HAMMOND, La. – Senior third baseman
Brett Hoffman was a combined 5-for-8 with five RBIs Saturday at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field as Southeastern Louisiana swept a doubleheader from from Northwestern University by scores of 6-4 and 4-3.
Southeastern (8-4) scored a pair of runs in its final trip to the plate of both games to provide the final margin of victory, walking off in the ninth inning of the finale. Northwestern (1-9) blew three-run leads in both games.
The Lions swept the three-game series after grabbing the opener, 10-5, Friday.
Southeastern continues its five-game homestand Tuesday at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field, hosting Alcorn State at 6 p.m.
Game One - Southeastern Louisiana 6, Northwestern 4The Lions rallied for a pair of runs in the eighth inning, breaking open a tie game.
Kevin Carr was hit by a pitch with one out and Southeastern head coach
Matt Riser sent
Jacob Seward in to run. After
Carson Crites singled up the middle on a hit-and-run, Wildcat catcher Scott Heelan attempted to pick Seward off second base. The throw sailed into center field allowing both Seward and Crites to move up 90 feet.
Second baseman
Jacob Williams, a senior from Hobart, Louisiana, slapped a single through the left side of the drawn-in infield, driving in both Seward and Crites for the lead.
Williams had given Southeastern the lead, 4-3, back in the sixth when he stole home as part of a designed pickoff play, but Northwestern scored a run in its half of the eighth to tie the game.
Mac Sceroler (2-0) pitched the final three innings for the win, allowing one run on two hits. The freshman from Denham Springs, Louisiana, fanned three and did not walk a batter. Reliever Joe Schindler (1-1) was saddled with the loss.
Hoffman was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in game one, driving in a pair with a fourth-inning single. Williams was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Carr scored a pair of runs. Officially 1-for-1 at the plate, the senior from Chandler, Arizona, drew a pair of walks.
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Northwestern............ 002 100 010 - 4 11 4 (1-8)
Southeastern La..... 000 202 02X - 6 8 1 (7-4)
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Pitchers: Northwestern - Mason, Reed; Schindler, Joe (7) and Heelan, Scott. Southeastern La. - Johnson, Jake; Sceroler, Mac (7) and Cuccia, Nico.
Win-Sceroler, Mac (2-0) Loss-Schindler, Joe (1-1) T-2:31 A-758
Weather: 63 Sunny, E 8 mph
Game Two - Southeastern Louisiana 4, Northwestern 3Northwestern scored three unearned runs in the first and the Lions spent the rest of the game trying to draw even.
Southeastern scored its first run in fourth.
Daniel Midyett singled up the middle to lead off the inning. After a pair of groundouts to Wildcat starting pitcher Matt Portland advanced Midyett to third, the junior from Shreveport, Louisiana, scored on Hoffman's RBI single to center.
Carr scored the Lions' second run, singling through the right side to open up the sixth. With one out, he scored all the way from first on Hoffman's double to right center.
The ninth-inning rally started with the Lions down to their final strike.
Second baseman
Kennon Menard battled to a full count before he was hit by a two-out pitch. Seward, who finished the second game 3-for-3 at the plate, doubled to right center on a two-strike pitch.
Ryan Byers, a sophomore outfielder from Ponchatoula, Louisiana, smacked a 2-2 pitch into center to drive in Menard and Seward with the tying and winning runs.
Kade Granier (2-0), a freshman from Destrahan, Louisiana, tossed a perfect ninth to earn the win.
Kyle Cedotal did not factor in the decision, but was stellar on the mound in a starting role. The junior from Denham Springs allowed three unearned runs on four hits in his eight innings of work. He walked one and fanned seven.
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Northwestern........... 300 000 000 - 3 4 1 (8-4)
Southeastern La..... 000 101 002 - 4 8 5 (1-9)
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Pitchers: Northwestern - Portland, Matt; Stolley, Jake (7) and Heelan, Scott. Southeastern La. - Cedotal, Kyle; Granier, Kade (9) and Cuccia, Nico.
Win-Granier, Kade (2-0) Loss-Stolley, Jake (0-1) T-2:23 A-866
Weather: 63 Sunny, SE 6 mph
