Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:54:32 +0000

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – The Lincoln University baseball team has added a non-conference game that will take place this Tuesday, March 23 at home against Division III Westminster College (MO) with gametime set for 2 p.m.

Westminster (1-7) has played just eight games this season, with every game at home but the first two games of the season that were played in St. Louis. The Blue Jays are currently on a three-game slide, having lost two against Buena Vista and a single game before that to Central.

Andrew Jett leads the offense hitting at a .423 clip, with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. Monte Gibbs and VJ Reynolds also are batting over .300, with Gibbs posting a .375 average, to go along with a double and four RBI, while Reynolds is tied with Jett for the team lead in home runs with two and is currently holding a .321 batting average with eight RBI.

Three pitchers have seen the bulk of the work for the Blue Jays’ pitching staff, with Brandon Zucker holding the lowest ERA of pitchers having thrown at least nine innings with a 3.00 ERA in two appearances in nine innings. Mike Brotherton and Mark Davidson are tied for the most innings with 11, as Brotherton holds a 4.09 ERA to Davidson’s 5.73.

Junior Brian Patrick continues to pace the Lincoln (7-19) offense, holding a .301 batting average, five doubles, two home runs and seven RBI. Junior Gus Durst is tied with Patrick for the team lead in home runs with two, while compiling a .295 batting average, six doubles and 10 RBI. Senior Kyle Lasley is third on the team in batting average (.282), while leading the team in RBI (13) and doubles (8), to go along with a home run.

On the mound, sophomore left-hander Chris Pfau holds the top ERA at 4.66 in 36.2 innings, while recording a 2-3 mark. Junior James Johndrow isn’t far behind with a 4.80 ERA in six appearances and 15 total innings pitched.

Lincoln and Westminster College will play a single, nine inning contest beginning at 2 p.m. this Tuesday at the LU Baseball Field. Fans that can’t make it to the game can follow all of the action through the live stats link below.

http://www.sidearmstats.com/lincolnu/baseball/index.htm

 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Southern Miss scored four runs in the first inning and used a 99-pitch complete-game shutout from senior right-hander Scott Copeland to earn a 6-0 win over the Missouri State baseball team (4-9) Saturday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Miss.

    The Golden Eagles (9-4) managed to hit just one ball out of the infield in the first inning on the way to landing the early knockout blow. The inning started with Pat Doyle (1-3) striking out leadoff man Marc Bourgeois on a ball in the dirt, but Luke Voit’s throw to first to complete the out sailed wide to allow the USM hitter to reach.

    A single and a walk followed to load the bases with nobody out, and the Golden Eagles pushed runs across on an infield chopper over the mound, a fielder’s choice that was nearly a double play, a ground out and a ground ball up the middle that second baseman Kevin Medrano stopped but was unable make the throw across his body to first in time.

     The Golden Eagles added runs with sacrifice flies from Anthony Doss in the fifth and Adam Doleac in the seventh to extend their lead to 6-0.

    Doyle (1-3) was saddled with the loss but deserved better after allowing three earned runs and striking out four in seven innings of work. Tyler Bean threw a scoreless eighth for the Bears.

    Missouri State had only three baserunners in the game with singles from Medrano, Christian Overstreet and Barrett Noirfalise. Noirfalise singled and was sacrificed to second in sixth as the lone Bear to reach second base.

    The series concludes at 1 p.m. Sunday.