Box Score BEAUMONT, Texas – The New Orleans Privateers (10-22, 2-12 Southland) were held to two hits, and gave up all runs on the day with two outs in a 6-1 loss to the Lamar Cardinals (20-15, 7-7) on Saturday at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
New Orleans struck first for their only offense in the game in the top of the first.
Samuel Capielano doubled on a fly ball to right, and was advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by
Trevor McCarthy. On the next batter,
Hezekiah Randolph drove the run home on a sacrifice fly to center to make it 1-0 Privateers.
The lead was short lived as Lamar responded in the bottom of the first. After back-to-back walks to lead off the game, New Orleans starter
Nick Halliday recovered to retire the next two batters including a strike out on clean-up hitter, Brandon Provost. However, the Cardinals struck for two runs on a double by Jacoby Middleton.
The score line stayed 2-1 until the seventh. After Halliday recorded the second out on a fly ball to left in foul territory, Head Coach
Ron Maestri went to the bullpen for
Seth Laigast. With Middleton up, Laigast allowed a two-run double that gave the Cardinals extra insurance. Lamar added two more runs in the eighth with an RBI double by Reed Seeley and an RBI triple from Sam Bumpers.
The Privateers got their only hits from Capielano and a single off the bat of
Mitchell Alexander. On the day, Halliday gave up four earned runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings, his second longest outing of the season. Halliday threw 101 pitches and had four walks and two strikeouts.
Chase Angelle went the distance for the Cardinals and allowed no walks. Angelle took 98 pitches to hurl his first complete game of the season, and move to 2-4 on the year.
The series concludes on Sunday with a first pitch at 1 p.m.
Darron McKigney takes the ball for the Privateers.
