NEW ORLEANS – Trailing by six runs going into the bottom of the eighth, the University of New Orleans (7-3) batted around and battled back to tie the game and later scored the winning run in extras to take game one of the doubleheader 8-7. But Yale (3-4) took the night cap 8-6 Saturday night at Maestri Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1
The Privateers rallied back from a six-run deficit in the eighth inning and walked off with a victory in the tenth.
Yale starter, Kumar Nambiar pitched six shutout innings, but the Privateer lineup went to work on the Bulldogs pen.
Salo Iza led off the frame with a double, the first of five hits in the inning. The bases were loaded up for
Collin Morrill who drilled a triple into the gap to slice the lead in half.
The Privateers batted around in the inning and sent 11 to the plate.
Wade Raburn drove in a run on a single and Iza leveled the score with his third hit of the game. The Privateers held the score level after
Mathew Oset pitched a scoreless ninth.
Reeves Martin followed by throwing up a zero in the tenth.
Gaige Howard singled through the right side to start the tenth. After he advanced to second on a wild pitch, Howard was pinch run for by
Evan Francioni. An intentional walk and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Iza. The junior second baseman was hit in the back by a pitch to drive in the winning run in the comeback.
GAME 2
The Privateers opened up the scoring in the fourth inning.
Gaige Howard drew a one out walk that brought up
Antonio Gauthier Jr. who sent a 3-1 pitch over the right center field wall for a 2-0 Privateers lead.
The lead was short lived as the Bulldogs put up six runs in the fifth inning for a 6-2 lead.
Yale added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings to extend the lead to 8-2.
The Privateers got within a pair of runs after a scoring three runs in seventh and a single run in the eighth but got no closer as Yale took the series with an 8-6 game three win.
Gaige Howard drew his fourth walk of the game to lead off the ninth.
Jorge Tejeda, who had two hits in the back end of the doubleheader was hit by a pitch to put the tying run. However, Dey recovered to record two ground ball outs.
WIN-LOSS RECORD
Reeves Martin earned his second win of the season in game one of the double dip after tossing a scoreless tenth. Tyler Sapsford was tagged with the loss going 1.2 innings giving up a run on a pair of hits.
Bulldog starter Alex Stiegler earned the win in game two after going five innings and giving up two runs on five hits. UNO reliever
John Barr was tagged with the loss after going two thirds of an inning allow four runs on three hits. Griffin Dey pick up the save after a scoreless ninth inning.
INSIDE THE BOX
Darren Willis went 3-for-7 combined with three walks and a RBI.
Gaige Howard walked four times in game two, one shy of the single game record for walks in a game. In his first colligate start Tejeda went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
NEXT UP
The Privateers begin an eight-game road trip on Wednesday, Mar. 6 when they face the Jackson State Tigers. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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