Box Score BATON ROUGE, La. – Rice held Southeastern Louisiana off to close out a 7-2 victory Sunday in the NCAA Baton Rouge Baseball Regional at Alex Box Stadium.
With the loss, Southeastern (39-20) moves on to face Utah Valley in an elimination game Sunday at 1:04 p.m. LSU and Rice (36-22) face off in the winner's bracket game 55 minutes after the conclusion of the Lions-Wolverines matchup.
The two teams played six innings on Saturday before rain forced the game to be suspended. The game resumed in the top of the seventh inning with Rice holding a 4-1 lead. The Lions jumped on Rice reliever Dane Myers immediately when play resumed.
Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
Brennan Breaud got Southeastern started with a double just inside the left field line, which junior
Jacob Seward followed with a single of his own to put a pair of runners on with one out. A groundout by junior
Ryan Byers scored Breaud and cut the Owl advantage to 4-2.
Rice dampened any chance of a Southeastern comeback in the bottom of the eighth inning. A pair of throwing errors led to a three-run inning to give the Owls a commanding 7-2 lead.
In the top of the ninth, singles by junior
Derrick Mount and Breaud put a pair of runners on with one out. Myers recovered to retire Seward and Byers to close out the victory.
Sophomore
Mac Sceroler (10-4) took the loss for the Lions, after allowing four runs (two earned) in 5.1 innings of work. Breaud led Southeastern with three hits, while Byers had a double and drove in both SLU runs.
The Lions were held to three hits on Saturday by Rice starter Blake Fox (5-7), who went six innings to earn the start, while Myers tossed the final three innings to earn his seventh save of the season. Ford Proctor and Connor Teyki led the Owls with three hits apiece.
All of Southeastern's Regional games can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM, online and through the TuneIn Radio app (search for KSLU). Fans can also keep up with the game through live statistics or by following SLUathletics on Twitter.
Every game of the Baton Rouge Regional will be carried live on ESPN3, ESPN's live multi-screen sports network. It is accessible online at
www.WatchESPN.com, and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN and ESPN apps. Games can also be streamed via Amazon Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Links for audio, video and stats are available on the baseball schedule page at
www.LionSports.net. For all the latest updates on further schedule changes, visit
www.LionSports.net or follow Southeastern Athletics on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/sluathletics.
SLU – 001 000 100 – 2 7 4 (39-20)
RICE – 010 030 03x – 7 11 0 (36-22)
Mac Sceroler,
Payton Robinson (6),
Gabe Von Rosenberg (8) and
Sam Roberson. Blake Fox, Dane Myers (7) and Hunter Kopycinski. W – Fox (5-7). L – Sceroler (10-4). Save – Myers (7). 2B – SLU:
Ryan Byers (8),
Brennan Breaud (7); RICE: Ford Proctor (14), Conner Teyki (10). T – 3:04. A – 9,619.
Payton Robinson faced two batters in the 8th
Baton Rouge Regional
Friday, June 3
Game 1 – No. 1 LSU 7, Utah Valley 1
Sunday, June 5
Game 2 – Rice 7, Southeastern Louisiana 2 (Game Resumes in Top 7th – Suspended Saturday by rain)
Game 3 – Southeastern Louisiana vs. Utah Valley, 1:04 p.m.
Game 4 – Rice vs. LSU, 55 minutes following Game 3
