SHREVEPORT, La. – On Tuesday night at Pilot Field, a pair of regional baseball foes combined for 26 runs on 35 hits and stranded a combined 20 baserunners, which resulted in Southern Arkansas being tripped up on the road at NAIA-power LSU-Shreveport, 15-11.
 
The Muleriders (26-14) recorded 14 hits and of the 11 runs that the club plated in the loss, eight came in the sixth inning or later as they battled back from a 8-3 hole to pull within a pair of runs through 5 ½ innings of play. LSUS answered the SAU three-run sixth inning with six runs in the home half of the frame to take a 14-6 lead into the seventh inning.
 
From the seventh inning on, SAU outscored the Pilots 5-1, but the comeback fell short as LSUS earned its 33^rd win of the season.
 
Six Muleriders had multiple hits in the game and were led by senior Cortland McPherson who produced a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with two RBI. Classmate Jacob Richardson went 2-for-4 with four runs scored and a pair of RBI, while also walking three times. Senior Sam Mrstik drove in a pair of runs behind two hits (2B, 3B), while redshirt freshman Cole Boyd picked up a pair of hits and scored twice and junior Kane Koenigseder collected two hits, an RBI and a run scored.
 
Three SAU pitchers, starter Dillon Lawrence and relievers Brian Archibald and Hunter Brantley, combined to strikeout a dozen Pilot hitters and allowed just four walks.
 
The Muleriders return home for a weekend series with Great American Conference foe Arkansas Tech on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. Live coverage links are available at www.MuleriderAthletics.com.