Box Score BATON ROUGE, La. – Southeastern Louisiana University rode a first-game victory over BYU Friday into a weather delay against No. 2 -ranked LSU at Alex Box Stadium.
The Southeastern-LSU game was suspended in the bottom of the first and will resume Sunday at 1 p.m. with LSU runners on the corners and two outs. Mason Katz was at the plate for the Tigers in a scoreless game. Tickets from the game will be honored Sunday for the resumption of play.
In the first game of the day, Southeastern right-hander
Sean Kennel hooked up in a pitcher's duel with BYU right-hander Adam Miller (0-2) and the game remained scoreless into the eighth inning.
A one-out single by Adam Law, the son of former major leaguer Vance Law, chased Kennel. Jaycob Brugman chopped an infield single off Lion reliever
Matt Pittari to put runners on the corners. The Lions brought
Dylan Hills in to face Brock Whitney, but he hit a deep fly ball to center scoring Law for the lead.
Southeastern jumped right back on the Cougars.
Sam Roberson led off the eighth with an infield single.
Ladd Rhodes sacrificed him to second and
Corey Bryan moved him to third on a groundout.
With two outs,
Jesse Buratt singled up the middle to tie the game.
Harry Slade followed with a sinking line drive to left field. Freshman left fielder Jacob Hannemann dove for the ball and it rolled past him to the wall for a go-ahead triple.
Right-hander James Lengal replaced Miller and the Lions took advantage. Slade broke for the plate on a steal attempt and
Aaron Haag laid down a last-second bunt. Slade scored and the throw to first was too late to get Haag.
Jameson Fisher followed up with an RBI double, driving in Haag to complete the scoring.
Hills (1-0) picked up the win in relief while Miller suffered his second loss in as many starts.
Freshman right-hander
Tate Scioneaux (1-0, 4.50) will go to the hill Saturday at 1 p.m. for the Lions and will opposed by BYU sophomore righty Jeff Barker (1-0, 1.50).
Southeastern's game against BYU (2-4) is free to the general public. Tickets to the Southeastern-LSU game can only be purchased through the LSU Athletic Ticket Office at (225) 578-2184 or online at www.LSUtix.net.
The stadium will be cleared after the game, and fans will be re-admitted to the LSU game with the proper ticket.
After Saturday's 1 p.m. game against BYU, the Baton Rouge Red Stick Chapter of the Southeastern Alumni Association will sponsor a postgame tailgate at Alex Box Stadium.
Southeastern La. 4, BYU 1 (Feb 22, 2013 at Baton Rouge, La.)
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BYU........................... 000 000 010 - 1 10 2 (2-4)
Southeastern La..... 000 000 04X - 4 7 0 (4-1)
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Pitchers: BYU - Miller, Adam; Lengal, James (8) and Hernandea, Dakota. Southeastern La. - Kennel, Sean; Pittari, Matt (8); Hills, Dylan (8) and Fisher, Jameson.
Win-Hills, Dylan (1-0) Loss-Miller, Adam (0-2) T-2:16 A-450
Weather: Cloudy, 66 degrees
Pittari, M faced 1 batter in the 8th.
