2 away!

LU down to their final out!

HBP

runner at 1st

Templeton does it!, The complete game!

Jacks win! take game one in the series.

2-0

Handshakes and high fives for ⁦@SFA_Baseball⁩. Huge series opening win over Lamar! pic.twitter.com/lDaBq9KYaF

— Scott Bowyer (@sbowyer75) March 8, 2025

If you would have told me LU would start the season 0-4 in conference play I would have laughed in your face, but here we are.

SFA:2 (7-7; 2-2)
Lamar:0 (10-5; 0-4)
Final

SFA 2 runs off of 4 hits
Lamar no runs off of 5 hits

#11 Dylan Mulcahy (So.) on the mound tomorrow to get the series win.

Game Two Sat. at 5:00 P.M.
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River Curs with the diving catch!

B7 | RIVER CURS TURNS ON THE WHEELS!!!!#AxeEm pic.twitter.com/ByX9TUM01Y

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 8, 2025

T4 | HE'S SAFE! 👀

Mark Henning hits the triple and Josh Ibe slides in home!#AxeEm pic.twitter.com/G9zkyugGEm

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 8, 2025

B5 | What an effort from Cody Templeton!#AxeEm pic.twitter.com/jndsT2f1Hk

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 8, 2025

That was the first win for SFA over Lamar in baseball since 2023, and the first win in Beaumont since 2022.

Wow. Just wow.

What a great win tonight! Keep it up!

For sure. Now we need to follow that up with another good one today. They played great in 2 of the three phases last night with only setback being on hitting.

Luckily we strung enough together to get those two runs and our pitching and defense were outstanding

You better have a good bullpen when facing UTRGV.

This is the comeback team...

Southern Illinois, down 4-2 going into the bottom of the 6th, score 6 runs, win 8-4

#20 DBU, down 4-3 going into the 6th, score 12 runs, win 15-5

Lamar, down 2-1 going into the bottom of the 6th, score 4 runs, win 5-2

Houston, down 5-3 going into the 9th, score 6 runs, win 9-5

New Orleans, down 5-0 going into the 6th, score 10 runs, win 10-5

in 2024, UTRGV was #39 in the nation in attendance for baseball averaging 2,219 people a game for a total of 61,132 for the season.

Record crowd was 6,418 in 2022 when they played #6 Texas. Last season they had 6,044 against UTA.

SLC STANDINGS

1.) UTRGV 4-0; 9-2
2.) HCU 4-0; 9-3
3.) Southeastern Louisiana 3-0; 11-2
4.) McNeese 3-1; 10-2
5.) New Orleans 2-2; 7-5
6.) SFA 2-2; 7-7
7.) Nicholls 1-3; 7-8
8.) Northwestern State 1-3; 6-7
9.) Texas A&M - CC 0-0; 6-8
10.) Lamar 0-4; 10-5
11.) UIW 0-4; 8-6

This SFA lineup is batting .306 scoring 66 runs off of 92 hits, 18 doubles, 6 triples, 48 walks, 12 stolen baes, 3 Home Runs, and reaching base 140 times.

#2 Ben Hoshizaki (Jr.) second in the conference with 7 stolen bases.

#2 Ben Hoshizaki (Jr.) with a single.

#22 Josh Ibe (Jr.) 4th in BA in the SLC.

#22 Josh Ibe (Jr.) reaches on an error, runs at 1st and 2nd

SFA:3 (7-8; 2-3)
LAMAR:9 (11-5; 1-4)
FINAL

Things started well enough for SFA, holding Lamar to 11 straight scoreless innings from game 1 and 2 innings in game 2.

But Lamar is too loaded with talent to keep them down forever, and you knew it was coming.
Also, Lamar's pitching is on another level, very disciplined, with yet another multi-digit strikeout count, today at 10K's, and only 1 walk.

SFA took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 3rd with Mulcahy striking out 4, but after some really weird bunts from Lamar, and one where Mulcahy took a nasty dive trying for the out, couldn't seem to get back in his rhythm on the mound giving up 6 runs off of 5 hits, along with 5 walks, which lead to him getting pulled after 3 innings.

Boyett, Irons, and Valdez came in relief and were pretty solid, there was no quit, while giving up 3 runs off of 4 hits, striking out 1 and walking 3 combined.

