Box Score
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ? The UALR Trojans (10-26) scored at
least one run in each of the first five innings, including a seven-run bottom
of the fifth, and junior lefty Adam
Champion tossed his first complete game of the year, allowing no earned
runs, helping lift the Trojans to a 15-4 win over the Houston Baptist Huskies
(8-29) Friday night at Gary Hogan Field.
Champion (2-6), who recorded the first complete game for
any Trojan pitcher this season, allowed just three hits and four runs, none
earned, while striking out nine and walking just two.
The Trojans, who got their 15 runs on 12 hits, were paced
offensively by a four-hit effort from junior catcher Landis Wilson. Wilson
chipped in a pair of RBI and scored a run as well. Four Trojans had two hits
apiece and third baseman Anthony Gower did
not record an official at bat but walked five times and scored twice.
Second baseman Josh
Marazzito was one Trojan slugger that posted a pair of hits, finishing
2-for-4 with four RBI, including a three-run home run in the fifth. Shortstop Kody Kroll was 2-for-3 with three RBI
and three runs scored. Kroll's three runs batted in all came in the fifth
inning when he hit an inside-the-park home run off of Huskies pitcher Brian
Revels. Eric Hanlon also chipped in
three RBI off his two hits and Tyson
Parks had a two-RBI evening and also crossed the plate twice.
Zac Schiefen (0-7) was hit with the loss for Houston
Baptist. The left hander allowed six runs, four of which were earned, on seven
hits while walking six over four innings pitched.
The Trojans built a 3-0 lead after the second inning but
Houston Baptist took a 4-3 advantage after a grand slam by left fielder Leo
Delgado in the top half of the third. The Trojans tied the game at four in the
bottom half of the inning and then the UALR offense added two runs in the
fourth and never looked back, cruising to the 15-4 win.
The two teams will meet tomorrow at Gary Hogan field for a
doubleheader which will begin at 2 p.m. The day's first game will be a
nine-inning game which will be followed by a seven-inning affair beginning
approximately 30 minutes after the finish of game one.
