poche, who finished the game
4-for-6, started the inning with a single up the middle and later came home to
score on a Matt Collins single through the right side of the infield. Three
batters later Collins came home to score on a wild pitch ? Collins finished the
game 5-for-6 with 4 RBIs.
Poche had a breakout week for
the Warhawks finishing 9-for-16 from the plate with 3 RBIs and five runs
scored. The sophomore also started on the mound in ULM's 4-3 victory at No. 34
Tulane on Wednesday. He went five strong innings allowing just a pair of runs
and struck out six Green Wave batters.
Following a pair of scoreless
innings, ULM broke the game open with a five spot in the seventh inning. Ben
Soignier drove home the first run of the inning ? the senior shortstop now has
14 RBIs on the season and at least one in all seven games.
Matt Laird drove home the
second run of the inning with an infield single and a throwing error on the play
allowed Collins to come around and score. After the Tigers intentionally walked
Kelvin York to load the bases, Jon Prevost doubled to left-center to score a
pair of runs.
Dischler (1-0) picked up the
victory scattering six hits and striking out a pair of batters. He allowed just
three runs ? two earned ? in his six innings of work. Drew Graham pitched two
scoreless innings in relief of Dischler allowing just one base hit.
Grambling State jumped out to
a 3-0 lead after the second inning. The Tigers plated a pair of runs in the
opening frame on a ULM fielding error and one of two balks called in the
inning. GSU scored a run in the second
on another ULM fielding error and plated four runs in the bottom of the ninth
inning.
Brandon Wright (0-2) took the
loss for the Tigers allowing five runs on 10 hits over 6.1 innings.
The Warhawks return home on
Wednesday night when they host Southern Miss (7-1) in the first game of a
home-and-home series with the Golden Eagles. ULM makes the return trip to
Hattiesburg, Miss., on March 24.
