WESTWEGO – In a game originally scheduled for 5 p.m. that started two hours later due to weather in the New Orleans area, the Stillman College Tigers won the series opener over the Loyola Wolf Pack, 12-8, at Segnette Field. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. to close out the series. 
 

The Pack (18-9, 5-2 in SSAC) pushed across their first two runs in the opening frame, as Brandon Mooney started the game with a bunt single to third base then moved to third on a passed ball and stolen base. He scored during the next at-bat when Tucker Ganley hit a sacrifice fly to right field, and Cole Romero kept things going with a single to right as well. With runners on the corners later in the inning, Christopher Bohrer and Romero executed a double steal to make it 2-0. 
 

The Tigers got a run back in the third inning before Loyola made it a 3-1 lead in the bottom half. Again, Mooney started things with a single before stealing second to get into scoring position. Romero flew out to move him to third base, then a Bohrer single plated the run. Stillman, however, used four hits and two Wolf Pack errors in the top of the fifth to jump ahead 5-3. 
 

After Mooney scored his third run of the game to answer Stillman's fifth, 5-4, the Tigers extended their lead to 7-4 with a pair of runs in the sixth. Loyola chipped into the lead and even jumped back ahead with two runs each in the seventh and eighth. Kason Cullins picked up a two-RBI single in the seventh, scoring Ganley and Mooney to make it a 7-6 deficit, then Romero tied the game in the eighth with an RBI single and the Wolf Pack took the lead one batter later when Ganley came home on a wild pitch, 8-7. 
 

The Tigers, though, scored five runs in the top of the ninth to seal the win. 
 

Pack Facts

• Stephen Still picked up a season-high 10 strikeouts, giving him 210 for his career. That's the third-most strikeouts in a career in Loyola history. 

• Still leads the Wolf Pack with 53 total strikeouts this season.

• Brandon Mooney reached base in each of his first five plate appearances, finishing with a stellar stat line: 3-for-4, five runs scored, two walks, three stolen bases. 

• It's the first five-run game for a Wolf Pack player this year. 

• Cole Romero went 2-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases. Romero currently owns the team's longest hitting streak at seven games. 

• Mooney and Romero each have recorded multiple hits in their last three games. 

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