STERLINGTON, La. – The Louisiana Christian University baseball program used a stellar pitching effort and timely hitting to squeeze past the 18th-ranked Rams while the Cats erased a five-run deficit against (RV) St. Thomas (Florida) before the Bobcats pushed across three in the seventh to hand LCU their first loss of the season.

The Basics: 
 

• Score (Mobile)
  • Louisiana Christian – 2
  • #18 Mobile – 1
     

• Score (St. Thomas)
  • (RV) St. Thomas (Florida) – 8
  • Louisiana Christian – 5

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (7-1, 0-0 Red River)
  • #18 Mobile (0-2, 0-0 Southern States)
  • (RV) St. Thomas-Florida (6-3, 0-0 Sun)

 

• Location
  • Sterlington, Louisiana – Sterlington Sports Complex

  

• Mobile Series History (Since 1991)
  • Louisiana Christian Leads 1-0 (100%)

 

• St. Thomas Series History (Since 2003)
  • St. Thomas-Florida Leads 1-0 (0%)

 

• Mobile Winning Streak (Since 1991)
  • Louisiana Christian (W1) | Mobile's Last Win: N/A
     
• St. Thomas Winning Streak (Since 2003)
  • St. Thomas-Florida (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Caleb Duhon was the hero of game one, blasting a bases empty home run in the top of the third which was ultimately the winning/final run of the day while notching a single, stealing a base and then scoring in game two.

 

• Harrison Waxley was 3-for-6 (.500) as he drove home three baserunners, walked once, and legged out a triple.

 

• The dynamic duo of Dylan Beier (4.2 IP) and Jacob Bareswell (2.1 IP) banded together to hold U of M to only a single run and five hits without giving up a free pass as the former got the win on top of three strikeouts as the latter shut the door with a pair of whiffs.

 

• Braden Trull was stellar, getting on-base in both matchups, garnering a single, a hit-by-pitch, a walk and crossed home plate two times.

 

• Hunter Gotreaux came to the dish and lifted a sac fly and Zac Bacilla swiped second as a pinch runner to wrap up the offensive notables.

 
Next:
  

• The Orange and Blue will host their own tournament next weekend, the Louisiana Christian Challenge, as Saint Francis (Indiana) is first up on February 16 at 11 a.m. followed by SUNO at 2 p.m. the same day.

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