Game 1 box score
Game 2 box score
2024 Red River Athletic Conference standings
ALEXANDRIA, La. — Xavier University of Louisiana produced 11-7 and 17-13 victories Saturday at LSU-Alexandria to win a Red River Athletic Conference baseball series for the second consecutive weekend and the third time this season.
XULA's offense was brilliant after scoring 13 runs in its first 10 RRAC road games this season, including an 8-1 loss Friday to LSUA.
LSUA took a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the opener, but the Gold Rush seized control with a five-run fifth that included
Dillon Cousin's two-run triple,
Alex Crews' RBI double and
Jayden Smith's sacrifice fly.
XULA scored first and never lost the lead in the finale. An eight-run sixth inning — it included
Deionte Norris' three-run homer, Crews' two-run single and
Matt Adams' RBI triple — made it 13-5.
Robert Robinson and
Zion Morris had four hits apiece for XULA (13-16 overall, 7-13 RRAC) in the second game, and
Miles Peterson had four RBIs, including a three-run double in the fourth. Morris had seven hits in the doubleheader, including a double and triple in the second game.
XULA's 22 second-game hits were a season high.
Starters
Jeremy Clark (game one) and
Kimani Davis were the winning pitchers.
Blaise Foote and Dezmon Dugas homered for the Generals (15-17, 12-8), who dropped from fourth to fifth in the RRAC standings. XULA remained ninth and is a game and a half behind eighth-place Southwest.
XULA scored 47 runs in its last three victories, including a 19-4 thumping Wednesday at SUNO.
Next for the Gold Rush will be a three-game RRAC home series against Texas College at Slidell High School in Slidell, La.: 5 p.m. Friday, then a noon Saturday doubleheader.