Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball program dropped the series opener at Lamar on Friday evening, falling by an eventual 9-1 margin at Vincent-Beck Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.
- The Islanders failed to take advantage of their few opportunities on the baselines, stranding five runners on the day and scoring their lone run unearned. Meanwhile, the Cardinals managed to contain the usually aggressive Blue & Green offense behind a complete performance from Noah Sills, who tossed a full 9.0 frames on the mound with eight strikeouts and six hits surrendered.
- On the year, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi falls to 24-13 overall and 10-6 in league competition.
- Lamar improves to an 11-23 record with a 3-13 mark in Southland play.
Islander Statistics
- The Islanders scored one run on six hits with no errors while Lamar generated nine runs on 10 hits with two errors.
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Itchy Burts and
Luke Marbach posted the team's pair of multi-hit showings, notching two apiece for the game.
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Enrique Sanchez Jr. and
Thomas Jeffries IV were the only other Islanders to find a gap, grabbing one hit each.
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Steven Rivera-Chijin picked up the lone RBI, punching a sacrifice hit to second base for a seventh-inning score.
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Dustin Lacaze (3-2) worked his way through 4.2 innings in yet-another Friday start, picking up the loss with four runs allowed on as many hits and four strikeouts.
Islander Key Innings
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Mike Williams led off the seventh frame by reaching on an error, and worked his way over to third following a double by Marbach down the left-field line. Rivera-Chijin earned the squad's lone RBI of the matchup during the next at-bat, pushing a sacrifice hit to second base and allowing Williams to work his way across home plate.
Up Next
- The Islanders continue their Southland Conference series against Lamar, facing the Cardinals in game two Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Fans can watch live
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