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Southern Miss Wins Series with 4-2 Sunday Victory at Louisiana
3/6/2022 4:56:00 PM | Baseball
LAFAYETTE, La. – Southern Miss scored solo runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to break a deadlock score in defeating Louisiana 4-2 Sunday afternoon at Russo Park, which gave the Golden Eagles the series win.
The Golden Eagles improved to 8-3 with the victory, while the Cajuns fell to 6-6 on the year. After falling the opener 5-3 Friday, Southern Miss rebounded with a 5-0 shutout yesterday.
With the score tied at 2-2 in the eighth, Dustin Dickerson knocked in the go-ahead run with a bases loaded single. Dickerson led Southern Miss with three of the team's season-high 13 hits.
The visitors added another run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Carson Paetow.
Hurston Waldrep went five-plus innings in the start and allowed a run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
It was the Golden Eagles who jumped out to an early advantage with a solo run in the second. Despite an 18-mile wind in from the South, Will McGillis laced a UL starter Jeff Wilson pitch just over the left field wall for a 1-0 advantage. It was McGillis' second homer of the weekend and also for the year as he finished with two hits in the contest.
UL tried to tie the score in the bottom of the frame, as Connor Kimple led off with a triple. After a quick groundout to first, Kyle Robertson hit a ball to Danny Lynch at third base and Kimple was caught in a rundown and tagged out. Waldrep the got out of the frame with a strikeout.
Southern Miss extended their lead to 2-0 with another run in the third. Gabe Montenegro led off the inning with a single and then went to third after Reece Ewing doubled off the left-center wall. After a fielder's choice that erased Montenegro at third, Danny Lynch singled up the middle to increase the lead.
Waldrep worked out of another jam in the fifth. After giving up a leadoff single and fielder's choice, Jonathan Brandon doubled to put a pair of runners in scoring position. Waldrep, though, then got a popout to second and struck out the No. 9 hitter, Warnner Rincones, to escape with no damage.
The Cajuns tied the score in the sixth. After a leadoff walk issued by Waldrep, the Golden Eagles went to their bullpen for Drew Boyd. After Boyd allowed a single to put runners at the corners, he notched a strikeout.
Southern Miss then went to pen again for Garrett Ramsey. Connor Kimple greeted Ramsey with a sacrifice fly to plate first run. Heath Hood followed with a ground rule double to right to tie the score at 2-2.
The runs were the first for the Cajuns in 17 1/3 innings in the series.
Ramsey, though, went the final 3 2/3 frames, giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts to earn the victory and improve to 1-0.
UL reliever Bo Bonds (1-1) suffered the loss as he went four innings in relief and allowed a run on three hits and a walk with five strikeouts.
The Golden Eagles return to action with a pair of midweek games at home, playing host to South Alabama on Tuesday and Tulane on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m., for both games.
