Bengals open series with win

ENID, Oklahoma – Bengal pitcher Sam Walley struck out the final two batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth inning as top-ranked LSU Eunice held on for a 5-4 win over Scottsdale Community College on Monday afternoon at David Allen Memorial Park.
The stormy weather over the opening weekend forced the schedule to change and moved the Bengals scheduled first game from Sunday to Monday.
LSU Eunice was scheduled to face the Kellogg – UCONN Avery Point winner at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
All the games will be video streamed online at www.njcaa.org.
To follow the series, go to www.euncietoday.com.
Bengal starter Mitch Sewald earned the win as he struck out six, walked four and allowed three earned runs on eight hits in 6.2 innings of work.
Zack Hamilton pitched 1.1 innings, striking out two and allowed one hit, while Walley fanned two and allowed one hit in the final frame.
The Bengals jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second when Nick Coomes doubled to center and scored on a sacrifice fly by Madison Nickens.
Callahan Moltzan homered to open the bottom of the second before Kenny Finn walked and scored as Will Frei singled as Scottsdale grabbed a 2-1 advantage.
Steven Sensley slammed his 19th home run of the season over the right field wall to force a 2-2 tie in the top of the third inning.
The Bengals pushed ahead 3-2 in the top of the fourth when David LaFleur doubled and scored on Trey Caswell’s ground-out.
David LaFleur hit his fourth home run of the season to give LSU Eunice a 4-2 margin in the top of the sixth inning.
The Bengals added a crucial run in the top of the seventh as Brennan Bozeman walked and crossed home plate when Nickens doubled to right field.
Scottsdale battled back in the bottom of the frame when Justin Erlandson doubled and scored when Adam Wolfe singled to right to close the gap to 5-3.
The Fighting Artichokes rallied for a run in the bottom of the eighth when Kenny Finn reached on an error and scored on Frei’s hit to centerfield.
But Walley and the Bengal defense stiffened in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the LSU Eunice win.
David LaFleur went 2-for-2 with two walks, a RBI and two runs scored, while Sensley went 2-fof-4 with a walk and a RBI.
All the games will be video streamed online at www.njcaa.org.
LSU Eunice won its first title in 2006 with a 3-0 win over Grand Rapids in Millington, Tennessee.
The Bengals earned the 2008 championship with a 17-5 victory over Lenoir Community College.
LSU Eunice grabbed its third title in 2010 with a 10-2 win over UCONN-Avery Point before a 7-3 championship win in 2012 over Western Oklahoma.