Box Score The 12th-ranked Wolf Pack baseball dropped a Top 25 matchup at LSU Shreveport Monday
SHREVEPORT, La. – The No. 12 Loyola Wolf Pack ended their three games in Shreveport with a loss Monday, dropping their only game of the weekend against No. 10 LSU Shreveport, 12-3. Loyola won two against IU Kokomo on Sunday to end the weekend 2-1 and 5-2 overall.
The Pilots scored the first eight runs of the game to take a commanding lead over the Wolf Pack before Loyola pushed a couple of runs across in the sixth inning. LSUS used a hit and an error to plate two runs in the first inning, then after a lone run in the third, it got four more home in the third via two hits, a walk and a wild pitch.
Trailing 8-0, Payton Alexander notched his first home run of the season, making it an 8-2 ballgame with Jake Mills on base with a single in the prior at-bat. The Pilots, however, added to their lead in the bottom half of the sixth and eighth innings to earn the win.
The Pack will head back to North Louisiana this weekend to take part in the Cajun Collision tournament in Sterlington, Louisiana. Loyola will play No. 14 Science and Arts of Oklahoma and Tabor College at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, on Friday, then it'll play No. 4 Southeastern (Florida) and Jarvis Christian at the same times on Saturday.
Pack Facts
Payton Alexander had the best hitting day for either side today, going 3-for-4 at the plate. Continuing his streak from last season, Alexander has now reached base in 32 consecutive games.
After back-to-back games of three hits each, Alexander moved up in the Wolf Pack record book and is now 10th all-time in career hits with 178.
Jake Mills and Alexander accounted for nine of the runs scored this weekend, Mills with four runs scored and Alexander with five.
Cameron Trosclair has recorded a hit in the last four games for the Wolf Pack, currently the longest hit streak on the team.
Trosclair, Alexander, Mills, Ross Selvaggi, and Allen Dennis have all reached base in each of their game appearances this season.
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