LSUS Sweeps Badgers

LSU-Shreveport (5-0, 5-0 GCAC) swept a doubleheader from Spring Hill College with wins of 6-4 and 10-4 on Saturday afternoon. 

In the first game, LSUS held a 2-0 lead in the third inning when freshman third baseman Brad Holstein tied the game with his first collegiate homer.  In the bottom of the fourth, however, LSUS answered when SHC starting pitcher Taylor Chadick (1-1) allowed second baseman Jacob Watkins to score from third off a wild pitch. 

LSUS stretched their lead to 6-2 in the seventh with an RBI single by catcher Bryan Stebbings and a run-scoring double by right fielder Ricky Sanders.  The Badgers mounted a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh and final inning as right field Ryan Hall drove in a run with an infield single followed by an RBI double centerfielder Justin Harrison.  The LSUS starter, Victor Hernandez (2-0) picked up the complete game victory, however, when Badger catcher Tyler Moberg grounded out to the shortstop.

Sanders was had two hits and an RBI for the Pilots.  Harrison picked up two hits and an RBI for the Badgers.  Hernandez allowed nine hits and four earned runs off two walks and just one strikeout.  Chadick pitched 5.2 strong innings giving up six hits four earned runs, walking two and striking out three Pilots.

In the second game, LSUS jumped out to an 8-0 lead after six innings before SHC answered with two runs in the sixth inning off a two RBI triple by left fielder Christian Rossi.  The Badgers added two more runs in the seventh, but LSUS added two insurance runs in the eighth.  Blake Pinkston (1-0) picked up his first win of the year while Michael Bouché (0-1) took the loss.

SHC (2-3, 2-3) plays Faulkner University in a doubleheader on Monday in Montgomery beginning at 1 p.m.