Bengals Grab DH Sweep over Murray St.

Bengals Grab DH Sweep over Murray St.

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The Bengals remained perfect on the season as LSU Eunice earned a 7-3, 14-4 doubleheader sweep over Murray State on Sunday.
LSU Eunice (23-0) concludes the series with Murray State (13-10) at 1 p.m. Monday at Bengal Stadium.
The Aggies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opener as Justin Visitacion walked, Fernado Garcia reached on a fielder's choice and both scored on a double to left by Austin Ferguson.
The Bengals responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning, begun as Zach LaFLeur walked, stole second and scored on Will Watson's hit up the middle.
Orynn Veillon reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on Nick Coome's single to centerfield.
The Bengals grabbed a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third as LaFleur his fifth home run of the season.
Murray forced a 3-3 tie in the top of the fifth as Clay Crews walked and later scored on a Garcia single.
LSU Eunice quickly responded with two runs in the bottom of the frame, sparked as Trenon Trosclair singled, stole second and later scored on LaFleur's sacrifice fly to centerfield.
Janson Bourque singled, stole second and crossed home plate on a sacrifice fly to right by Watson.
The Bengals pushed ahead for a 7-3 lead with two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, begun as Turner Francis doubled and scored on Trosclair's two-base hit to left field.
Trosclair then scored on Bourque's single to give LSU Eunice a four-run advantage.
After earning three runs on six hits over the first five innings, the Aggies were limited to four hits over the last four shutout innings.
Starter Nathan Lee was awarded the win as he allowed three earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and four walks over 5.2 innings of work.
Nick Duthu struck out two, walked one and allowed three hits over 2.1 innings, while Travis Cliburn sealed the win with a strikeout and walk in the ninth inning.
Trosclair went 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored, while Bourque finished 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored.
Turner and Veillon both went 2-for-4 with a run scored as teammate Hunter Feduccia also went 2-for-4.
In Sunday's finale, the Bengals jumped out to a 3-0 advantage and never looked back as LSU Eunice out-hit Murray, 16-7 over the seven innings.
The Bengals scored first when LaFleur singled, stole both second and third before crossing home plate on Nick Coomes' hit to left field.
Veillon walked, advanced on Coomes' hit, stole third and then scored on an Aggie balk.
Coomes then crossed home plate on a single by Francis as the Bengals led 3-0.
Murray State closed the gap to 3-1 in the top of the second when Joseph Shepherd doubled to left and scored when Austin Gilbert singled to right field.
LSU Eunice loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning as Watson walked, Veillon was hit by a pitch and Coomes also drew a walk.
Francis hit a sacrifice fly to center to drive in Watson as the Bengals pushed ahead, 4-1.
The Aggies closed the margin to 4-3 in the top of the third as Murray loaded the bases with three consecutive walks by Clay Crews, Roderston and Visitacion before Crews scored on a ground-out by Garcia.
LSU Eunice began to pull away with three runs in the bottom of the fourth as Veillon singled, stole both second and third before scoring on Coomes' hit to centerfield and Francis drilled a home run over the left field wall.
The Aggies battled back with a run in the top of the fifth as Crews singled and scored on a hit by Garcia to close the gap to 7-4.
The Bengals added to its lead when Bourque led off the bottom of the frame with a solo home run.
With two outs, Veillon was hit by a pitch, stole second and then scored on Coomes' single to left field.
LSU Eunice added four insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning , begun when Michael Claverie walked and scored when Bourque reached on a fielder's choice.
Trosclair laid down a bunt single and later advanced home on LaFleur's sacrifice, while Bourque scored on Watson's double to left field.
Watson scored on Veillon's single to extend the Bengals' lead to 13-3.
Murray State added a run in the top of the seventh when Rodertson doubled and scored on Garcia's hit up the middle.
The Bengals the capped the 10-run rule margin in the bottom of the seventh inning as Coomes reached on an error and scored when Mark Fontenot singled to right field.
Hayden Marze struck out two batters, walked five and allowed two earned runs on two hits as he pitched the first three innings.
Connor Bates earned his second win of the season as he struck out six, walked two and allowed two earned runs on five hits over the final four innings.
Coomes went 3-for-4 with a walk, three RBI and three runs scored as Francis also helped led the Bengal offense as he went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored.
Claverie went 2-for-3 with two walks and a run scored as Veillon finished 2-for-2 with a walk, a RBI and three runs scored.
 
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