Cadets Drops Weekend Finale to Louisiana-Monroe

Sunday, February 17

Baton Rouge, La.

11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET)

Army West Point

1-2

UL-Monroe

1-2

ULM

Army

Cadets Drops Weekend Finale to Louisiana-Monroe

February 17, 2019 | Baseball

Box Score

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Army West Point baseball team saw Louisiana-Monroe score 10 unanswered runs here Sunday afternoon to take the 10-3 eight-inning victory in the teams' weekend finale.

Sunday's contest was on a time limit and no inning could start after 2 p.m CT due to the LSU-Air Force game, which was scheduled to kickoff at 3 p.m.

The Black Knights jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the second inning but five runs in the fourth and two runs in the sixth by the Warhawks ultimately put the game out of reach.

Andre Walden and Trey Martin both tallied their first home runs of the year in the second frame. That was the first time two cadet-athletes hit long balls in the same inning since Alex Dickerson '17 and Jon Rosoff '18 did so against Albany on April 18, 2017.

Walden, Jacob Hurtubise and John McKenna all finished with two hits in the game to lead the Black Knight offense.

Logan Smith earned his first career starting nod, going 3.1 innings. The junior allowed four runs, two earned, on five hits. He also struck out two batters during his time on the hill. Smith retired nine of his first 12 batters until he ran into a little trouble in the fourth.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Both teams used five pitchers throughout the game.
Army's pitching staff compiled 10 total strikeouts to nine for the Warhawks.
Hurtubise and McKenna both earned a team-high two walks.
Josh White added his first double of the year in the fifth inning.
Hurtubise drilled his fifth career triple in the bottom of the eighth.
Hurtubise also swiped his first two bases of the year.

How It Happened

Army got the scoring going early with three runs in the second inning. Walden led-off the frame with a solo shot to right field. Three batters later McKenna earned a walk before Martin brought him home during the next at bat with a blast over the left field fence.
The Warhawks came raging back in the fourth with a big five-run frame to pull in front 5-3.
The designated visiting team tacked on two additional runs in the sixth and three in the eighth to ultimately put the game away.

FACTS & FIGURES

Army tallied just three runs on eight hits, while ULM registered 10 runs on 10 hits.
The Cadets were tagged with three errors in the game, while the Warhawks finished with none.
The Black Knights stranded 12 runners on base, including two innings with the bases loaded. ULM left nine.

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