March 29, 2008

Box Score

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Nicholls scored seven runs in the top half of the fifth inning to take a 9-5 lead, but could not hold on, falling 15-10 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday afternoon at Chapman Field.

The Colonels (5-19, 1-7 SLC) got six hits, including RBI doubles from Brandt Boudreaux and Brett Hoeflich, and took advantage of four Islander errors in the fifth.

A&M-Corpus Christi chipped away at the Colonel lead, putting a run on in the sixth and seventh before exploding offensively and taking advantage of four walks in the eighth.

Brett Gips threw 3.2 innings of no-hit relief to get the win for the Islanders, improving to 1-0 on the season.

Dale Dickerson falls to 0-2 with the loss for the Colonels, giving up five runs on two hits and three walks through a third of an inning. Bryan Myers, who started on the mound for Nicholls, went 5.2 innings, giving up six runs on eight hits and fanning five.

The Colonels mounted a small rally in the ninth as they cut the lead to five, plating Walter Jones on back-to-back-to-back singles from Jones, Kulbeth and Barksdale, but the deficit was too much to overcome.

At the plate for Nicholls, Keith Kulbeth went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, while Boudreaux and Anthony Wray each posted a multi-hit game.

Trey Hernandez led A&M-Corpus Christi, going 4-for-5 with five RBI as he drove two homeruns to deep center field in the Islander half of the eighth.

Nicholls will attempt to avoid the sweep in the final game of the series Sunday. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. Live stats will be available by clicking the GameTracker link at www.GeauxColonels.com.

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