Saturday, May 1, 2010

Lions Fall to Nicholls State 5-3

Looking to stay hot after winning their last two games the SLU Lions couldn’t figure out Nicholls State pitcher Clint Dempster. Dempster pitched a complete game 7 hitter and fanned 16 Lions on Friday night in the Colonels 5-3 victory. With the loss the Lions fall to 31-13 overall and to 13-9 in the Southland Conference. SLU currently sits in 5th place in the SLC standings, a game behind Texas-Arlington.

Brandon Efferson (7-3) pitched 7 innings giving up 5 runs on 7 hits and striking out 8. Two of Efferson’s runs allowed are unearned. Tyler Watkins came on in relief to pitch the 8th holding to Colonels only 1 hit.

Score by Innings                             R H E
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Southeastern La..... 110 000 100 - 3 7 2
Nicholls............     003 200 00X - 5 8 2
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WP - Clint Dempster (5-4)
LP - Brandon Efferson (7-3)
SV - None

Top Hitters:
Cody Gougler 2-4, 2B, RBI
Phil Freeman 2-4, RBI

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