University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss
40-20
Arizona State
38-19
Montenegro Two-Runs Single Defeats Arizona State 13-12 Sunday
6/2/2019 7:05:00 PM | Baseball
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gabe Montenegro's two-run single to right with two outs completed a stunning comeback and lifted Southern Mississippi to a 13-12 victory over Arizona State on Sunday in an elimination game at the NCAA's Baton Rouge regional.
The Golden Eagles trailed 10-2 in the fifth and 12-6 in the eighth before Matthew Guidry homered with two on and two out to make it 12-9.
Southern Miss opened the bottom of ninth with two singles and walk to load the bases with none out, and reliever Blake Burzell hit Hunter LeBlanc with a pitch to force home one run. Danny Lynch's sacrifice fly to right made it 12-11 and moved the tying run to third before LeBlanc took second on a pitch in the dirt.
Reliever Chaz Montoya struck out Storme Cooper before Montenegro, who went 5-for-6 at the plate, rolled a 2-1 pitch between the first and second basemen, sending Southern Miss (40-20) into a matchup with host LSU (38-24).
Southern Miss reliever Brant Blaylock (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win, while Burzell (5-1) took his first loss this season.
Matt Wallner hit his 23rd home run of the season for the Golden Eagles.
Spencer Torkelson had three hits — including his 23rd homer this season — and drove in three runs for Arizona State (38-19).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Blaylock, Brant (2-1)
L: Burzell,Blake (5-1)
Batting:
2B: Torkelson,Spencer 1 ; Williams,Alika 1 ; Bishop,Hunter 1
HR: Torkelson,Spencer 1
RBI: Torkelson,Spencer 3 ; Williams,Alika 3 ; Bishop,Hunter 2 ; Lin,Lyle 2
SH: Williams,Alika 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hauver,Trevor 2 ; Torkelson,Spencer 4 ; Williams,Alika 2 ; Bishop,Hunter 1 ; Lin,Lyle 1 ; Swift,Drew 2
CS: Workman,Gage 1
Batting:
2B: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Bowen, Bryant 1
HR: Guidry, Matthew 1 ; Wallner, Matt 1
RBI: Montenegro, Gabe 2 ; Guidry, Matthew 4 ; Wallner, Matt 1 ; Bowen, Bryant 2 ; Hoard, Erick 2 ; LeBlanc, Hunter 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1
SH: Franklin, Fred 1
SF: Lynch, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montenegro, Gabe 3 ; Guidry, Matthew 1 ; Wallner, Matt 3 ; Bowen, Bryant 1 ; Donaldson, Cole 1 ; LeBlanc, Hunter 1 ; Cooper, Storme 2 ; Blaylock, Brant 1
HBP: LeBlanc, Hunter 1 ; Cooper, Storme 1
