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Winner Nicholls State NICH 8-1
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Southern Miss USM 6-3
Winner
Nicholls State NICH
8-1
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Final
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Southern Miss USM
6-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Nicholls State NICH 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 7 0
Southern Miss USM 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 13 0

W: Saltaformaggio, Nico (3-0) L: Payne, Landen (0-1) S: Guerrero, Michael (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late Game Heroics lift Colonels over Golden Eagles in Biloxi

BILOXI, Miss. – Seniors Parker Coddou and Basiel Williams delivered run-scoring hits in the 10th inning as the Nicholls State University baseball team hung on to beat Southern Miss 6-5 at Shuckers Ballpark on Tuesday night.
 
The duo accounted for four of the Colonels' seven hits in the victory, which was the fifth straight for Nicholls (8-1). Coddou broke a 3-3 tie in the extra frame with an RBI single and Williams followed with two much needed insurance runs, driving in a pair on a double. Southern Miss (6-3) rallied with two runs before Michael Guerrero picked up a one-out save after getting a groundout with runners on second and third.
 
Dylan Farley got the start on the mound and pitched 5.1 innings allowing five hits and one run. Nico Saltaformaggio picked up the win after throwing 2.1 innings of relief to improve to 3-0 on the season.
 
Neither team scored until the Colonels plated three runs in the fourth. A walk and a single set up the first run which came home on a balk, then Cade Crosby made it 3-0 with a two RBI single to right field.
 
Farley's lone run allowed came in the sixth inning when Slade Wilks homered to right field. With one on and one out, Haden Luke took over on the mound and got out of the frame when shortstop Coddou turn a double play. In the following inning, Seth Smith tied the game with a two-run single.
 
In the bottom of the eighth, Wilks led off with a base hit for Southern Miss but was thrown out at second by left fielder Garrett Felix as he tried to stretch for a double. In the ensuing inning, Felix led off with a single and stole second base but was left stranded.
 
After the Colonels took the lead in the 10th, Southern Miss responded by putting the first three batters on. Gavin Galy picked up a huge strikeout with the bases loaded but the Golden Eagles cut into the deficit with an RBI single and groundout. Gurrerro took over on the mound and retired Smith on the first pitch to earn his first save of the season.
 
The win for the Colonels is the first in the series over the Golden Eagles since 2012 snapping a six-game winless streak that featured one tie in 2015.
 
UP NEXT
The Red & Gray will play South Alabama in Mobile on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The action from Stanky Field will be streamed via ESPN+.