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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Southeastern Louisiana's
Trey Martin snapped a 5-5 eighth inning deadlock when he stole home, capping a two-run inning and helping the Lions to a 6-5 win over SEC opponent Mississippi State and a three-game sweep Sunday at Dudy Noble Field.
Southeastern (7-0) rallied twice from two-run deficits in claiming its first-ever three-game series against an SEC school as relievers
Josh Janway (2-0) and
Chris Franklin held Mississippi State (4-3) scoreless for the final 5.2 innings.
The Lions trailed 5-3 after seven innings before rallying against MSU reliever Ben Bracewell (0-1) to take the lead for good. True freshman
Alex Marse led off the inning with a single up the middle and moved to second when Martin was hit by a pitch.
Bracewell retired
Cass Hargis and
Justin Boudreaux before
Jeff Harkensee hit an opposite-field single to drive in Marse. After
Josh Cryer drew a walk to load the bases, Martin put the Lions ahead with his steal of home.
Janway, the second of three pitchers used by Southeastern, pitched 4.2 innings allowing three hits and striking out six. Franklin pitched the final inning, after Jonathan Ogden led off the ninth, with a single to earn his second save and 14th of his career, tying him with Chris Province for most in school history.
Mississippi State placed runners at the corners with one out in the ninth after Ogden was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and Russ Snead followed with an infield single. Pinch-runner Jaron Shepherd moved to second on a passed ball, but Franklin caught Connor Powers looking at a third strike and got Ryan Duffy to ground out to end the game.
The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Sneed belted his first home run of the season off Southeastern starter
Ryan Boudreaux.
After Southeastern scored a run in the second and two in the third, the Bulldogs reclaimed the lead bottom half of the third when Powers belted a two-run home run to center before an RBI single by Ogden in the fourth gave MSU a 5-3 lead.
Southeastern answered with a run in the sixth when Hargis hit a one-out single, moved to third on a single by Boudreaux and scored on Harkensee's RBI ground out to first to close the Lions to within 5-4.
Freshman
Chad Gough-Fortenberry, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI, drove in the first run for the Lions with an RBI single in the second off MSU starter Corey Collins. The Lions took a 3-2 lead in the top of the third inning when Boudreaux scored on a double play grounder by Cryer and Gough-Fortenberry drove in
Cody Gougler with a two-out single through the left side.
Southeastern collected 15 hits in the game and stranded 11 runners.
Philip Freeman went 3-for-5 for the Lions while Boudreaux, Harkensee and Gougler had two hits apiece.
Bracewell, the third of four pitchers used by Mississippi State, allowed two runs on three hits in a two innings of work. Collins allowed two earned runs and scattered six hits in 2.2 innings.
Southeastern will return home to open a five-game homestand beginning Tuesday against Jackson State in a 6 p.m. contest at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. The Lions will host in-state rival Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday before hosting Texas Southern in a three-game series beginning Friday.
Southeastern La..... 012 001 020 - 6 15 0
Mississippi State... 202 100 000 - 5 11 1
R. Boudreaux, Janway (4), Franklin (9) and Gough-Fortenberry. C. Collins, Graveman (3), Bracewell (7), Jones (9) and Thigpen. W – Janway (2-0). SV. – Franklin (2). L –Bracewell (0-1). E – Ogden (3). DP - SLU 1, MSU 2. LOB - SLU 11, MSU 9. 2B – Gougler (1), Johnson (1). HR – Sneed (1), Powers (4). HBP - Martin. SH – Hebert (2), Marse (2), Adkins (1). SB – Martin (2). CS - Gough-Fortenberry (3), Thigpen(1). T-3:07 A – 5,878.
