Bengals take Saturday night game to complete doubleheader sweep
Box Score The LSU Eunice baseball team wrapped up the second half of a day-night doubleheader sweep with a 12-5 victory over North Central Texas College on Saturday night.
The win was the second of the day as the Bengals (11-1) took all three games of the weekend series with North Central Texas (8-5).
On Saturday night, the Bengal bats came alive to collect 12 hits as a team while freshman pitcher Nick Lawrence racked up seven strikeouts.
"I thought Nick Lawrence set the tone right off the bat. Our guys have been challenged to take over the game in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, and we scored nine runs in those innings so that was good to see," head coach Jeff Willis said.
"I thought our guys were able to hit reset after the first game and come back and put together a complete game performance."
A tight game throughout, the two teams traded scores before LSU Eunice plated six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to break away from what had been a one-run lead at the beginning of the inning.
Kyle St. Pierre led the offensive attack with a three-hit night, including a pair of doubles, as he finished with three RBIs. Brennan Bozeman (2-5, 2 runs) and Stefan Trosclair (2-2, 3 walks, 2 runs) each notched two hits, as Bozeman drove home three RBIs and Trosclair brought in two RBIs of his own.
Mason Nickens (1-1), Derek Herrington (0-3, 2 walks) and Sam Walley (0-4) each added an RBI as well.
Lawrence improved to 2-0 on the season, tossing 6 1/3 innings and allowing seven hits and four runs while walking two batters to go along with his seven strikeouts.
Will Bacon (2/3 inning, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 walk), Ben LeBlanc (1 1/3 innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout) and Ryan Domingue (2/3 inning, 1 strikeout) combined to wrap up the ballgame out of the bullpen.
After seeing North Central Texas take the lead in the top of the first inning, the Bengals responded in the bottom of the frame when Bozeman singled and scored on Walley's sacrifice fly before they took the lead in the third inning when Herrington was hit by a pitch, stole second and third base, and scored on Trosclair's RBI single.
LSU Eunice added to the lead in the fifth with a Walley RBI groundout, and in the sixth, when Herrington drew a bases loaded walk and the hosts plated two additional runs via a North Central Texas error.
North Central cut the lead to one after a three-run homer in the top of the seventh, but the Bengals responded with a six-run seventh inning, highlighted by RBI singles from Nickens and Bozeman, a Trosclair bases loaded walk and St. Pierre's three-run double into the left field corner.
LSU Eunice is back in action on Tuesday when they host a midweek doubleheader against Pearl River Community College. Game one is set for a 4 p.m. first pitch with game two to follow.
Tuesday's doubleheader is available on Bengal All-Access.
