BASEBALL: UALR rallies past Louisiana-Lafayette; four-run fourth inning dooms UCA

UALR rallies past Louisiana-Lafayette

The University of Arkansas-Little Rock scored three runs in the top of the 11th inning and held off a rally by Louisiana-Lafayette in the bottom of the inning to win 9-7 on Sunday in Lafayette, La. RBI singles by Marcus Ragan and Danny Mitchell followed by an RBI ground out by Matt Merino put the Trojans (21-17, 10-7) up by 9-6 in the top of the 11th. Lafayette managed a run in the bottom of the inning, but Justin Garcia squelched the rally to earn the victory. Ragan and Mitchell also were key in UALR’s ninth-inning rally that evened the score at 6-6. Ragan drove in a run with a ground out before Mitchell doubled to left center to bring in the tying run. Chase Coker finished 4 for 5 with 4 runs and 2 RBI for UALR. Coker’s 2-run home run in the seventh evened the score at 4-4.

Four-run fourth inning dooms UCA

Sam Houston State used a four-run fourth inning to down the University of Central Arkansas 7-3 in their Southland Conference series finale Sunday at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas.

The first-place Bearkats (28-13, 15-3), who won the series 2-1, allowed just four hits Sunday, with Coby Potvin getting two of those, including an RBI single in the eighth inning that closed the UCA deficit to 6-3.

UCA (23-16, 11-7) scored twice in the sixth on Tyler Smith’s third home run, a two-run shot that scored Potvin.

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