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CLEVELAND, Miss. - University of New Orleans catcher
Stefan Farrell produced a pair of home runs and starting pitcher
Jake Fabre pitched a complete game shutout in a 7-0 win victory over No. 16 Delta State on Sunday afternoon.
Farrell became the first UNO (14-21) hitter to have a pair of home runs in a contest since
Cameron Wheeless against North Florida on May 19, 2011.
Farrell went 2-for-3 with four RBIs to join
Jonathan Coco and
Dan Perkins in giving the Privateers a combined 7-for-11 outing from the bottom three spots in the lineup. Coco was 3-for-4 with two runs in the No. 7 spot while Perkins contributed two hits in four at-bats from the No. 9 hole.
On the mound, Fabre (4-6) helped the cause by throwing the first UNO complete-game shutout since Brandon Kling defeated UALR 4-0 on Mar. 5, 2002. Fabre scattered five DSU (26-11) hits over nine innings of work while striking out two.
Fabre and opposing starting pitcher Josh Branstetter (2-3) both had success early in the game as neither team put a run on the scoreboard over the first four innings.
UNO would end the drought when Coco singled and later scored on a fielding error. Perkins added a second run on a
Blake LeBlanc sacrifice fly as the guests jumped ahead 2-0.
Branstetter got in more trouble in the seventh when he allowed two more runs to the Privateers. The Statesmen starting pitcher excited after yielding four runs – two earned – on seven hits in 6.1 innings.
The last two runs against Branstetter came on Farrell's first home run, which also plated
Brandon Simon and gave the visiting UNO baseball team a 4-0 lead.
In the eighth, the Privateers added to their tally when
Beau Boudreaux came home on a
Clint Coleman sacrifice fly. Farrell hit his second two-run home run in the ninth to score Coco and create the final score.
UNO is now 2-2 through four games on its 10-game trip away from home.
The Privateers will travel to McNeese State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. before playing at Southern on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
