Box score
AUSTIN, Texas —
Joseph Semien pitched
seven shutout innings, and
Courtland Posey and
Cohen Boyd had two RBIs apiece Saturday
to lead Xavier University of Louisiana in an 8-3 Red River Athletic Conference baseball victory
against Huston-Tillotson.
The Gold Rush (8-4 overall, 3-3 RRAC)
won the final two in the three-game series against the Rams (4-9, 1-2).
Semien, a sophomore left-hander,
started and won for the third consecutive Saturday. He allowed four singles,
walked three and struck out seven.
Posey drove in two of XULA's first three runs, and Boyd singled home
Cam Finn
and
Chazz Clark during a three-run eighth inning.
Posey, Boyd, Finn and
D'Aires Davis had two hits apiece.
Deionte Norris scored twice. XULA scored in five of nine innings and led 7-0 through
7 1/2 innings.
Robbie Brue had three hits, and Zech Robichaux
drove in two runs for Huston-Tillotson, which committed six errors.
XULA will play host to Rust in a noon Tuesday
doubleheader at Wesley Barrow Stadium. Tickets are available
online only. Tuesday weather forecast: partly cloudy, high of 81 degrees,
wind from south-southwest, zero percent chance of rain.
