University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Lowery Homers Baseball To 4-3 Victory
4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Lowery Homers Baseball To 4-3 Victory
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ? Southern Miss? Jason Lowery went 3-for-4 at the plate with two home runs, to lead the Golden Eagles to a 4-3 victory over TCU in the second game of the three-game Conference USA weekend series, here today, at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
With the score tied at 3-3 in the sixth inning, Lowery blasted his second home run of the game, a solo shot to left, breaking the tie and providing the eventual outcome.
Southern Miss starter Anthony DeWitt (5-1) posted his fifth win of the season, pitching six innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits, striking out four and walking three. Closer pitcher Austin Tubb picked up his second save of the year, pitching the final 1.1 innings. Adam Smith and Ray Antonelli also saw relief action for the Golden Eagles.
TCU starting pitcher Eugene Espineli (3-3) dropped his third loss of the season, pitching 6.1 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on eight hits, striking out four, and walking two.
Southern Miss (23-4, 6-2 Conference USA) scored its four runs off nine hits, led by Lowery, Matt Shepherd and Kevin Coker, who had two runs each. TCU (17-12, 5-3 C-USA) scored three runs on five hits, and both teams had one error each.
The Horned Frogs jumped on the board first, scoring two runs off a single to center by catcher Kyle Dahlberg in the second inning.
The Golden Eagles scored their first run in the third, when Shepherd, who had doubled to center, scored off a throwing error by TCU shortstop German Duran.
In the fourth inning, Southern Miss took the lead in grand fashion when Lowery?s two-run homer over the right field wall gave the Eagles the 3-2 lead.
TCU scored the tying run in the top of the sixth inning. Bo Cogbill walked and Chris Neuman singled, putting runners on first and second. Austin Adams flew out to right field, advancing Cogbill to third. Neuman stole second and Cogbill stole home on the same play, providing the third run for the Horned Frogs.
Maddox and Jarrett Hoffpauir?s respective hitting streaks of 20 and 16 were broken today as they went hitless.
The finale of the three-game weekend series concludes tomorrow, with a 1 p.m., scheduled first pitch at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
