University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Baseball Travels To Louisiana-Monroe For Midweek Contest
3/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Baseball Travels To Louisiana-Monroe For Midweek Contest
The game was originally scheduled to be played in
Wednesday?s contest will be broadcast on WKNZ-107.1 FM, with Lance Pittman and John Cox providing the play-by-play. The broadcast also will be available online by going to SouthernMiss.com, clicking on the Audio/Video link, and going to the baseball schedule from there. LiveStats will be available by clicking the LiveStats icon on the baseball homepage.
This will be the 47th meeting between Southern Miss and Louisiana-Monroe, with the Golden Eagles leading the all-time series, 33-13. Last year, the two teams met for a two-game midweek series in
Last week saw the Golden Eagles (12-3) fall in a Tuesday contest to nationally-ranked Ole Miss, 9-1, only to bounce back with a three-game series sweep of
Louisiana-Monroe (12-5) is coming off a week that saw the Indians go 3-0, with a win over
The Golden Eagles are led offensively by Maddox, who is batting .379 with 22 hits, and five doubles. He also leads the team in home runs (5), stolen bases (5), and RBIs (20). Freshman Trey Sutton is .365 from the plate, with 23 hits, two doubles, two triples, two home runs, and 10 RBIs. Senior third baseman Beau Griffin is hitting .349, with 22 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, and 14 RBIs, and redshirt freshman leftfielder Drew Carson is batting .345 with 19 hits, two doubles, one home run, and seven RBIs.
The offense for the Indians is led by senior catcher Tony Lamothe. Lamothe is batting .406, with 13 hits, four doubles, one home run, and nine RBIs. Junior outfielder James Bennett is hitting .391 with 25 hits, three doubles, and has a team-high five triples, five home runs, and 16 RBIs. Junior infielder Todd Garvin is .321 from the plate, with 9 hits, two doubles, and five RBIs.
Southern Miss will send redshirt freshman righthander Barry Bowden to the mound. He is 1-1 with a 3.77 ERA, having pitching 14.1 innings in his three starts. He has struck out 15, walked five, and given up six earned runs on 11 hits. In his last start against No. 16 Ole Miss last Tuesday, he pitched 3.1 innings, gave up four runs on five hits, walked two and struck out five.
Louisiana-Monroe will be starting senior left-hander Danny Borne, who 2-1 with a 4.37 ERA in 22.2 innings pitched. He has struck out 24, walked six and opponents have hit .287 against him this season. In his last outing, Borne pitched seven innings against
Following Wednesday?s game, the Golden Eagles will travel to Forth Worth, Texas, to open Conference USA play in a three-game weekend series against TCU, on Fri.-Sun., March 18-20, at Lupton Stadium. Friday?s game is at
