Box Score

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana baseball team shut out Grambling State, 13-0, on a chilly Wednesday night at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.

Senior right-hander Sean Kennel (1-1) tossed six shutout innings to pick up the win for Southeastern (6-2), tying a career high with seven strikeouts. Gage Pickett, Matt Pittari and John Gremillion combined with Kennel to toss the Lions' first shutout since former Lion southpaw Jordan Hymel no-hit Texas Southern, March 3, 2013.

The Lions pounded out 19 hits against seven different Grambling (1-7) pitchers, with starter Cole Gray (0-1) suffering the loss.

Jameson Fisher collected a career-high four hits, recording his team-leading fifth multi-hit game of the season. Jacob Williams went 3-for-5, scoring three runs. Andrew Godbold, the reigning Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, Brett Hoffman and freshman Webb Bobo each picked up a pair of hits for Southeastern. Every starter in the Southeastern lineup collected at least one hit.

Southeastern scored one in the first inning, two in the second and five more in the third to put the game out of reach early.

Williams led off the bottom of the first with a base hit up the middle, stole second and moved to third on Kyle Cedotal's ground out to second. Fisher drove in Williams with a one-out single to right field.

In the second, Jacob Seward drew a one-out walk and Williams followed with his second hit of the game. Following a Cedotal fly out, Fisher and Godbold each singled to drive in runs.

The Lions sent 10 batters to the plate in the third, the highlight being Cedotal's three-run double to left.

Bobo drove in a pair of runs in the seventh with a two-out double to right. Seward followed with an RBI single up the middle as Southeastern pushed across four in the inning.

Fisher scored the final run of the game in the eighth. After his fourth hit of the game, Godbold and pinch-hitter Brooks Morse each singled to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Jordan Washam plated Fisher with a sacrifice fly to left.

Southeastern travels to Louisiana-Monroe for a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m.


Southeastern La. 13, Grambling State 0
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Grambling State..... 000 000 000   -  0   5  1   (1-7)
Southeastern La..... 125 000 41X  - 13 19 2   (6-2)
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Pitchers: Grambling State - Gray, Cole; Martin, Colby (2); O'Bear, Issac (3); Allen, David (4); McKinney, Coleman (5); Williams, Brennan (7); Martin, Michael (8) and Diaz, Roger. Southeastern La. - Kennel, Sean; Pickett, Gage (7); Pittari, Matt (8); Gremillion, John (9) and Fisher, Jameson.

Win-Kennel, Sean (1-1)  Loss-Gray, Cole (0-1)  T-2:35  A-372
Weather: 46 Cloudy, N 15 mph
Allen faced 1 batter in the 5th.