NATCHITOCHES, La. — It came down to the bottom of the 10th.
Northwestern State got runners at first and second for Clay Jung who hit the walk-off RBI double down the right field line to lift the Demons to a 2-1 victory over Lamar University on Friday night at Brown-Stroud Field.
Northwestern State's starting pitcher Tyler Bryan retired his first six batters in a row up until the top of the third when
Reese Beheler hit a single.
In the same inning, after being hit by a pitch,
Matt Ryan later scored on a throwing error by the second baseman to give the Cards a 1-0 lead.
The Demons tied up the game in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single to center by Colin Rains.
LU's pitching staff kept the Demons hitless for three straight innings up until the bottom of the 10th.
BY THE NUMBERS
- LU tallied nine hits.
- Beheler finished 3 for 5 with three singles to record his first three-hit performance of the season. Beheler now has 11 multi-hit games.
- Zane Spinn had two singles to go 2 for 5.
- Brayden Evans and Heladio Moreno each finished 1 for 5 with a single. Evans extended his hit streak to six games.
- Damian Ruiz extended his on base streak to 40 games and his hitting streak to 23 games after he went 1 for 4 with a single and a walk.
- Ryan extended his on base streak to 16 games as he went 1 for 1 with a single, two walks and a hit by a pitch.
- Riely Hunsaker went five scoreless innings allowing four hits with four strikeouts.
- Luke Krkovski struck out five batters in 2.1 innings.
- The LU pitching staff finished with 11 strikeouts.
UP NEXT
The series concludes Saturday, April 19 at 2 p.m.
