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Baseball

Aggies grab 11-5 win over LSUE

Box Score

With one win apiece on the week end, Murray State sealed the three-game series with an 11-5 win over LSU Eunice Sunday in the double-header finale.

The Aggies (19-4) pushed three runs across in the top of the first inning, begun when Grant Macciocchi tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Chandler Robertson.
 
Sean Dixson walked and A.J. Hatheway reached on catcher's interference to keep the inning going.
 
Garcia singled in Dixson, while Hatheway crossed home when Jaxon Phipps reached on an error to push the Aggies ahead, 3-0.
 
LSUE (21-5) rallied with two runs in the bottom of the frame, begun when Cameron Horton (Benton HS) was hit by pitch and scored on hit by Micah McHugh (Zachary).

Feduccia walked and later scored on a double by Brent Hebert as the Bengals pulled within one run, 3-2.
 
Murray State College added a run in the second when Austin Bartosovsky walked and later scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Aggies pushed ahead, 5-2 in the top of the third when Phipps walked and scored on a wild pitch.
 
Murray State exploded for three runs in the fourth frame, beginning with a single by Black followed by a RBI triple from Dixson.
 
Hatheway singled in Dixson before Rickey Silvestri drove in Hatheway to give the Aggies a 8-2 lead.
 
Murray State added an insurance run in the top of the sixth when Harrel tripled with two outs and scored on a double by Gabriel Simons.
 
The Bengals battled by for three runs in the bottom of the inning, begun when Michael Claverie (Live Oak) reached on an error and Hunter Feduccia (Barbe) ripped a home run to close the gap to 9-5.
 
Murray State sealed the win with two runs in the top of the seventh as the Aggies took advantage of two LSUE errors.
 
Dixson singled, Ferguson reached on an error and both scored when Padilla doubled and then advanced on another Bengal miscue.
 
LSUE threatened in the bottom of the inning when Claverie hit by pitch and  Feduccia singled but neither could score.
 Clay Moffitt (Catholic) (1-1) suffered the loss as he struck out one, walked two and allowed four earned runs on two hits over 1.1 innings.

Feduccia went 2-for-3 with a two RBI home run to lead the Bengal batters.

LSUE travels to Millsaps College on Thursday before facing Mississippi Delta Community College for a Friday double-header at UL Monroe.
 
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Players Mentioned

Michael  Claverie

#11 Michael Claverie

INF
6' 0"
Sophomore
Micah McHugh

#23 Micah McHugh

INF
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
Clay Moffitt

#24 Clay Moffitt

RHP
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Hunter Feduccia

#7 Hunter Feduccia

C
6' 2"
Sophomore
Cameron Horton

#25 Cameron Horton

1B
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michael  Claverie

#11 Michael Claverie

6' 0"
Sophomore
INF
Micah McHugh

#23 Micah McHugh

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
INF
Clay Moffitt

#24 Clay Moffitt

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
RHP
Hunter Feduccia

#7 Hunter Feduccia

6' 2"
Sophomore
C
Cameron Horton

#25 Cameron Horton

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
1B