Ibe continues his hitting streak at 7 games.

Hoshizaki did an amazing job in the head of the lineup, going 3 for 4 including a double, and a run.

The Jacks will try again tomorrow at 4:00 P.M. to take the series.
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What's depressing is watching all these games on TV and seeing all the nice baseball stadium venues the Jacks are playing in, and to then hear the announcers going on about all the upgrades and renovations they are having in terms of locker rooms, clubhouses, offices, facilities, luxury suites, etc.

Wrapping up in Beaumont.

SFA Vs. Lamar
⏰ : 4:00PM CST
📍 : Vincent-Beck Stadium
🎥 : https://t.co/0uyHBUKWOE
📊 : https://t.co/m0xq1iKlRq
🎟️ : https://t.co/QJaPiXCi8u#AxeEm pic.twitter.com/XMXPVYQ2T1

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 9, 2025

SLC Rankings (11 Teams)

SFA

#1 - Triples (8)
#4 - Walks (78)
#5 - Hits (129)
#5 - Doubles (26)
#5 - TB's (189)
#5 - SB (15)
#5 - FLD% (0.973)
#6 - Runs (93)
#7 - RBI's (86)
#9 - AVG. (.265)
#9 - Home Runs (6)
#9 - SLG% (.389)

Josh Ibe

#1 - OPS (1.351)
#3 - SLG% (.811)
#3 - OBP (0.540)
#5 - RBI's (17)
#6 - BA (.405)
#10 - Runs (16)
#11 - Home Runs (3)
#11 - TB (30)

Ben Hoshizaki

#1 - OBP (0.556)
#5 - SB (7)

Cody Templeton

- Only SLC pitcher so far this season to pitch a shutout.
#1 - IP (29.1)
#2 - Walks (3)
#3 - B/AVG (1.83)
#4 - ERA (1.53) (1 of 3 pitchers in the SLC to pitch a complete game this season)
#5 - SO (26)
#8 - Earned Runs Allowed (5)

Dylan Mulcahy

#3 - Hits allowed (11)
#3 - B/AVG (.183)
#11 - SO (20)
- One of only five pitchers in the SLC not to give up a HR.

* SFA batters have been hit by more pitches than any other team in the SLC this season (4 players Henning, Hoshizaki, Curs, Ibe) rank in the top 10 of being hit by pitch in the SLC)

* No SFA batter is in the top 10 in strikeouts so far this season.

SFAJack_76 said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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What's depressing is watching all these games on TV and seeing all the nice baseball stadium venues the Jacks are playing in, and to then hear the announcers going on about all the upgrades and renovations they are having in terms of locker rooms, clubhouses, offices, facilities, luxury suites, etc.

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Depressing, or exciting about what it shows the SFA potential is? We are decades behind on everything except basketball. It's going to take more than a minute to catch up. I spend more time in our facilities than most non-athletic department folks. They are really bad. It is really hard to be patient. But, I'm excited about what is happening.

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And the move to the UT System was the best thing we could possibly do to ensure we meet that potential. I believe in the next 10-20 years we will see more growth for our little East Texas University than we've probably ever seen at SFA. Both in athletics and academics.

SFAJack_76 said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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What's depressing is watching all these games on TV and seeing all the nice baseball stadium venues the Jacks are playing in, and to then hear the announcers going on about all the upgrades and renovations they are having in terms of locker rooms, clubhouses, offices, facilities, luxury suites, etc.

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Depressing, or exciting about what it shows the SFA potential is? We are decades behind on everything except basketball. It's going to take more than a minute to catch up. I spend more time in our facilities than most non-athletic department folks. They are really bad. It is really hard to be patient. But, I'm excited about what is happening.

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Awesome comments. It' takes a little time.

Good start by Lamar, 1,2,3 inning striking out 2.

#43 Hayden Tronson (Jr.) on the mound for the Jacks.

Nice double play by the Jacks, 1 hit, no runs, to the 2nd

0-0

#13 Dante Turgeon (Jr.) on board with a walk, 1 out.

3 K's for LU pitching, Jacks go quietly, no hits no runs.

To the bottom of the 2nd

Single for LU with 1 away.

Another double play turned by the Jacks, 1 hit, no runs.

to the 3rd

0-0

#45 Kevin Duran (Jr.) on board with the 2nd walk of the day.