Bengals sweep North Central Texas
Box Score EUNICE – LSU Eunice completed the three-game sweep over North Central Texas College on Saturday afternoon with a 9-5 win over the Lions.
North Central (9-5) scored in the top of the first when Jose Perez reached on an error, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Hunter Henderson's single to centerfield.
LSU Eunice (9-4) responded in the bottom of the inning as Nick Coomes walked and Steven Sensley blasted a two-run home run.
North Central answered in the top of the second aided by a three-run double by Perez as the Lions moved ahead, 4-2.
The Bengals exploded for five runs in the bottom of the third, begun when Brennan Bozeman doubled, Cade Stone walked and Sensley ripped a deep home run to centerfield.
Jordan Romero singled with two outs and scored on a single up the middle by Trey Caswell.
David LaFleur walked and was driven in by Zach Lafleur's single as the Bengals grabbed a 7-4 advantage.
After three shut-out innings, North Central's Perez tripled and scored on a sacrifice by Kyle Bottger in the top of the seventh inning to close the gap to 7-5.
The Bengals added an insurance run in the bottom of the frame when Stone singled and scored on a wild pitch.
LSU Eunice sealed the win in the bottom of the eighth when Caswell was hit by a pitch and touched home plate on a two-out single by Stone.
Landon Presnall picked up his first win of the season as he struck out one, walked three and allowed one hit in two innings.
Starter Evan Richardson fanned three, walked one and allowed three earned runs on four hits in two innings of work.
Sensley (2-for-5, five RBI, two home runs), Stone (2-for-4, RBI, two runs scored) and Bozeman (2-for-4, run scored) recorded multiple hits for the Bengals.
LSU Eunice will entertain Mississippi Gulf Coast in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. on Tuesday before beginning a three-game series with Kellogg Community College on Friday at 6 p.m.
