April 14, 2006
Box Score
LAKE CHARLES, La. - McNeese State center fielder Charlie Kingery took the sails out of the UT-Arlington baseball team as he delivered an opposite field grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Cowboys an 10-3 victory over the Mavs Friday evening at Cowboy Diamond.
MSU (20-13, 8-5 SLC) took the lead in the seventh as Jeramie Broussard drew a one-out walk and went to third on Shon Landry's single through the right side. David Leatherwood walked to load the bases and Chris Fontenot drew a bases loaded walk to score the game-winning run.
UTA then went to its bullpen where Brandon Endsley struck out the first hitter before giving up the oppo granny.
The Cowboys took advantage of the home field in the first inning as Fontenot bounced a single off the hard infield for a single and Bryan Cartie hits a grounder to third that takes a bad hop into left field. Kingery got a run across with a single up the middle off the pitchers glove. UTA got out of the inning as the next hitter hit the ball up the middle that hit the pitchers glove and turned into your 1-4-6-3 double play.
MSU threatened to break the game open in the second inning as they loaded the bases with no outs. A double-play ball and a strikeout got the Mavs out of the inning with only surrendering one run.
The Pokes put another run on the board in the sixth as Cartie started things with a double to right center. With two outs, Joe Hulett delivered an RBI single to right field before being erased trying to advance to second.
The Mavs (15-21, 10-4 SLC) offense finally arrived in the seventh inning as Adam Moore started things with a single to center and Brock Wilson delivered a single to left field. With two outs, UTA head coach Jeff Curtis went to his bench and went to pinch hitter Ben Burum. Burum did not disappoint as he delivered a three-run home run to right center to tie the game.
MSU added two more runs in the eighth on a two-run double into the gap in left center off the bat of Landry.
Ryan Riddle (3-2) took the loss as he allowed seven runs on nine hits in 6.1 innings. He walked five and struck out six. Derek Blacksher (4-2) earned the victory as he allowed three runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts in the complete game.
Moore and Wilson led the offense with two hits each.
The Mavs and Cowboys will close out the series with a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 1 p.m. at Cowboy Diamond.
