LU at TCU

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FORT WORTH, Texas – Running into a pitcher on a career day, Lamar University (15-34) struggled in its non-conference finale at Texas Christian University (27-18), falling to the Horned Frogs 11-0. Hayden Green allowed just one hit to the Cardinals while walking one.

The game was close through the first three innings with TCU putting one run across in the second and another in the third on four hits. Three more scored in the fourth on a three-run homer to right, and a big fifth inning is what ultimately proved costly for Lamar with six runs scoring in that inning alone.

Ryan Erickson took over in the sixth and pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts, and Marcus Olivarez threw a scoreless eighth.

The perfect game was broken up in the fifth inning when Cole Girouard beat out a bobbled fielding of the ball he hit to first base, and a walk of Avery George in the seventh reached second before a strikeout stranded him in scoring position.

Chad McKinney broke up the no-hitter on the first pitch of the ninth with a single to left field, but a double play in the next at-bat extinguished Lamar’s final scoring opportunity.

The Cardinals return to action on Friday, May 11 with the first of three Southland Conference games at Stephen F. Austin before closing the regular season with a three-game SLC series at home against McNeese from May 17-19. Big Red’s playoff chances are still viable; the Cards are currently 10th at 9-15 with eighth-place Nicholls State at 11-13 in conference play.

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