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Photo by: Joe Harper
Golden Eagles Secure Pair of One-Run Victories in Sweep of Marshall
4/6/2019 9:07:00 PM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss came from behind twice Saturday afternoon for 4-3 and 11-10 victories in completing a three-game Conference USA series sweep of Marshall at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
Bryant Bowen, the hottest hitter for the Golden Eagles over the last two weeks, collected the game-winning hit in the opening game and delivered the game-tying single in the nightcap. Bowen, who extended his team-best hitting streak to 13 games, went 7-of-13 (.538) with six runs scored, seven runs batted in and two walks. Among his hits were a home run and double.
"What a weekend that young man had," Southern Miss coach Scott Berry said.
Gabe Montenegro, led off the bottom of the ninth inning in the first contest with a triple to the deepest part of Pete Taylor Park.
Bowen then strode to the plate two intentional walks later and brought Montenegro home with a sharp single to left to give the Golden Eagles the walk-off winner.
For a second consecutive game, Marshall took the early lead. Left fielder Tucker Linder led off the second inning with his fifth home run of the season and shortstop Elvis Peralta added a sacrifice fly in the third inning.
Both runs came off Southern Miss starter Stevie Powers, who had been sidelined since March 16 with an oblique muscle strain. Powers allowed five hits over five innings, walking one and striking out two.
Southern Miss took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning with benefit of one hit. Cole Donaldson singled to start the inning, and then beat the throw to second on a bunt by Will McGillis. After an out, three different Marshall pitchers walked three consecutive Golden Eagles to tie the game 2-2.
When Marshall reliever Michael Guerrero uncorked a wild pitch, Southern Miss led 3-2.
Marshall quickly tied the score, with Peralta leading off the eighth inning with his third HR of the season, setting up the dramatics in the bottom of the ninth.
Montenegro, who had managed just two hits in his previous five games, drilled a long fly ball to dead center, allowing him to circle the bases for his fourth triple of the year.
Marshall then chose to intentionally walk both Matt Guidry and Hunter Slater to set up a force at home, but Bowen foiled that strategy by lining a single through the hole and into left field to extend his hitting streak.
Sean Tweedy (5-0) picked up the win, allowing two hits over 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Donaldson, who had been sidelined since March 24 with a neck issue, had two hits in his return. Linder and catcher Rey Pastrana had two hits apiece for the Herd.
Bowen's first hit in the first game turned out to be USM's last at-bat of the game, as his sharp single to left field brought home Gabe Montenegro from third base in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory.
In the second game, Marshall erased a 5-3 deficit, scoring seven times in the top of the sixth inning to grab a 10-5 lead.
But Bowen's fifth home run of the season, a two-run blast high off the scoreboard in left-center field, highlighted a four-run bottom of the sixth inning that got the Golden Eagles back within 10-9.
In the seventh, Montenegro doubled with one out and Hunter Slater walked with two outs. Bowen then lined a hard hopper through Marshall third baseman Raul Cabrera that sent Montenegro home with the game-tying run and Slater to third base.
With Matt Wallner at the plate and Cole Donaldson running for Bowen at first, Southern Miss pulled off the back end of double steal, with Slater coming across with the winning run before Donaldson was tagged out in a rundown between first and second base.
J.C. Keys picked up his third save of the season, allowing just one hit while striking out four in two scoreless innings.
As it had in all three games this weekend, Marshall broke out on top in the first inning, grabbing a 1-0 lead on Zach Inskeep's runs-scoring single.
Southern Miss came back in the bottom of the first inning, scoring on a run-scoring single by Bowen and Wallner's fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, for a 3-1 lead.
Inskeep's second RBI-single narrowed the margin to 3-2 in the third inning, but Southern Miss added two more runs on Hunter LeBlanc's run-scoring grounder and Danny Lynch's single.
Peralta's single in the fifth inning pulled Marshall within 5-3 before the Herd thundered through four Golden Eagles' pitchers, scoring seven times.
Center fielder Erik Rodriguez had the biggest blow, a bases-clearing, three run triple. Catcher Rey Pastrana and left fielder Tucker Linder each hit runs scoring singles while second baseman Geordon Blanton forced in a run on a bases-loaded walk.
But Southern Miss answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning, including Slater's run-scoring double and Bowen's two-run homer. Brant Blaylock scored the fourth run on a wild pitch.
That got Southern Miss within a run and set up the fireworks of the following inning.
Hunter Stanley (3-0) allowed a hit in 1 1/3 innings, striking out one. Robert Kwiatkowski (0-2) took the loss, allowing two runs on a hit in an inning, he walked and struck out.
Southern Miss will travel to Trustmark Park in Pearl to take on Ole Miss at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Bryant Bowen, the hottest hitter for the Golden Eagles over the last two weeks, collected the game-winning hit in the opening game and delivered the game-tying single in the nightcap. Bowen, who extended his team-best hitting streak to 13 games, went 7-of-13 (.538) with six runs scored, seven runs batted in and two walks. Among his hits were a home run and double.
"What a weekend that young man had," Southern Miss coach Scott Berry said.
Gabe Montenegro, led off the bottom of the ninth inning in the first contest with a triple to the deepest part of Pete Taylor Park.
