EUNICE, La. – LSU Eunice Baseball struck for a seven-run inning to help catapult the Bengals past Wharton County JC 13-3 in eight innings on Monday at Bengal Stadium. The Bengals (45-3) notched their 18th run-rule victory of the season and sixth since the start of the month of April.
The offensive barrage began with authority as
Alexander Saunier (Lafayette, LA, Lafayette HS) pounded a two-run home run in the third inning to put LSUE on the scoreboard first. Wharton County would answer with an unearned run off a two-out error but not before the Bengals punched back in emphatic fashion.
LSUE would rip off a seven-run fourth inning, headlined by a pair of bases loaded two-run singles by
Parker Coley (Sterlington, LA, Sterlington HS) and
Nick Duplechain (Lafayette, LA, Iota HS). Those big hits were sandwiched between a
Dawson Willis (Ruston, LA, Ruston HS) RBI single and
Korey Cooper (Dickinson, TX, Dickinson HS) RBI bunt single. The Bengals used four free passes and five hits in the inning.
The Pioneers would stave off a run-rule with two runs in the sixth but the Bengals were back to the offensive an inning later.
Zachary Thomas (Jesup, GA, Wayne County HS) punched a two-run single to make it 11-3 Bengals. LSUE would secure the early win as
Tanner Vadnais (Prairieville, LA, Dutchtown HS) and
Bennett Clement (St. Francisville, LA, West Feliciana HS) ripped off a pair of pinch hit RBI doubles.
Four different Bengals would log multi-hit games in LSUE's 15-hit output.
Lost in the offensive numbers was another strong outing
Aiden Vosburg (Jarreau, LA, Catholic-Pointe Coupee HS). The sophomore improved to 6-0 on the season after tossing 5.2 innings, giving up three runs off four hits while not issuing a walk. He would strike out five batters.
Liam Watt (Burlington, Ontario, Canada, Nelson HS) and
Nick Gisclair (Prairieville, LA, Dutchtown HS) would combine for 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, each giving up a hit with no walks.
LSU Eunice closes out the remainder of the regular season on the road, beginning this weekend with a three-game series against Delgado CC starting on Saturday at 3:00PM.
