SHREVEPORT, La. – The Louisiana Christian University baseball program almost had a season-defining moment when Harrison Waxley put the Diamond Cats in front with a Grand Salami in the sixth on the road at the fourth-ranked and unbeaten LSU Shreveport Pilots, but it was not to be as the home nine kept their perfect year alive for at least one more game with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the seventh to break LCU's hearts, 5-4.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (7 Innings)
  • #4 LSU Shreveport – 5
  • Louisiana Christian – 4

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (8-13, 0-5 Red River)
  • #4 LSU Shreveport (18-0, 5-0 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Shreveport, Louisiana – Pilot Field

 

• Series History (Since 2003)
  • Pilots Lead 32-6 (15.8%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Pilots (W2) | Wildcats' Last Win: May 5, 2024 (RRAC Loser's Bracket, 6-5)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Waxley was almost the team's savior, watching his first career grand slam sail through the Shreveport air and over the wall.

 

• Nick Lorio did his job out of the leadoff role, picking up a pair of knocks in three at-bats and scoring.

 

• Jacob Bareswill held down the fort just enough for the Cats to claw back, pitching five innings while allowing three runs and punching out two while leaving with the lead.

 

• Brady Huffman did not record a hit but did get on-base twice without using his bat, getting drilled with an errant pitch and coaxing the lone walk, crossing the dish on the slam.

 

• Coleman Haltom left the outing the way he found it, tossing a scoreless and hitless sixth, striking out a pair of Pilots and ceding a walk, nothing more.

 
Next:
  

• The Orange and Blue are currently trying to halt its five game slide and salvage the series in game three.

 

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