BEAUMONT – Lamar pitcher Chase Angelie kept the ACU offense under wraps Friday night as the Cardinals knocked off the Wildcats, 6-1, in the first game of a three-game non-conference baseball series at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
Because of the odd number of members in the Southland Conference, the Southland foes had a weekend out of league play, and each elected to use their off weekends to face each other. The loss drops ACU to 5-17 overall, while Lamar improves to 12-13.
The second game of the series will be Saturday at 2 p.m. with the series finale set for 1 p.m. Sunday.
Lamar's speed on the bases was evident throughout the game as the Cardinals swiped seven bases, led by Brendan Satran, who stole four bases in the game. Lamar scored all the runs it would need in the third inning with three runs off ACU starting pitcher
Garrett deMeyere, who took the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season.
The Cardinals would add single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to go up 6-0. The Wildcats' only run came in the top of the ninth when
Aaron Draper scored on an RBI double by
Tyler Eager, his second double of the game.
ACU finished with just five hits against Angelie, who pitched his second straight complete game. Angelie struck out seven Wildcats and didn't allow either a walk or an earned run in the contest.
