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Contributed by: Chad Grubbs, HSU Director of Athletic Communications
ABILENE, Texas - Colton Parker homered four times as Hardin-Simmons baseball team swept an American Southwest Conference doubleheader from Louisiana College, 15-0 and 7-6, on Friday at Hunter Field in Abilene.
Game 1
Hardin-Simmons pounded four home runs and Colton Spears pitched his third complete-game shutout of the season as the Cowboys won 15-0 in the first game.
Spears allowed just three hits and struck out a career-best five batters to improve to 6-3 on the year. He established a new single-season non-scholarship era record with his third shutout of the season. Austin Thompson allowed 10 runs in four and one-third innings to take the loss and fall to 2-2 on the year.
HSU picked up a run on an error and Colson Craddick had an RBI single to make it 2-0 in the first inning. HSU made it 4-0 in the fourth with solo home runs from Parker and Colton Pea****.
The Cowboys exploded for 11 runs in the fifth inning. Jamie Ball had an RBI single followed by a three-run home run from Craddick. Parker followed with his second home run of the game. Taylor Cooling had a bases loaded walk, Zack de Luna an RBI single and Ball a three-run triple and he scored on a wild pitch.
Cooling had three hits for HSU and Ball, Craddick and Parker two hits each. Ball and Craddick each drove in four runs. Three different Wildcats had hits.
Game 2
In the second game, Pea**** put the Cowboys on the board in the second with a sacrifice fly and Sully Martin tied the game in the third with a solo home run. HSU retook the lead in the third on a two-run home run by Ball.
Parker had a solo home run in the fourth and Parker added his fourth home run of the day a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-1.
HSU starter Jeremy Hallmark had cruised through the first five innings but got in trouble in the sixth. The Wildcats scored on a wild pitch and a bloop two-run double by Zane Corbell to make it 6-4. Mike Richardson came on and got out of the inning.
Richardson worked three innings of relief and struck out five and allowed only two hits. He walked the leadoff man in the ninth and the Cowboys went to Cooling, who leads the nation in saves with 11.
He struck out Martin and Kiefer Moore had an infield single in the hole at shortstop and Cody McNeal followed with an RBI single to right, Ball made a strong throw to the plate but Elijah Perez couldn't get the tag down. Deaulton Delgado hit a grounder to third and Caleb Jacques made a nice backhand stab and threw to second for one out but the relay to first Moore scored to tie the game.
Caleb Jacques then led off the ninth with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. After a Cooling fly out, De Luna delivered a walkoff single down the line in left.
Cooling ended up with the win in relief and Call Florence took the loss in relief. Parker had three hits for HSU and Moore had three for LC.
HSU is now 20-12 on the year and 14-6 in ASC action. Louisiana College fell to 9-22 overall and 4-13 in league play. The teams will play at 10 a.m. on Saturday in an attempt to beat the expected afternoon rain.
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ABILENE, Texas - Colton Parker homered four times as Hardin-Simmons baseball team swept an American Southwest Conference doubleheader from Louisiana College, 15-0 and 7-6, on Friday at Hunter Field in Abilene.
Game 1
Hardin-Simmons pounded four home runs and Colton Spears pitched his third complete-game shutout of the season as the Cowboys won 15-0 in the first game.
Spears allowed just three hits and struck out a career-best five batters to improve to 6-3 on the year. He established a new single-season non-scholarship era record with his third shutout of the season. Austin Thompson allowed 10 runs in four and one-third innings to take the loss and fall to 2-2 on the year.
HSU picked up a run on an error and Colson Craddick had an RBI single to make it 2-0 in the first inning. HSU made it 4-0 in the fourth with solo home runs from Parker and Colton Pea****.
The Cowboys exploded for 11 runs in the fifth inning. Jamie Ball had an RBI single followed by a three-run home run from Craddick. Parker followed with his second home run of the game. Taylor Cooling had a bases loaded walk, Zack de Luna an RBI single and Ball a three-run triple and he scored on a wild pitch.
Cooling had three hits for HSU and Ball, Craddick and Parker two hits each. Ball and Craddick each drove in four runs. Three different Wildcats had hits.
Game 2
In the second game, Pea**** put the Cowboys on the board in the second with a sacrifice fly and Sully Martin tied the game in the third with a solo home run. HSU retook the lead in the third on a two-run home run by Ball.
Parker had a solo home run in the fourth and Parker added his fourth home run of the day a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-1.
HSU starter Jeremy Hallmark had cruised through the first five innings but got in trouble in the sixth. The Wildcats scored on a wild pitch and a bloop two-run double by Zane Corbell to make it 6-4. Mike Richardson came on and got out of the inning.
Richardson worked three innings of relief and struck out five and allowed only two hits. He walked the leadoff man in the ninth and the Cowboys went to Cooling, who leads the nation in saves with 11.
He struck out Martin and Kiefer Moore had an infield single in the hole at shortstop and Cody McNeal followed with an RBI single to right, Ball made a strong throw to the plate but Elijah Perez couldn't get the tag down. Deaulton Delgado hit a grounder to third and Caleb Jacques made a nice backhand stab and threw to second for one out but the relay to first Moore scored to tie the game.
Caleb Jacques then led off the ninth with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. After a Cooling fly out, De Luna delivered a walkoff single down the line in left.
Cooling ended up with the win in relief and Call Florence took the loss in relief. Parker had three hits for HSU and Moore had three for LC.
HSU is now 20-12 on the year and 14-6 in ASC action. Louisiana College fell to 9-22 overall and 4-13 in league play. The teams will play at 10 a.m. on Saturday in an attempt to beat the expected afternoon rain.
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