March 8, 2008
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        BEAUMONT - Senior Travis        Dunson drove in three runs in each game and Tim        Erickson picked up a pair of saves to lead the Cardinals to a pair of wins Saturday on        day two of the Lamar Classic at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
        Lamar (8-4) scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 7-6 win over        Buffalo and scored five runs in its last two at-bats for a 10-7 win over Akron. The        Cardinals close out the Lamar Classic Sunday with a 3 p.m. game against New York Tech.        Sunday's first game has Akron playing Buffalo at 10 a.m.
        In game one, Buffalo jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Lamar starter Brian        Needham. Brian Randazzo reached on a fielder's choice and scored on Bobby Pizzuto's        triple to right center field. Chris Chiesla doubled to right center to drive in        Pizzuto.
        The Bulls added two more runs in the sixth inning. Nick Walczak singled to right field        and Shivam Bhan walked. Randazzo delivered a two-out, 2-run triple to center field for a        4-0 lead.
        Lamar tied the game with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jeff        Vickers started the inning by reaching on a throwing error by Randazzo at second base.        Brent        Harris singled to center field. Chris        Dunkin, who was 2-for-3, drove in Vickers with a single to left field. Jared        Hill followed with a single to center field to load the bases.
        Steven        Tucker drove in Harris with a fielder's choice in which everybody was safe when        Walczak's throw to second base pulled Jacob Rosenbeck off the bag. Dunson, who was 2-for-4        with three RBI, singled through the right side of the infield to drive in Hill and Dunkin        to tie the game at 4-4.
        Eric Flynn singled with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Rob Mancini followed        with a 2-run home run to left field to put the Bulls up 6-4.
        The Cardinals answered with three runs in the home half of the eighth inning. Tucker        doubled to center field and scored on Dunson's single up the middle. Harris walked with the        bases loaded to force in Dunson with the tying run and David        Moore drove in Anthony        Moore with the go-ahead run with an infield single.
        Brad        Depoy (1-0) picked up the win in relief, allowing two runs on three hits with two        strikeouts in two innings pitched. Erickson pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out        two, to earn his fourth save of the season.
        Jesse Reinstein (0-1) took the loss in relief for the Bulls. He allowed one unearned run        on one hit with two walks and one strikeout in 1.0 inning pitched.
        In game two, Akron jumped out to an early 7-2 lead. Lamar actually started the scoring        with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Tyler        Link singled and scored on Wade Mathis' RBI single.
        Vince Chiera had an RBI single in the top of the second inning for the Zips that tied        the game. Kurt Davidson put Akron up 3-1 with a 2-run home run.
        Akron (5-5) score an unearned run in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth to        increase its lead to 7-2. Kevin Haas had an RBI single and Doug McNulty added a 2-run        single to center in the sixth.
        Lamar repeated the scoring scenario of the first inning with Link scoring on an RBI        single by Mathis, who was 2-for-5 with two RBI. Dunson hit a 3-run home run to left field        in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 7-6.
        David        Moore's sacrifice fly to left field drove in Brian        Taylor with the tying run in the seventh inning. Steven        Tucker singled to right field and Nik        Gumeson tripled when his line drive up the middle ricocheted off reliever Jared        Patterson's head. Patterson, who appeared to be fine, was replaced by Ryne Romick.
        Gumeson scored on a fielding error by Haas at second base and Link drove in Dunson with        a double to center field to put Lamar up 9-7.
        Lamar closed out the scoring when David        Moore doubled down the right field line in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored        on Tucker's sacrifice fly.
        Jim        Niesuchouski (1-0) picked up his first collegiate win in relief with 2 1/3 innings of        scoreless relief with one strikeout. Erickson came in to record the final out to earn his        second save of the day and his fifth of the season.
        Patterson (0-1) took the loss for the Zips, allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits        in one-third of an inning pitched.