Lumberjacks outlast Demons 11‑8 in Sunday slugfest
CYPRESS, La. (Interstat) — Stephen F. Austin snapped a two-game losing streak to Northwestern State with an 11-8 victory Sunday afternoon and evening at H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field. The Lumberjacks improved to 22-21, while the Demons fell to 25-19.
Stephen F. Austin pounded out 16 hits. Mark Henning went 4 for 5 with two RBIs, and Jhett Creel hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Cermodrick Bland added two hits and an RBI. Reid Bowyer pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the win. Dylan Mulcahy tossed three hitless innings, allowing two earned runs.
Northwestern State managed 10 hits. Joe Siervo went 3 for 5 with an RBI, and Thomas Marsala homered in the sixth. Brooks Leonard drove in two runs. Caleb Muffoletto threw 1 2/3 hitless innings, and Jacob LeBlanc struck out two in 1 2/3 innings. The Demons used three sacrifice flies but could not overcome a five-run Lumberjacks fifth inning that built an 11-5 lead and four more runs in the eighth.