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| March 19, 2005 |
| SIUE SWEEPS TWO FROM NKU, 1-0, 4-0 |
Cougars open GLVC
play by posting two shutouts against Norse |
O’FALLON, Mo. - Jake Smith’s run-scoring single with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Southern Illinois at Edwardsville to a 1-0 win over Northern Kentucky University on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader. Smith’s walk-off hit plated Jeremy Bond with the game’s only run and gave SIUE starter Kyle Jones the victory. Jones allowed just three hits and struck out seven. NKU All-American Derrik Moeves (2-1) struck out five and scattered seven hits, but the junior right-hander gave up three singles in the eighth inning. One of those hits was a bunt single by Bond, who eventually scored the winning run. Joe Wargo started the eighth-inning rally with a single, and Wargo’s bunt hit put runners on first and second with no outs. Moeves retired the next two batters, but Smith’s single through the left side of the infield brought Bond in from third base with the winning run. In the nightcap, Bond and Smith each drove in two runs as the Cougars recorded the sweep with a 4-0 win. Smith hit a two-run home run in the third inning to spark the Cougars. SIUE starter Cameron Cheek tossed a three-hit shutout and finished with six strikeouts. NKU starter Paul David Patterson gave up three runs and six hits in four innings on the mound. SIUE improved to 7-6 overall, 2-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. NKU dropped to 5-7 overall, 0-2 in the GLVC. The two teams will wrap up the four-game series at noon Sunday with a doubleheader. |
