Lamar sports information

BEAUMONT — With the go-ahead run sitting at third, due to the passed ball, the infield was drawn in, and Crites hit one past third baseman Robin Adames and scored the winning run.

The score gave Southeastern Louisiana (35-12, 21-3) the 2-1 win over the Cardinals in Southland Conference action at Vincent-Beck Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The win gave SELA the sweep of Lamar (31-15, 16-8), the first it has suffered all season.

The league’s top hitter (in terms of average), Jameson Fisher, stepped into the box to lead off the eighth inning and roped a double into left center field. In the first pitch of Crites’ sequence, he squared to bunt and a high fastball got by both he and LU catcher Bryndan Arredondo.

New pitcher Enrique Oquendo, who entered after Fisher’s hit, worked it to a 2-2 count before Crites hit a bouncing grounder past the drawn-in Adames. 

Travis Moore (2-2) was tagged with the loss despite his fabulous outing. His only mistake was to Fisher in the third inning he saw action in.

Moore took the mound after the bases were loaded on walks in the sixth inning by a tired starter in Jimmy Johnson. The senior lefty took the mound and struck out SELA’s Webb Bobo and Sam Roberson to end the frame. He allowed a one-out walk in the seventh, but another couple of punch-outs ended the threat.  He ended his day with 1 2/3 innings pitched with the lone run allowed.

Johnson, in his first career start, was also solid. He pitched 5 2/3 with a run allowed on six hits and three walks.  All of his walks were in that sixth inning. He worked in and out of several jams, which raised his pitch count.

Lamar freshman designated hitter Ryan Erickson reached on a fielding error by shortstop Brennan Breaud. The bases were loaded for team RBI-leader Reid Russell, who bounced into a fielder’s choice and scored Erickson.

The Cardinals came away with six hits, led by McDowell’s and van der Meer’s two apiece.