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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Weston Montgomery went 4-for-4 with a double and five RBI and the Islanders took advantage of five Southeastern Louisiana errors to claim an 11-5 win on Saturday at Chapman Field.
A&M-CC (16-23, 8-12 SLC) scored seven runs in the first two innings as it claimed the weekend series and sent Southeastern (29-12, 12-8 SLC) to its season-high third straight defeat.
The series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. The game can be heard on the internet (courtesy of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) at www.LionSports.net.
The Islanders loaded the bases with one out in first inning before Montgomery doubled down the left-field line off Southeastern starter
Tyler Watkins (3-3). Jeramie Marek added an RBI single in the inning that gave A&M-CC a 4-0 lead. Matt Holland added a two-run single in the second before Montgomery followed with an RBI single that gave the Islanders a 7-0 advantage.
Southeastern chipped away at the lead, scoring three times in the fourth to cut the deficit to 7-3.
Jeff Harkensee led off the inning when he was hit by a pitch, moved to second after
Cody Gougler drew a walk and scored two batters later on a groundout by
Brock Hebert.
Josh Cryer drove in Gougler with a bunt single and later scored when
Philip Freeman hit a single through the left side.
A&M-CC capitalized on three Southeastern errors in the bottom half of the inning to take a 10-3 lead. Trey Hernandez drove in Caleb Marx with a single to left, and moved to third on a two-base error that also allowed Chris Vergne to score all the way from first. Montgomery added an RBI single to center that scored Hernandez, who went 2-for-5 and scored twice.
Freeman, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI, added an RBI double in the eighth and scored on a single by
Chris Ernest.
Watkins scattered six hits and allowed six runs – four earned – in 1.1 innings of action before
Justin Schneider pitched the final 6.2 innings, allowing five unearned runs.
Roy Ferdin (3-3), one of four pitchers used by the Islanders, earned the win after allowing two hits in 3.1 scoreless innings. Holland went 2-for-5 with two RBI for the Islanders, who recorded 14 hits.
Southeastern La..... 000 300 020 - 5 7 5 (29-12, 12-8 SLC)
Texas A&M-CC........ 430 310 00x - 11 14 2 (16-23, 8-12 SLC)
Watkins, Schneider (2) and Lucas, Gough-Fortenberry (8). Hoelscher, Ferdin (4), Longoria (8), Gibson (9) and Madrid, Garcia (8). W – Ferdin (3-3). L - Watkins (3-3). E – J. Boudreaux 2 (10), Harkensee (4), Cryer (10), Lucas (2), Buckner (8), Hoelscher (2). LOB - SLU 8, AMCC 7. 2B – Harkensee (19), Freeman (1), Montgomery (6). HBP - Harkensee, Montgomery. SH – Madrid (1). SB – Holland (4). CS – Hargis (4), Montgomery (2). Reached on CI - Vergne. T - 2:09. A – 216.
