Lamar registers 10th straight win
Published 11:34 pm Monday, April 4, 2016
ABILENE — Jacoby Middleton made a diving catch in right field to end an Abilene Christian comeback and preserve Lamar’s nonconference series sweep Sunday, as the Cardinals took a 7-5 road win.
The win also gives Lamar a 10th straight victory, its longest such streak since rallying off 10 straight in 2013.
It was 7-1 before ACU (10-17) climbed back in the ninth on the strength of four hits and two Lamar errors. Jimmy Johnson had to pick up his fifth save and second in as many days after one-third inning of work, while Jayson McKinley (2-0) gave up just one run on six hits in 6 2/3 innings for the win.
Stijn van der Meer went 4 for 5 to extend his hit streak to 17 games for Lamar.
The Cardinals (20-7) begin a two-game home set with Nicholls State tonight at 6. The series does not count toward Southland standings.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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