Bowen then strode to the plate two intentional walks later and brought Montenegro home with a sharp single to left to give the Golden Eagles the walk-off winner.
For a second consecutive game, Marshall took the early lead. Left fielder Tucker Linder led off the second inning with his fifth home run of the season and shortstop Elvis Peralta added a sacrifice fly in the third inning.
Both runs came off Southern Miss starter Stevie Powers, who had been sidelined since March 16 with an oblique muscle strain. Powers allowed five hits over five innings, walking one and striking out two.
Southern Miss took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning with benefit of one hit. Cole Donaldson singled to start the inning, and then beat the throw to second on a bunt by Will McGillis. After an out, three different Marshall pitchers walked three consecutive Golden Eagles to tie the game 2-2.
When Marshall reliever Michael Guerrero uncorked a wild pitch, Southern Miss led 3-2.
Marshall quickly tied the score, with Peralta leading off the eighth inning with his third HR of the season, setting up the dramatics in the bottom of the ninth.
Montenegro, who had managed just two hits in his previous five games, drilled a long fly ball to dead center, allowing him to circle the bases for his fourth triple of the year.
Marshall then chose to intentionally walk both Matt Guidry and Hunter Slater to set up a force at home, but Bowen foiled that strategy by lining a single through the hole and into left field to extend his hitting streak.
Sean Tweedy (5-0) picked up the win, allowing two hits over 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Donaldson, who had been sidelined since March 24 with a neck issue, had two hits in his return. Linder and catcher Rey Pastrana had two hits apiece for the Herd.
Bowen's first hit in the first game turned out to be USM's last at-bat of the game, as his sharp single to left field brought home Gabe Montenegro from third base in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory.
In the second game, Marshall erased a 5-3 deficit, scoring seven times in the top of the sixth inning to grab a 10-5 lead.
But Bowen's fifth home run of the season, a two-run blast high off the scoreboard in left-center field, highlighted a four-run bottom of the sixth inning that got the Golden Eagles back within 10-9.
In the seventh, Montenegro doubled with one out and Hunter Slater walked with two outs. Bowen then lined a hard hopper through Marshall third baseman Raul Cabrera that sent Montenegro home with the game-tying run and Slater to third base.
With Matt Wallner at the plate and Cole Donaldson running for Bowen at first, Southern Miss pulled off the back end of double steal, with Slater coming across with the winning run before Donaldson was tagged out in a rundown between first and second base.
J.C. Keys picked up his third save of the season, allowing just one hit while striking out four in two scoreless innings.
As it had in all three games this weekend, Marshall broke out on top in the first inning, grabbing a 1-0 lead on Zach Inskeep's runs-scoring single.
Southern Miss came back in the bottom of the first inning, scoring on a run-scoring single by Bowen and Wallner's fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, for a 3-1 lead.
Inskeep's second RBI-single narrowed the margin to 3-2 in the third inning, but Southern Miss added two more runs on Hunter LeBlanc's run-scoring grounder and Danny Lynch's single.
Peralta's single in the fifth inning pulled Marshall within 5-3 before the Herd thundered through four Golden Eagles' pitchers, scoring seven times.
Center fielder Erik Rodriguez had the biggest blow, a bases-clearing, three run triple. Catcher Rey Pastrana and left fielder Tucker Linder each hit runs scoring singles while second baseman Geordon Blanton forced in a run on a bases-loaded walk.
But Southern Miss answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning, including Slater's run-scoring double and Bowen's two-run homer. Brant Blaylock scored the fourth run on a wild pitch.
That got Southern Miss within a run and set up the fireworks of the following inning.
Hunter Stanley (3-0) allowed a hit in 1 1/3 innings, striking out one. Robert Kwiatkowski (0-2) took the loss, allowing two runs on a hit in an inning, he walked and struck out.
Southern Miss will travel to Trustmark Park in Pearl to take on Ole Miss at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stanley, Hunter (3-0)
L: KWIATKOWSKI, Robert (0-2)
S: Keys, J.C. (3)
Batting:
2B: EDWARDS, Luke 1 ; BLANTON, Geordon 1
3B: RODRIGUEZ, Erik 1
RBI: RODRIGUEZ, Erik 3 ; PERALTA, Elvis 1 ; INSKEEP, Zach 2 ; LINDER, Tucker 1 ; PASTRANA, Rey 1 ; BLANTON, Geordon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RODRIGUEZ, Erik 1 ; PERALTA, Elvis 3 ; INSKEEP, Zach 1 ; LINDER, Tucker 1 ; PASTRANA, Rey 1 ; EDWARDS, Luke 1 ; BLANTON, Geordon 2
SB: PERALTA, Elvis 2
HBP: PERALTA, Elvis 1
Batting:
2B: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Slater, Hunter 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 1
HR: Bowen, Bryant 1 ; Wallner, Matt 1
RBI: Slater, Hunter 1 ; Bowen, Bryant 4 ; Wallner, Matt 2 ; LeBlanc, Hunter 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montenegro, Gabe 3 ; Slater, Hunter 2 ; Bowen, Bryant 3 ; Wallner, Matt 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 2
SB: LeBlanc, Hunter 1
CS: Donaldson, Cole 1
HBP: Guidry, Matthew 1
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