NEW ORLEANS –
Ira Austin pitched three scoreless innings and the New Orleans Privateers went ahead for good in the seventh inning of a 6-5 win to complete the sweep over the HCU Huskies (22-16, 14-7) on Saturday at Maestri Field.
Austin was called upon to start the seventh and he retired the side in order on just 10 pitches. He got around a two-out single in the eighth and a leadoff hit by pitch in the ninth as he induced three fly ball outs to pick up his team-leading fourth win of the season. He threw 45 pitches in total on the day.
Meanwhile, New Orleans (23-15, 10-11) generated a run off Joshua Carvalho in the seventh.
Dalton Hurst worked the count in his favor before hitting a single through the right side. Two batters later,
Alexander Saunier singled to move Hurst to third base with one out.
Bryan Loriga battled back from down 0-2 in the count and hit a ground ball to first that got Hurst in to give the Privateers a 6-5 lead that they held through the remainder of the afternoon to put the finishing touches on their eighth straight win.
New Orleans built a 5-0 lead early.
Bryce Calloway hit a solo homer in the second and the Privateers added two runs each in the third and fourth inning. A fielding error on HCU and an RBI ground out by Calloway posted the two runs in the third.
Justin Best scored the first of two runs in the fourth inning when he singled, stole second and eventually came home on a wild pitch.
Karson Evans followed on a
Matt Gonzalez single through the left side.
That was all in support of
Aiden Torrez, who made his first collegiate start and kept the Huskies off the scoreboard through that stretch.
HCU fired back with three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. The game-tying hit came from Tevis Payne who doubled down the left field line on an 0-2 pitch to score Jeremy Rader and Katcher Halligan.
With the three wins this weekend, the Privateers moved their all-time mark at Maestri Field against HCU to 14-2.
INSIDE THE BOX
Saunier, Calloway and Gonzalez each had two hits. Evans and Hurst each went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Torrez struck out four batters over his four innings of work.
NEXT UP
The Privateers will host South Alabama on Apr. 23 at 7 p.m.
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