Box Score The second-ranked Bengals suffered its first loss of the season Friday as Grayson College grabbed a 6-2 win over LSU Eunice.
After two scoreless innings, Grayson (6-3) pushed a run across when Brady Manning reached on a fielder's choice and scored on Westyn Swenson's single.
The Bengals (13-1) responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning, begun when
Bo Myers (Zachary, La.)singled and
Gavin Bourgeois (Church Point, La.) was hit by a pitch.
Braden Comeaux (Lake Charles, La.) singled in Myers, while Bourgeois scored on when
Michael Claverie (Denham Springs, La. ) reached on a fielder's choice.
Grayson tied the game in the top of the fifth when Mark Gottsacker walked and moved around the bases on consecutive wild pitches.
The Vikings moved ahead with two runs in the top of the sixth as Jared Viracola walked, Braydon Webb reached on a fielder's choice and both scored on a double by TY Jones.
Grayson added two insurance runs in the top of the eighth inning, begun when Viracoa reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a bases-loaded walk by Jones.
The Vikings pushed ahead 6-2 when Braydon Glenn was hit by a pitch and scored when Manning reached on a fielder's choice.
The Bengals were limited to seven hits and stranded 11 batters in the loss.
Comeaux (2-for-5, RBI) and Myers (2-for-4, RS) were the only Bengal batters with multiple hits against the Viking pitchers.
Braxton Smith (Orange, Tx.) (3-1) suffered the loss as he went 5.2 innings with eight strikeouts, four walked and four earned runs on five hits.
