Lions Drop Series to Lamar

After winning 9 of 11 games and taking two Southland Conference series in a row, the road was not kind to the SLU Lions.  Traveling to Beaumont, TX for a weekend series against rival Lamar, the Lions could not come through with timely hits.  SLU dropped the series two games to one, as they stranded 28 runners over the three game series.  With the series loss the Lions drop to 20-9 overall and 7-5 in the SLC.

Friday night Stefan Lopez became the school's All-Time Saves leader, as he earned his 20th career save in the Lions 2-1 victory.  Cody Gougler provided the extra cushion the Lions would need, as he hit his 2nd home run of the season.

On the weekend SLU out hit the Cardinals 29-16, however leaving runners on base held the Lions back losing 6-4 on Saturday and 4-1 on Sunday.

Game 1
Southeastern  010 000 001 - 2 9 2
Lamar            000 000 001 - 1 5 0

WP - Andro Cutura (2-1)
LP - Harrington (0-5)
Save - Stefan Lopez (10)

Top Hitters:
Cody Gougler 2-4, HR, RBI
Ladd Rhodes 2-5

Game note - With the save Stefan Lopez became the school's All-Time Save leader with 20 career saves, passing Chris Franklin (2009-10).

Game 2
Southeastern  002 010 001 - 4 14 0
Lamar            000 420 00X - 6 7 1

WP - Gilligan (2-2)
LP - Jordan Hymel (4-2)
Save - Trimm (1)

Top Hitters:
Brock Hebert 3-5, 3B, RBI, 2 Runs, 2 SB
Jonathan Pace 3-5, RBI
Michael Rutland 2-3, BB, HBP, 2 Runs
Brett Hoffman 2-3, HBP

Game 3
Southeastern  010 000 000 - 1 6 1
Lamar            004 000 00X - 4 4 1

WP - Hahn (1-1)
LP - Josh Janway (2-2)
Save - Maxwell (1)