For the first time this season the SLU Lions were beat at home during a mid-week contest, as they fell to SEC power Alabama 10-5 before a season high crowd of 2,108. With the loss the Lions drop to 27-8 and now turn their attention to a Southland Conference showdown with Texas State at “The Pat” this weekend.
SLU’s night was highlighted by a 4 run 3rd inning which got the Lion Nation fired up when Cody Gougler launched a 2 run homerun to left field to pull the Lions even at 4. But the tie was short lived as the Crimson Tide scored 2 runs in the 4th to pull ahead for good 6-4. Alabama added 3 more runs in the 7th and SLU plated a run in the home half of the 7th as Alabama led 9-5. In the 9th Bama was able to add another run finishing out the scoring.
SLU was led at the plate by Gougler who finished the night 2-4 with a HR, 2 RBI and a run scored. Cass Hargis was 2-3 with 2 runs scored and Josh Cryer finished the night 2-4 with a run scored.
The Lions return to action this weekend with a 3 game SLC series against 1st place Texas State. SLU trails State by 2 games in the standings.
Score by Innings R H E
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Alabama............. 202 200 301 - 10 13 2
Southeastern La..... 004 000 100 - 5 7 0
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WP - Tucker Hawley (1-1)
LP - Stefan Lopez (1-1)
SV - Nathan Kilcrease
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