MCC Baseball Falls To LSU-Eunice

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Eagles opened a three-game series on the road at LSU-Eunice Friday night by losing 9-5, so the Eagles were looking to reverse its fortunes on Saturday night against the Bengals.

MCC would drop Game Two against LSU-Eunice Saturday evening in a slugfest by a final score of 20-13.

The second loss on the weekend to LSU-Eunice now drops the overall record of MCC to 23-23. The final game of the series will be Sunday afternoon with first pitch set for 1 p.m.

MCC carried a 12-4 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning, but things turned sour quickly for the green and white. LSU-Eunice scored 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning and never looked back to secure the seven-run victory.

Brooks Balisterri led the way at the plate for MCC with a game-high four hits, including two runs scored. Dalton Thomas collected three hits and four RBI's in the loss with one hit being a home run.

Paul Angel and Mac Seibert each had a pair of base hits, while Michael Druhan added a two-run single. Ben Gann knocked in three runs for MCC which came on a double, while former West Lauderdale star Grant Hill score two runs in the setback.