Baseball: April 22 Scoreboard
New Orleans 9, Jackson State 3
Central Arkansas 8, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1
New Orleans 9, Jackson State 3
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The New Orleans Privateers baseball team (13-26) got the scoring started early and carried a shutout to the ninth as they finished a 9-3 win over the Jackson State Tigers (25-16) on Wednesday at Maestri Field at First NBC Ballpark.
The scoring got started early as the Privateers put together a two-out barrage in the second. Parker Jones started it off with a single to left. After a walk drawn, Ray Veit legged out a ground ball on the infield for a single to load up the bases. Chaz Boyer then lined a base hit to right, scoring two runs. A third came across on an error by Tigers right fielder, Lamar Briggs.
Kevin Kelleher got the starting call and looked solid from the jump. After two fly ball outs, Kelleher located down in the zone and also racked up five strikeouts through four innings. As a team, the Privateers struck out 11 Tigers batters. In relief, Darron McKigney and Daniel Martinez each had three strikeouts.
New Orleans pounded away at Jackson State pitching in the middle innings. A two-run single in the fifth by Jonathan Coco made it 5-0. After a run was punched across in the sixth, New Orleans finished the scoring with a three-run seventh. That frame was capped off by Preston Marsh who hit his first home run of the season.
The Tigers broke through on the scoreboard in the ninth. Seth Laigast was called on to close it out, but a fielding error, a hit batter, and a walk loaded the bases. Dylan Parker then smacked a two-run single and Gary Thomas drove in the final run on a sacrifice fly.
On the night, Coco led the way in RBIs, driving in three while collecting two hits. Ryan Calloway went 2-for-4 with his first triple of the season and scored twice. Boyer also had two hits and drove in two runs. McKigney and Martinez each pitched two shutout innings of relief.
Alexander Juday took the loss, going six innings and giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits. Jovany Felipe was the only Tigers batter to come up with a multi-hit night. Jordan Bolden finished out the game on the mound, firing 1.2 scoreless innings and allowing two base runners on a walk and a hit batter.
The Privateers will next travel to Central Arkansas. The series starts on Friday with a first pitch at 6 p.m.
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Central Arkansas 8, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1
PINE BLUFF, Ark. _ University of Central Arkansas freshman Tyler Gray made his college debut a success Wednesday, tossing a complete-game three-hitter in an 8-1 victory over the UAPB Golden Lions at the Torii Hunter Complex.
Gray, from Fort Smith, allowed just three hits, struck out 10 and walked one in his first action of the season. UCA pounded out 11 hits, with three players recording two each, to even the season series with UAPB.
The Bears broke open a scoreless game in the fifth with three runs. Catcher Charles Deckard led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Hayden Steele. Deckard then stole third and Ty Tice walked before designated hitter Nick Rougeau singled to left to make it 1-0.
Both runners advanced on a wild pitch and Tyler Langley followed with a sacrifice fly to score Tice. Left fielder Wesley Hoover then tripled to right to make it a 3-0 advantage.
UCA got one more run in the sixth on Deckard's first home run of the season. A three-run seventh inning was highlighted by Hoover's two-run single and Brad Dillenberger's RBI base hit. Shortstop Logan Preston added an RBI double that brought in Langley in the top of the ninth.
UAPB's lone run came on Austin Grier's two-out home run in the eighth.
Hoover went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI,while Deckard was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Rougeau finished 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored. Langley went 1 for 3, scored twice and added an RBI.
UCA returns to Southland Conference action this weekend at home, hosting the New Orleans Privateers. Game times are 6 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at Bear Stadium.
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