Wolf Pack now hold 1.5 game lead over Blue Mountain College for the final spot in the SSAC Championship.
Coming off one of the biggest victories in program history yesterday, the Loyola University New Orleans Baseball team returned to Segnette Field on Saturday to close out their series with No. 8 Auburn University at Montgomery.
Today's results were not as favorable as yesterday's, as the Wolf Pack fell 5-1 in game one and 11-1 in the final game of the twinbill.
With the losses, Loyola drops to 21-30 on the year and 6-17 in the Southern States Athletics Conference (SSAC). The Wolf Pack entered today's games up 2.5 games on Blue Mountain College for the final spot in the SSAC Championship but saw that lead drop to just 1.5 games following a Rams victory over Bethel earliertoday.
Today was a special Strike Out Autism series at Segnette Field, with Allen Crooks and his family stopping by to talk to both programs about the struggles he's faced since being diagnosed with Autism when he was just a year old.
Game One: Loyola 5, AUM 1
Luis Anguizola (JR/David, Chiriqui, Panama) and Alexander Lorenzo (JR/Miami, Fla.) both recorded two hits in game one, with Anguizola adding the lone RBI.
Kevin Lindsey (SR/Baton Rouge, La.) (6-5) got the loss in his final start at Segnette Field, giving up five runs (five earned) on 11 hits in 4.1 innings pitched.
Following a scoreless first, the Warhawks put up one run in the second to take the 1-0 lead.
With one out in the bottom of the third, Joseph Kuchler (SO/Metairie, La.) singled to third to give Loyola its first baserunner of the day. Anguizola would single to left and score Kuchler to knot the game at 1-1 after three.
AUM took control of the game in the fifth, putting up four runs to grab the 5-1 advantage.
The Wolf Pack only managed two hits over the next two innings to five the visitors the 5-1 victory in game one.
Game Two: Loyola 1, AUM 11
Blake Toscano (JR/Metairie, La.) accounted for two of Loyola's four hits in game two, with Lance Licciardi (SR/River Ridge, La.) and Rawlings Elam (SO/Houston, Tx.) getting the other two. Anguizola collected the lone RBI for the Wolf Pack to go along with a team-high five putouts.
On the mound, Jason Roussel (SO/Baton Rouge, La.)l (1-4) got saddled with the loss after allowing five runs (five earned) on six hits in 2.0 innings pitched.
After AUM put up one run in the top of the first, Loyola answered with a RBI single by Anguizola to score Toscano from third and knot the game at 1-1.
The Warhawks put the hammer down over the next six innings, tacking on 10 runs to grab the 11-1 win in seven innings.
Loyola ends the regular season by taking on No. 21 William Carey University in a three-games series at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium on the campus of Delgado Community College. First pitch of Thursday's single game is set for 6:00 p.m.
