BASEBALL: Former Indians bat in runs in LU road loss
Published 11:57 pm Friday, May 11, 2018
Cole Girouard drove in a run on a single and Logan LeJeune sacrificed for another, but Lamar failed to overcome an early 3-0 deficit and lost 5-3 to Stephen F. Austin on Friday in Nacogdoches.
The loss kept Lamar (15-35, 9-16 Southland) from gaining ground in the search for a top-eight conference finish, which would get the Cardinals into the Southland Conference tournament later this month. Lamar, sitting in 10th, is 1½ games behind New Orleans (21-28, 10-14) for eighth.
Girouard went 2 for 4, connecting for his one-run single in the third inning to put Lamar on the board. Former Port Neches-Groves teammate LeJeune flied out to right field to drive in a run, and Cole Coker scored on a passed ball in the seventh.
Tanner Driskill (5-5) allowed five earned runs on eight hits and struck out five in a complete-game loss. Jake Norton (2-2) threw six strikeouts and held Lamar to one earned run on seven its in seven innings to earn the win for SFA (16-31, 8-17), which stands 12th in the 13-team conference.
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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