Louisiana-Monroe 1, at Southern Mississippi 2

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Interstat) — Matthew Russo’s walk-off double in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted Southern Mississippi to a 2-1 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday in the opening game of a Sun Belt doubleheader at Pete Taylor Park. Russo, the Golden Eagles’ first baseman, finished 2 for 5 with the game-winning RBI. His double to right field scored pinch-runner Gillespie from first base, capping a pitchers’ duel that lasted nearly three and a half hours. The win improved Southern Mississippi to 33-14 overall; the Warhawks fell to 24-23. Southern Mississippi’s Grayden Harris earned top-star honors after throwing seven innings… Read more...