Final Stats

THIBODAUX, La. - A contest that the Lamar baseball team controlled turned scary in the seventh and eighth innings, but the Cardinals put their first extra-inning game of the season to use and snapped its seven-game skid with a 9-7 win in 11 innings over Nicholls in non-conference action at Didier Field on Wednesday.

The Cardinals (8-12) used a trio of three-run innings to overcome the Colonels (11-8-1), none bigger than the 11th inning rally.

Jake Nash led off the 11th with a double through the right side and scored one batter later when Kevin Santana doubled down the right field line. Reed Seeley was hit by a pitch to give LU runners on first and second, and pinch-hitter Joe Arechiga put down a sacrifice bunt to the right side and allowed both runners to advance.

Satran recorded his fifth runner batted in of the game in on a sacrifice fly to score Santana, and Salazar singled to right field to score Seeley.

Ryan Cawthon came in and had to work for his first save of his career. He faced runners on second and third when he struck out Christian Correa for the second out. David Zorn had a big single through the left side to score one, but Cawthon shut the book when he forced Joey Morales to ground out.

Down 6-3 in the seventh inning, Colonel pinch hitter Tanner Vandevere singled to left center and scored Byron Cobb and Kyle Reese. Cobb pinch ran for Justin Smith, who reached on an infield single, and Reese reached on a one-out single up the middle.

Reese tied the contest at 6-6 in the eighth on a single to center field that scored Morales, who reached on a full-count walk.

Satran started the contest with a bang on his first career homerun as a Cardinal in the second inning. He scored Seeley, who lined a one-out double to left field, and Kyle Markum, who singled through the right side.

Bret Brown played a huge role in the bottom of the frame after Nicholls punched two across. LU starter Cody Laird opened the inning with a walk to Alex Shermer, which was followed by a single to right center from Eagle Wuestney. Shermer's walk was an eight-pitch battle.

Both runs scored on back-to-back singles to the right side from Zorn and Morales. Enter Bret Brown who immediately struck out Justin Holt on four pitches and Darius Knight on three.

Laird worked 1.1 innings and gave up the two runs on four hits and one walk. Brown worked one more innings and gave up one run, on a single from Smith to score Reese. Reese led off the Colonel half of the frame with a triple to right center. He finished his day with six hits in six at-bats.

Before Nicholls' run in the bottom of the third, Lamar added three more in the top of the frame on four-straight hits. It all started with Stijn van der Meer's leadoff single followed by a walk to Nash two batters later. Kevin Santana loaded the bases for Reed Seeley who singled through the right side to score van der Meer. Markum's single pushed across Nash and Satran's single scored Santana.

Satran's five runs batted in netted him the first multi-RBI game of his season, and the most that any Cardinal has had all season.

Including Laird, Brown and Cawthon, the Cardinals went through 10 pitchers. Collin Chapman appeared in his first contest this season and pitched one inning and gave up one hit. Will Hibbs worked two innings and gave up three hits.

Brent Janak threw one-third of an inning and surrendered two runs on two hits and a walk. Travis Moore and Enrique Oquendo both worked two-thirds of an inning. Derek Wade pitched two innings and Brandon Kirkham tossed a third and gave up a run.

Kirkham earned his first win of the season in his first decision.

Nicholls tossed eight pitchers in the contest, and starter Alex Ernestine worked two innings and allowed four runs on five hits. He took the loss and fell to 1-2.

Seven Cardinals, Nash, Santana, Seeley, Markum, Satran, Salazar and Eckols all had two hits in the game. Satran finished with five RBI and Nash, Seeley and Santana all had two runs scored.

LU's trek through Louisiana continues at New Orleans on Friday at 6:30 in Southland Conference action. The second contest of the three-game set is schedule for 2 o'clock on Saturday and the finale at 1 o'clock on Sunday.