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SAN MARCOS, Texas – Casey Kalenkosky belted a two-run home run in the sixth inning to erase a one-run deficit and Jeff McVaney scored an insurance run in the eight inning after reaching on a leadoff triple as Texas State defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 7-5, in the final game of a three-game series on Sunday at Bobcat Ballpark.
Kyle Kubitza went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run as Texas State (23-12, 13-5 SLC) remained in a first-place tie with Stephen F. Austin, which earned a three-game sweep at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Southeastern, which will visit Tulane on Tuesday in a 6:30 p.m. contest, dropped to 24-13 on the season and 10-8 in SLC action.
Southeastern trailed 4-2 after four innings before scoring once in the fifth and twice in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead.
Jonathan Pace led off the fifth when he was hit by a pitch, moved to second issued to
Justin Boudreaux and scored two batters later when
Jeff Harkensee reached on an infield single.
The Lions reclaimed the lead in the sixth after
Jacob Fisher led off the inning with a walk and
Brock Hebert drew a one-out walk. One batter later, Pace reached on a three-base error by Joey Fuda that allowed Fisher and Hebert to score and give the Lions their first lead since a 1-0 advantage in the first.
Texas State took the lead for good three batters into the sixth as Kubitza led off with a bunt single and Kalenkosky hit his league-best 14th homer of the season off Southeastern starter
Josh Janway (3-1) for a 6-5 advantage.
McVaney, who pitched the final 2.2 innings to record his second save of the year, gave the Bobcats an insurance run as he led off the eighth inning with an opposite-field triple and scored on Morgan Mickan's sacrifice fly.
Joseph Dvorsky (2-0), the third of four pitchers used by Texas State, earned the win after allowing two hits in 1.1 innings. Texas State starter Colton Turner pitched four innings and gave up four hits and three runs before being relieved by Fielding Pittman in the fifth.
Harkensee went 2-for-5 with an RBI for Southeastern, which collected seven hits in the contest and stranded nine runners on base.
Cass Hargis went 2-for-4 for the Lions, increasing his career total to 272 hits – four shy of the school record held by former Lion Ty Summerlin.
Janway took the loss for the Lions after pitching 5.1 inning and allowing four hits. The junior right-hander allowed four earned runs with two strikeouts and two walks before being replaced by
Jason Greenleaf in the sixth.
After facing Tulane, the Lions will return to Southland Conference play beginning Thursday when they host A&M-Corpus Christi in a 6 p.m. contest at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
Southeastern La..... 110 012 000 - 5 7 2 (24-13, 10-8 SLC)
Texas State......... 200 202 01x - 7 9 2 (23-12, 13-5 SLC)
Janway, Greenleaf (6), Lopez (8) and Fisher. Turner, Pittman (5), Dvorsky (6), McVaney (7) and Stumph. W – Dvorsky (2-0). Sv. – McVaney (2). L – Janway (3-1). E – Hebert (12), Fisher (1), Fuda (2), Nuti (8). DP - Texas State 1. LOB – SLU 9, Texas State 6. 2B – Cryer (11). 3B – McVaney (1). HR – Kubitza (5), Kalenkosky (14). HBP - Pace, Gougler, Rutland. SH – Cryer (5), Rutland (1). SF – Mickan (1). SB – Boudreaux (9), Mickan (4). CS – Fuda (3). T - 2:45. A – 925.
