Bengals Win Slugfest With St. Charles

Bengals Win Slugfest With St. Charles

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The Bengals trailed early 5-0 to St. Charles, but top-ranked LSU Eunice then rebounded for a 21-13 slugfest Saturday in the second game of a three-game series.
The Cougars began the offensive explosion with five runs on four hits in the top of the first, but the Bengals closed the gap to 5-3 in the bottom of the frame.
Zach LaFleur and Will Watson both walked and Nick Coomes singled to load the bases.
LaFleur scored on Michael Claverie's sacrifice, while Watson scored on a sacrifice by Turner Francis.
The Bengals' third run of the inning occurred when Coomes advanced on a wild pitch.
LSU Eunice's 11-run scoring surge in the bottom of the second gave the Bengals their decisive lead of the contest.
Janson Bourque walked, stole second and third and then scored on a balk, while LaFleur, Watson and Coomes all reached on consecutive base-on-balls to load the bases.
Claverie followed with another walk to score LaFleur as Orynn Veillon singled in Coomes and Claverie.
Mark Fontenot drove in singled in Francis who had reached on a fielder's choice.
After Nick Schexnaider was hit by a pitch, Bourque followed with a grand slam to keep the scoring barrage going.
LaFleur, Watson and Coomes all walked to load the bases again.
LaFleur scored when Claverie was hit by a pitch, while Watson scored when Francis drew another walk to give the Bengals a 14-5 lead.
St. Charles scored twice in the top of the third and added three more in the fourth to close the gap to 14-10 before the Bengals regrouped to score three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Coomes reached on an error and then crossed home plate on Claverie's triple to centerfield, who then scored on a wild pitch.
Veillon kept the inning going with a double to left and then scored on Fontenot's single to center to push the Bengals ahead, 17-10.
LSU Eunice added a run in the bottom of the fifth when Watson walked and scored on a sacrifice by Claverie for an 18-10 advantage.
The Bengals then pushed ahead by nine runs in the bottom of the sixth when Veillon was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a double by Schexnaider.
After St. Charles scored two runs in the top of the eighth, the Bengals responded with two of their own in the bottom of the inning.
Veillon singled, stole second and later scored on a fielder's choice by LaFleur. The Bengals final run of the game came when Bo Myers was hit by a pitch and scored on a wild pitch to give the Bengals a 21-12 advantage.
St. Charles added a run in the top of the ninth when Ryan Kosmynka walked and scored on Kevin Patrick's single to centerfield before a Bengals' double play ended the game.
The Bengals used seven pitchers in the contest as Richard Hebert earned his first win of the season, throwing in 1.1 innings.
Claverie went 1-for-3 with a walk, five RBI and two runs scored, while Bourque went 1-for-3 with a walk, four RBI and two runs scored.
Veillon went 3-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and four runs scored. Schexnaider went 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored.
Fontenot went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, while Coomes went 1-for-4 with three walks and three runs scored.
LSU Eunice completes the series with St. Charles at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bengal Stadium.
 
 
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