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CONWAY, Ark. – Michael Marietta scored from second base on a one-out error in the bottom of the 12th inning to help Central Arkansas claim a 5-4 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on a chilly Saturday at Bear Stadium.
Blake Payne pitched two innings of hitless relief as UCA (11-13, 2-6 SLC) scored three unearned runs and it took advantage of four Southeastern errors. Southeastern fell to 15-8 overall and 5-3 in SLC action.
The series finale is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the internet at www.LionSports.net.
Marietta drew a one-out walk from Lion reliever
Jason Greenleaf (1-2) before advancing to second when Jake Fuller singled through the left side. Noble then hit a roller that went underneath the glove of second baseman
Brock Hebert and allowed Marietta to score the game-winning run.
UCA trailed 4-3 after eight innings before sending the game to extra innings with a run in the ninth. Zack Dickson drew a one-out walk off Southeastern's
Josh Janway before Kyle Prevett doubled to right-center field to score pinch-runner Logan Moon. Ethan Harris followed with a sharp single to right to put runners on the corners with one out, but Janway fanned Jonathan Davis and got Jonathan Houston to fly out to end the inning.
Southeastern broke up a scoreless contest in the third after
Cass Hargis drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a base hit by
Cody Gougler. Both runners moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by
Britt Gautreaux before an RBI grounder by Hebert drove Hargis and gave the Lions a 1-0 lead.
The Lions tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth when
Justin Boudreaux reached on a bunt single, moved to third on a one-out hit by
Josh Cryer and scored on an RBI grounder by
Joe Sparacino.
Southeastern scored twice in the eighth inning to take a 4-3 lead after Gautreaux hit a one-out single and Hebert followed with a single to right.
Jonathan Pace followed as he drove in pinch-runner
Trey Martin with an RBI single up the middle, extending his hitting streak to 20 games, and Boudreaux followed with a sacrifice fly off UCA starter Ryan Angus.
Tyler Watkins pitched 6.1 innings and scattered five hits and allowed an earned run for the Lions before being replaced by Janway in the seventh. Angus pitched eight innings for the Bears, scattering eight hits and allowing four runs before Andy Steinmetz and Payne pitched four scoreless innings and allowing one hit.
Hebert led Southeastern at the plate going 3-for-6. Boudreaux went 2-for-4 for the Lions, which tallied nine hits and stranded six runners.
Dickson and Harris had two hits each for UCA, which posted 10 hits in the game and left 13 runners on base. The Bears loaded the bases in the 10th inning after Greg Noble hit a two-out single and Doug Votolato drew a walk to chase Janway. Greenleaf came in and got Prevett to pop up to second to end the threat.
Southeastern La..... 001 100 020 000 - 4 9 4 (15-8, 5-3 SLC)
Central Arkansas.... 002 010 001 001 - 5 10 2 (11-13, 2-6 SLC)
Watkins, Janway (7), Greenleaf (10) and Cryer. Angus, Steinmetz (9), Payne (11) and Snider, Marietta (9). W – Payne (3-3). L – Greenleaf (1-2). E – Hebert 3 (8), Boudreaux (10), Harris (4), Prevett (8). DP - UCA 1. LOB - SLU 6, UCA 13. 2B – Davis (2), Prevett (3). 3B – Harris (1). HBP - Cryer. SH – Cryer (4), Gautreaux (1), Prevett 2 (10). SF – Boudreaux (2), Harris (1). SB – Getchell (2). CS – Hebert (3), Boudreaux (1). T - 3:24. A - 193.
