MONROE, La.?ULM exploded for 10
runs over the final three innings of the game, including a seven-run sixth inning, to slug past UT Arlington 15-9 Tuesday night at Warhawk Field.
The Warhawks (7-5) entered the
sixth trailing 8-5, but sent 11 batters to the plate and pounded out six
hits. Jon Prevost led the charge with his first home run of the season to lead
off the inning and an RBI single in his second at-bat of the frame.
Prevost finished the game
3-for-5 and tied his career-high with four RBIs, while Matt Laird was 5-for-6
with a pair of RBIs. Matt Collins belted his second home run of the season in
first inning and finished 3-for-6 on the night and was just a triple shy of
hitting for the cycle. Nick Wade broke out of a 0-for-15 slump going 3-for-4
with four runs scored on the night.
Corey Brown (1-0) continued to
be impressive on the mound for the Warhawks tossing four innings in relief allowing
just one run and yielding just two hits. Over 7.2 innings on the season, the
junior college transfer has allowed just the one run and two hits.
The game was back-and-forth
over the first five frames with both teams holding leads. The Mavericks (5-9)
scored a pair of runs in the top of the first, but Collins answered with his
two-run home run to right field in the bottom of the inning.
The Warhawks grabbed a 3-2
lead after the second inning only to see UTA regain the lead, 4-3, with a pair
of runs in the top of the third. The Mavericks added another run in the top of
the fourth before the Warhawks tied the game 5-5 in the bottom of the frame.
The Mavericks scored three
unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings before the Warhawks uncorked
the bats.
Ryan Martin (0-2) suffered the
loss for UTA allowing four runs on three hits in just two-thirds of an inning.
Ben Soignier became the first
Warhawk to walk four times in a game since Ben Jones received four free passes against
Louisiana Tech in 2003. The four free passes held him without a hit for the
third consecutive game marking the first time since the first three games of
his ULM career that he has gone back-to-back-to-back games without a hit ? he has been
walked seven times during this three-game stretch.
The Warhawks travel to Lake
Charles, La., tomorrow for a non-conference game against McNeese State (8-4) at
6:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on 1680 AM with the pregame show beginning at 6:15 p.m.
