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<b>Zach Luevanos homered in Wednesday's loss.</b>

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Baseball loses to Houston Baptist

Box Score

March 20, 2013

Box Score

BEAUMONT &ndash; Brett Brown couldn&rsquo;t have asked for a better start to Wednesday night&rsquo;s game against Houston Baptist, but a second inning home run was all the Huskies needed as the Lamar baseball team fell 8-1 at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

Brown, a native of Nederland, struck out the first four batters he faced, but a Curtis Jones single and C.J. Jarvis three-run blast keyed a four-run rally in the second to put the Huskies on top.

Brown would leave the mound after the third, picking up his first career loss. He finished with three hits allowed and six strikeouts.

Brad Picha was the engine of a Cardinal offense that was kept at bay for much of the evening. The senior finished with three of LU&rsquo;s four hits, and Zach Luevanos homered in the sixth to account for Lamar&rsquo;s lone score.

HBU pitcher Ross Kennell tossed a complete game and struck out seven.

Jerin Spikes stood out among the Card relievers, tossing three hit-less frames. Tom Elsom and Hunter Perry combined to allow the game&rsquo;s other four runs, and the duo of Travis Moore and J.T. Autrey also appeared on the mound.

With the loss, Lamar drops to 19-4 on the season. It marked just the second home loss of the season for the Cards, with the last occurring a month ago against Washington.

HBU improved to 7-10-1.

The Red and White will look to get back on track on Friday when McNeese State makes the short trek to Beaumont to open Southland Conference play. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Tom Elsom

#38 Tom Elsom

RHP
6' 4"
Freshman
Zach Luevanos

#21 Zach Luevanos

C
Freshman
Travis Moore

#35 Travis Moore

LHP
6' 3"
Freshman
Hunter Perry

#26 Hunter Perry

RHP
5' 11"
Freshman
Brad Picha

#23 Brad Picha

INF
6' 3"
Freshman
Jerin Spikes

#42 Jerin Spikes

RHP
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tom Elsom

#38 Tom Elsom

6' 4"
Freshman
RHP
Zach Luevanos

#21 Zach Luevanos

Freshman
C
Travis Moore

#35 Travis Moore

6' 3"
Freshman
LHP
Hunter Perry

#26 Hunter Perry

5' 11"
Freshman
RHP
Brad Picha

#23 Brad Picha

6' 3"
Freshman
INF
Jerin Spikes

#42 Jerin Spikes

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP
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