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Lamar Wins SLC Home Opener Over Stephen F. Austin, 9-1
March 20, 2008
Chris Dunkin and Travis Dunson each collected a pair of RBIs and combined for five hits while three Cardinal pitchers held Stephen F. Austin's offense in check as Lamar won its Southland Conference home-opener, 9-1, at Vincent-Beck Stadium on Thursday. Lamar improves to 12-7 overall and 3-1 in SLC action. SFA drops to 9-9 and 1-3. SFA came into the game hitting over .300 as a team but was held to five hits overall and just six base runners over the final eight innings. The Lumberjacks pushed their lone run across in the first when Kevin Crabtree started a string of three-consecutive singles and later scored on Jeffrey Kello's single to right-center. After a walk loaded the bases, Justin Roland grounded out to end the threat. Lamar responded with an unearned run in the bottom of the first when Brian Taylor singled, moved to third on a Steven Tucker double and scored on a fielding error by second-baseman Noel Trevino. The Cardinals pushed the score to 4-1 in the second when they opened the inning with a walk and two singles. After Daniel Moore scored on Dunson's single through the left side, Dunkin came home on a sacrifice bunt by Anthony Moore and Dunson crossed the plate on a Taylor groundout. Jeff Vickers scored Lamar's fifth run on a Dunkin double to right center. Anthony Moore took the second pitch he saw to start the fourth inning over the wall just to the right of the batter's eye in centerfield. It was his team-leading third homer of the season.
That gave starter Brian Sisk (3-1) a 5-run lead to work with as he went six full innings with six strikeouts and just four hits. Sisk rebounded from a rough last start to keep the league's second-leading offense to just five baserunners over his last five innings. Lamar added two runs in the seventh and another in the eighth to provide the final margin. Dunkin saw his average climb 29 points to .298 after his 3-for-5 night. Taylor and Dunson also had two hits apiece for Lamar. Erich Lehmann (1-1) suffered the loss for SFA. He struck out five and walked two while allowing seven runs on nine hits in 6.2 innings. The two teams will play game two of their three-game series on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The game will be carried live on KLVI 560-AM in Beaumont and on the internet at lamarcardinals.com. |
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