NATCHITOCHES, La. – Adam Guth’s pitching efficiency and the bat of Tristan Welch sparked the Southeastern Louisiana College baseball crew to a 4-2 win Saturday over Northwestern State in Southland Convention motion at Brown-Stroud Discipline.
 
Guth, a freshman left-hander from Lake Charles, Louisiana, allowed one run and two hits over a career-high 5.2 innings pitched whereas Tristan Welch blasted a pair of house runs for Southeastern (19-24, 9-8 SLC).
 
Welch kicked off a 3-for-4 day on the plate by main off the third inning with a line-drive homer down the left-field line.
 
The Lions gave Guth a little bit extra respiration room within the fifth. Welch smacked a one-out single up the center. Bryce Grizzaffi adopted with a single to left-center, sending Welch to 3rd. Evan Keller adopted with a sacrifice fly to proper discipline, plating Welch.
 
After permitting a single to the primary batter he confronted, and strolling the third, Guth retired the following 14 batters he confronted. A leadoff single within the sixth broke the string and finally led to a Northwestern State (20-22, 8-9 SLC) run.
 
The groups traded unearned runs within the eighth earlier than Welch’s second house run of the sport put the Lions again up by a pair within the ninth. The native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who now has eight homers this season, loved his second multi-homer recreation of the season.
 
Dalton Aspholm labored 2.1 innings in aid, permitting simply the unearned run earlier than he handed the ball over to Gage Trahan within the ninth. Trahan labored a scoreless ninth, figuring out of a bases-loaded jam.
 
Guth (2-1) earned the win, scattering two hits and two walks. He struck out 4. Northwestern State beginning pitcher Jonathan Harmon (5-5) suffered the loss, permitting three runs – two earned – in 7.1 innings of labor. He surrendered 5 hits and three walks, placing out one.
 
Trahan picked up his second save in as many video games, giving him seven this season. The save complete ranks third within the Southland. He additionally tied Jeff Shallenberg (1994), Chris Franklin (2010), Dylan Hills (2013) and Kade Granier (2016) for eighth on the SLU single-season charts.
 
Southeastern sits in fourth place within the convention standings, simply two video games out of first place.
 
UP NEXT
The collection concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. The Lions plan to start out sophomore right-hander Andrew Landry (2-4, 7.86) within the collection finale. Northwestern State is slated to go along with sophomore right-hander Drayton Brown (4-4, 3.81). Brown ranks second within the Southland in opponent batting common (.204), fifth in ERA and sixth in each innings pitched (54.1) and strikeouts (49).
 
Followers within the Hammond space can take heed to the sport broadcast on the flagship station of the Southeastern Sports activities Radio Community – KSLU 90.9 FM – along with on-line at www.LionSports.web/ListenLive and by way of the Lions Gameday Expertise, Mixlr and MyTuner Radio apps. The MyTuner app is appropriate with the Apple CarPlay software program out there in most late mannequin cars. Followers ought to seek for SLU Athletics (Mixlr) or Southeastern Sports activities Radio Community (MyTuner).
 
A video stream of every recreation may even be out there.
 
RADIO SHOW
The subsequent episode of Inside Southeastern Baseball with Matt Riser, offered by Pour Home Pizza and Beer Backyard, is slated for Monday at 12 p.m. from the restaurant in downtown Hammond. Followers can pay attention to each present on-line at www.LionSports.web/ListenLive and by way of the Lions Gameday Expertise, MyTuner Radio or Mixlr apps. The MyTuner Radio app is appropriate with the Apple CarPlay software program out there in most newer cars.
 
LIONS GAMEDAY EXPERIENCE APP
The Lions Gameday Expertise app places audio, stats, video, social media and extra within the arms of followers. These in attendance also can examine in to earn reward factors redeemable for Southeastern-related prizes. Out there for each Android and iOS units, it may be downloaded from the App Retailer and Google Play or by following the hyperlink www.LionSports.web/App.
 
DIAMOND CLUB / S CLUB
Followers involved in turning into lively supporters of the baseball program are inspired to affix the Diamond Membership. Lion baseball alums are inspired to affix the unique S Membership, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership charges and donations to each the Diamond Membership and S Membership (baseball) can be found for the unique use of the Southeastern baseball program. Membership info is accessible by contacting the Lion Athletics Affiliation at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or by visiting www.LionUp.com.
  
SOCIAL MEDIA
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