Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lions Drop Series Opener to Lamar

The #21 ranked SLU Lions (23-4, 7-3) dropped the series opener to Lamar 7-4 on Thursday night in Beaumont, TX.

The Lions racked up 12 hits but committed 5 errors, which led to the Cardinals scoring 4 unearned runs. Chad Gough-Fortenberry led the way at the plate going 3-4 with a 2B and RBI. Justin Boudreaux was 2-4 with a 2B and 3 RBI and Jeff Harkensee added 2 hits.  Tyler Watkins took the loss for Lions as he pitched 5.1 innings giving up 1 earned run on 5 hits. Justin Schneider entered in relief and gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits.

Game 2 of the series is scheduled for 6:30pm tomorrow night. The series resumes Saturday with a first pitch of 1:00.

Score by Innings                              R H E
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Southeastern La..... 000 010 300 - 4 12 5
Lamar....................000 034 00X - 7 10 0
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WP - Matison Smith (4-1)
LP - Tyler Watkins (3-2)
SV - Garrett Steward (1)

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