WESTWEGO – The Loyola University New Orleans baseball team didn't let a little rain slow it down in its series opener against Brewton-Parker College on Friday, run-ruling BPC, 15-1, in seven innings. The Wolf Pack and Barons had two games scheduled for Friday at Segnette Field, but afternoon rain forced the two teams to just play one. A doubleheader is now scheduled for Saturday, starting at 12 p.m.

Stephen Still rolled through the first three innings, recording five of his eight strikeouts through the first nine outs. It took the Loyola offense until the bottom of the third to record its first hit, but the Wolf Pack exploded for five hits to score six runs and take a 6-0 lead. 

With one out, Landon Trosclair and Aaron Davis each walked, then Brandon Mooney reached on an infield error to quickly load the bases for Kason Cullins, who singled to plate the first two runs of the inning. Cole Romero followed that up with a double off the left-center field wall, 3-0, and an infield single by Anthony Fernandez loaded the bases again during the next at-bat. Christopher Bohrer added a two-RBI single and Jake Mills brought the sixth run home to give the Wolf Pack all of the early momentum, 6-0. 

Loyola kept things going with seven more runs in the fourth inning. Davis led things off with a single, and he made it all the way to third base during the next at-bat on a stolen base and a wild pitch. Mooney walked then Cullins brought home the first run, 7-0, which was followed up by a walk for Romero to juice the bases with no outs. A single by Fernandez made it an 8-0 lead while keeping the bases loaded, and it was the same story for Luke Clement, who walked to push the score to 9-0. The highlight of the frame, though, was Landon Trosclair's grand slam with one out to extend the advantage to 13-0. 

After the Barons got one back in the fifth, the Pack scored two more in the sixth for good measure. Bohrer belted his third home run of the season, and Luke Clement came around to score after doubling off the left-field wall. 

Still allowed five hits in his six innings of work, improving his record to 4-0 on the season. Nathan Monceaux worked the final inning with no hits allowed. 
 

Pack Facts

• This was Loyola's highest scoring output of the season, and its largest margin of victory. 

• Loyola is now 12-9 in the all-time series with Brewton-Parker. This is the second-most runs that the team has scored against the Barons in the series history, and its biggest win against the Barons as well.

• Stephen Still struck out eight batters for the third time this season, giving him a total of 200 for his career. He's five away from third place in the Wolf Pack record book for career strikeouts.

• Still, now 4-0 as a starter this season, also picked up his 15th career pitching win, tied with Joseph Kuchler and Brenden Taravella for seventh on Loyola's all-time wins list. 

• Nine different players scored a run, with six different players scoring twice.

• Eight different players recorded a hit for the Wolf Pack, with four different players having multi-hit games. 

• Landon Trosclair hit his first grand slam, and the sixth home run of his career, to put Loyola up 13-0 in the fourth inning. 

• The home run for Christopher Bohrer was the 11th of his career. 

• Aaron Davis is now tied for sixth in stolen bases in Loyola history with 49.
  
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