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Photo by: Daniel Bowden
Kats drop Game 2 of series at Lamar
3/19/2022 4:44:00 PM | Baseball
BEAUMONT – The Sam Houston Bearkats could not work their way out of an early hole on Saturday at Lamar, falling 8-2 to the Cardinals in the second game of the series at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
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Steven Beard took the loss, allowing five runs – just three earned – in 6.0 innings of work with three strikeouts.
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Adam Wheaton picked up the win for Lamar, despite walking four batters and hitting three more with only one strikeout in 7.0 innings.
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The Cardinals were able to get three runs on the board in the first inning and then tacked on a pair of unearned runs in the second to build up a 5-0 lead before the Kats were finally able to get a run on a sacrifice fly from Justin Wishkoski in the third.
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From there, Beard was able to put up four straight zeros on the board, retiring 12 of the final 15 hitters he faced to keep the Kats within striking distance; however, Sam Houston was not able to take advantage of Lamar pitching, stranding 11 runners and finishing just 2-for-14 with runners on base.
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Carlos Contreras got a run back when he led off the sixth with a solo home run, but that was all the support the offense was able to provide. Luke Repka was the only Kat to finish with multiple hits, picking up a pair, including a double.
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The Kats and Cardinals will close out the series on Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch that will be aired on the WAC Digital Network.
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Steven Beard took the loss, allowing five runs – just three earned – in 6.0 innings of work with three strikeouts.
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Adam Wheaton picked up the win for Lamar, despite walking four batters and hitting three more with only one strikeout in 7.0 innings.
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The Cardinals were able to get three runs on the board in the first inning and then tacked on a pair of unearned runs in the second to build up a 5-0 lead before the Kats were finally able to get a run on a sacrifice fly from Justin Wishkoski in the third.
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From there, Beard was able to put up four straight zeros on the board, retiring 12 of the final 15 hitters he faced to keep the Kats within striking distance; however, Sam Houston was not able to take advantage of Lamar pitching, stranding 11 runners and finishing just 2-for-14 with runners on base.
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Carlos Contreras got a run back when he led off the sixth with a solo home run, but that was all the support the offense was able to provide. Luke Repka was the only Kat to finish with multiple hits, picking up a pair, including a double.
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The Kats and Cardinals will close out the series on Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch that will be aired on the WAC Digital Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wheaton, Adam (4-0)
L: Beard, Steven (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Repka, Luke 1
HR: Contreras, Carlos 1
RBI: Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 1
SF: Wishkoski, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Repka, Luke 1
HBP: Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Guerrero, Jacob 1
PO: Chadwick, Clayton 1
Batting:
2B: Kemp, Chase 1
HR: Kemp, Chase 1
RBI: Kemp, Chase 1 ; Blankenship, J. 4 ; Weyler, Kelby 2 ; McDonald, Matthew 1
SH: Durand, Reese 1
SF: Blankenship, J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kemp, Chase 4 ; Durand, Reese 2 ; Blankenship, J. 1 ; MacNaughton, Ben 1
HBP: Kemp, Chase 1
Game Leaders
AB
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RBI
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3
R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
3
R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
5
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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