WESTWEGO – The Loyola Wolf Pack baseball team played their first of four non-conference games this week on Tuesday, defeating Dillard University, 11-3, at Segnette Field. The 14th-ranked Pack (23-10, 9-3 SSAC) will now host No. 5 Georgia Gwinnett for a three-game series starting on Friday. 
 

The Wolf Pack used a few crooked number innings to pull away from the Bleu Devils, scoring three in the third, two in the fifth and four in the sixth to take a 9-0 lead. Mitchell Cope picked up his third win of the season after throwing the fourth inning, as eight different Wolf Pack hurlers saw action. Joshua Orr started by pitching the first two innings, then Reid Perkins pitched the third before Brady Bowen, Jackson Sloan, Andrew Riedell, Matthew Weil and Grant Goodbee followed Cope in order. 
 

Tyler Hopkins led things off with a walk, and it appeared Dillard was going to get out of the inning without any damage when the defense turned a double play a few batters later. However, Tucker Ganley walked with two outs and put two on, then a double steal play gave Loyola a 1-0 lead. Cole Romero tripled during the next at-bat to score another, 2-0, and Anthony Fernandez brought home another run, 3-0, with a single. 
 

The Pack brought home two more runs two innings later, as Fernandez and Luke Clement each recorded RBI doubles to extend the lead to 5-0. In the sixth, Aaron Davis and Mooney started the frame with back-to-back doubles to take a 6-0 advantage, then a single by Ganley brought the score to 7-0. Ganley later came home on a wild pitch, 8-0, and Jake Mills reached on a fielder's choice to plate another run, 9-0. 
 

The Bleu Devils finally pushed a couple of runs across in the top of the eighth, 9-3, but the Pack tacked on two more runs in the bottom half to really put the game away. Ryan Smilari scored on a passed ball after stealing two bases to get to third, and Nathan Monceaux brought home Loyola's final run with a double off the wall. 
 

Pack Facts

• This was the sixth consecutive game in which the Wolf Pack scored at least 11 runs. It was also the team's 13th game this season with double digits in the run column. 

• SSAC Player of the Week Cole Romero went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and one stolen base. He currently owns the longest hitting streak on the team at 13 games with at least one hit.

• Romero has reached base in every game this season, putting his on-base streak at 50-straight games dating back to last season. 

• Brandon Mooney has also reached base successfully in each game this season. 

• Loyola had 10 different players record a hit for the third time in the last four games. Romero, Anthony Fernandez, Luke Clement, and Aaron Davis all had multi-hit games, while Mooney, Tucker Ganley, Kason Cullins, Ryan Smilari, Jake Mills, and Nathan Monceaux each joined the hitting party.

• Monceaux's last five games: 2-for-2 at the plate, one walk, two pitching wins. 

• Mitchell Cope became the third Wolf Pack pitcher to reach three wins this season. 

• The Wolf Pack's eight stolen bases are the most for the team this season. Ganley and Smilari led the team with two each. 

• Loyola swept the season series with Dillard 3-0, with the Wolf Pack outscoring the Bleu Devils 36-4 through the three games. 

• Mooney, Fernandez, Clement, Monceaux, and Davis all had doubles. Loyola's previous season high for doubles in a game was three. 

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