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Photo gallery of Senior Day ceremonies will be posted to UNOPrivateers.com on Monday.
NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans baseball team sent its seniors out on a high note with a pair of victories to complete a sweep of Tougaloo on Saturday afternoon at Maestri Field.
A school-record four home runs in a single inning powered UNO (17-27) to a 12-3 victory in the opener before closing out the 2012 campaign with a 2-1 win over TU (4-43).
Trailing 2-1 entering the third inning, back-to-back home runs by
Beau Boudreaux and
Clint Coleman launched the school-record frame for UNO (17-27).
Zach Pohto and
Blake LeBlanc also went back-to-back later in the inning as the Privateers moved ahead 9-3.
The Pohto home run ended the contest for Bulldogs' starting pitcher Alexander Sanders (1-8). Sanders allowed eight runs on eight hits in 2.2 innings before LeBlanc welcomed relief pitcher Kevin Hastings with the final blast of the frame.
UNO scored a run in the fifth before
Stefan Farrell closed the scoring with a two-run blast in the sixth. Every member of the UNO lineup had a hit in the contest, led by
Cameron Wheeless, Coleman, Farrell and Pohto with two apiece. Pitcher
Cory Myers joined in the action with a sixth inning pinch-hit double.
Jake Fabre (5-7) was the winning pitcher for UNO after yielding three runs on seven hits in four innings. Relief pitchers
Kyle Zara,
Casey Kelton and
Cameron Glendinning threw an inning of scoreless relief in head coach Bruce Peddie's pre-arranged pitching rotation.
In the second game, a pair of miscues proved to be costly in a contest in which both teams failed to produce an earned run.
Neither team scored until Coleman reached second on a two-base error in the fourth. The outfielder scored two batters later on a Farrell sacrifice fly to give UNO a 1-0 advantage.
After failing to score against Privateer starter
Cory Hoffman during the game's first four innings, TU tied the contest with an unearned run in the fifth against UNO reliever
Joshua Fountain (1-0).
Fountain earned his first collegiate win after a miscue by the Bulldogs' shortstop in the bottom of the frame allowed Pohto to reach the plate, giving the Privateers a 2-1 lead.
Myers and
Garrett Manning pitched a shutout inning apiece with Manning's seventh inning appearance doubling as the pitcher's second save.
LeBlanc and Wheeless posted matching 2-for-3 efforts as the Privateers handed TU starter John Alford (1-9) the loss. Alford threw all six innings for the Bulldogs, allowing two unearned runs on six hits while striking out three.
UNO is tentatively set to open the 2013 campaign at a renovated Maestri Field against Ohio Valley Conference foe Southeast Missouri State. The series represents the first of 56 games against NCAA Division I foes.
NOTES…
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Before Saturday's four home-run frame, the Privateers previously hit three home runs in a single inning against Northern Illinois (Mar. 5, 2004), Jackson State (Feb. 14, 1987) and South Alabama (May 7, 1986)
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The first set of back-to-back home runs by Boudreaux and Coleman in the third inning of the opening game was the first time UNO had accomplished the feat since Pohto and Nolan Church went back-to-back against North Florida on May 21, 2011.
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Prior to the doubleheader, UNO honored eight seniors – Boudreaux, Coleman, Farrell, Hoffman, Myers, Brandon Simon and Wheeless.
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The team's ERA of 4.68 under pitching coach Justin Garcia was the lowest for the Privateer pitching staff since the 2002 squad posted a 4.60 ERA.
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The season-ending sweep of Tougaloo was the first for the Privateers since winning all three against Arkansas State at the conclusion of the 2006 season.
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Peddie announced in a radio interview between games that UNO is tentatively slated to open the 2013 campaign with Ohio Valley Conference opponent Southeast Missouri. The Privateers will play a full NCAA Division I schedule in 2013, following an announcement in March that the institution will remain in the NCAA's highest tier. A full schedule will be announced next fall.
