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May 30, 2011
Contact: Amanda Dahl, NAIA
Manager of Sports Information & Media
Services,
adahl@naia.org
LEWISTON, Idaho -
Pinch runner Cody Causey dashed to third
on a passed ball and sprinted across the
plate on the catcher's wild throw to
score the winning run in the bottom of
the 10th inning to earn LSU Shreveport
(La.) a 3-2 victory over Embry-Riddle
(Fla.) in the Avista-NAIA World Series
at Harris Field on Monday. Causey was
running for Kevin Smith, who opened the
frame with a double to right field. The
fourth-seeded Pilots (47-13) win their
second game in as many played in
Lewiston in their final at bat. They
await the winner of Monday's final game
between Lubbock Christian (Texas) and
Oklahoma City for a 7 p.m. PDT date on
Tuesday.
(click
here to watch video of the winning run)
The loss forces the top-seeded Eagles
(51-10) drop down into the losers
bracket where they will take on
fifth-seeded Lee (Tenn.) Tuesday at 11
a.m.
Smith led off the 10th inning by
sending a 1-1 offering from Embry-Riddle
closer Phillip Reamy to right-center
field. Chase Wentz went down to first on
an intentional walk and Causey came in
to run for Smith. With nobody out and
runners at first and second, Kyle
Pearson stepped into the batters box,
fouling off the first pitch. The second
pitch from Reamy got past catcher Adam
Cellini that Causey advanced to third
on. Cellini attempted to make a play on
Causey at third, but his throw to the
bag went sailing into left field,
allowing Causey to sprint home to score
the winning run.
LSU Shreveport got on the board in
the bottom of the fourth, scoring one
run on two hits. Pearson reached on a
fielder's choice and came around to
score on Michael Diffie's double that
went down the right-field line.
Embry-Riddle starter Ryan Vigue retired
the side with a line out and a strike
out to prevent the Pilots from adding
any additional runs.
The Piolts took a 2-0 lead in the
bottom of the seventh as seven batters
went to the plate. Shawn Moy earned a
leadoff walk as Vigue's final opponent.
Reamy entered and Justin Brodnax put
down the sacrifice bunt to advance Moy
to second. No. 8 batter Curtis Beaudoin
took a 1-2 pitch through the hole at
shortstop to put runners at first and
third. A bobble by third baseman Steve
Sabins allowed Manny Estrada to reach
first and send Moy home to score.
Freshman pitcher Logan Norris quieted
the hot bats of Embry-Riddle, holding
the Eagles to five hits through eight
complete innings. Norris forced nine
ground outs, six fly outs, struck out
five and issued just one walk. He was
touched for one run in the top of the
eighth. Norris hit leadoff man Aaron
Glaum to start the frame. After a first
pitch ball, Greg Smith singled to right
to put runners at first and second with
nobody out. Glaum advanced to third on
Sabins' fielder's choice that saw Smith
register the out. Cleanup hitter Chris
Page hit a sacrifice fly to center field
that scored Glaum. Norris struck out Ben
Kline close the frame.
The Eagles tied the game in their
ensuing at bat. Keaton Stroud earned a
free pass to first on a five-pitch walk
from LSU Shreveport reliever Cade Bowen.
Bowen got Embry-Riddle to hit into
back-to-back fly outs by Ian MacGeorge
and pinch hitter Jeff Lemon for two
outs. He then threw four straight balls
to Cellini, moving Stroud's pinch runner
Jordan Romero to second. After facing
two batters, Cody Boutte entered the
game, replacing Bowen. Glaum singled off
of Boutte through the hole at short to
score Romero and tie the game, 2-2. The
inning ended on pinch runner Tyler
Robbins' base-running error.
Boutte (7-2) was credited with the
win for the Pilots, while Reamy (2-2)
suffered the loss. Eagle starter Vigue
logged six innings of work, scattering
five hits with two runs, one of which
was earned, striking out seven and
walking two.
Six batters on each side collected a
hit. LSU Shreveport was led by two hits
each from Smith and Diffie, while
Embry-Riddle had a two-hit performance
from MacGeorge. Page and Glaum recorded
an RBI in the losing effort.
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