RUSTON, La. (Interstat) — Sam Houston State’s pitchers Zachery Alarid and Gabriel Winans combined to shut out Louisiana Tech on four hits Saturday afternoon at J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park, handing the Bulldogs a 6-0 Conference USA loss.

The Bearkats, 24-32, scored all their runs across three innings. Kirby Orth’s two-run single in the second inning scored Wes Baker and Sean Bazmore. Baker added an RBI single in the fourth that plated Caleb Cotton.

In the eighth, Sam Houston State pushed across three unearned runs, aided by a throwing error. Baker capped the scoring with another run-scoring single and was later thrown out trying to reach second.

Louisiana Tech, 33-23, had four hits but could not score against Alarid and Winans. The Bulldogs’ pitchers Luke Cooley, Connor Nation, Luke Nichols and Nate Crider allowed seven hits. Sam Houston State won the series finale after dropping the first two games.