HOUSTON, Texas – The Nicholls State University baseball team beat HCU 6-5 in 12 innings at Reckling Park on Sunday afternoon.
Kaden Amundson moved
Drake Anderson and
Brayden Kuriger to third and second with a bunt after they opened the final frame by being hit by pitches. In the ensuing at bat,
Parker Coddou hit a sacrifice fly to right field to allow Anderson to score the winning run.
Winning pitcher
Dylan Farley, who got the final out of the 11th inning with a runner on third, closed the door in the 12th with three fly outs to secure his second victory of the season.
The Colonels broke a scoreless tie in the third when
Jaden Collura laced a triple to right center field that brought Anderson to the plate. Collura later scored on a wild pitch.
After a scoreless fourth,
Cade Crosby opened the fifth frame with a full count, leadoff solo home run to put the Red & Gray up 3-0. In the home half of the inning, the Huskies finally go to starting pitcher
Michael Quevedo as Parker Edwards and Josh Prinner hit home runs to tie the game at 3.
The teams remained tied until the 11th when Amundson who began the inning being hit by a pitch and later advanced to third on an error scored on a wild pitch.
Garrett Felix reached on a fielder's choice and Coddou scored to put the Colonels up two. With two down and one on, Prinner hit a two-run blast to left field to tie the game at 5.
Quevedo struck out four batters, allowed three runs, and six hits in six full innings of action.
ON DECK
The Red & Gray improve to 24-14 overall and 10-5 in SLC action and will play midweek games at LSU (April 23) and LA Tech (April 24).
