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Posted by Dave McCulley - Fri, May 1, 2009 - [ Baseball ]
Green Slugs Home Run to Help Eagles Advance
Green Slugs Home Run to Help Eagles Advance
 
The Lambuth Eagles, riding the momentum from Bryan Willsey's walk-off  home run against Thomas University Friday afternoon, scored runs in each of the first four innings and dominated LSU-Alexandria Friday night . The Eagles won 13-6 to advance to Saturday's match-up against the host school, Houston-Victoria.
 
Lambuth's Chris Siljendahl led the game off with a home run and and the Eagles cruised to the big win. Derrick Green had a home run and three RBI's. James Poole went deep and drove in two runs. Bart White had a home run to give Lambuth four round trippers on the night. Mitchell Thomson had four hits and three RBI's.
 
Alex Labbs was the complete game winner. Assistant Coach Jason Anderegg commented on the complete game. " Alex gave us a great effort. We needed to save our bullpen for Saturday.'
 
The Eagles meet Houston-Victoria Saturday at 1 p. m. The Eagles lost to UHV 8-6 earlier in the tourney. Lambuth will have to beat UHV twice to win the championship and receive an automatic bid to the NAIA Championship Tournament.
 
Coach John Barlowe was proud of his team. " Our bats came alive late in the game this afternoon and that seems to have given our kids a lot of confidence. Chris got us out of the gate quickly and it  gave us the early momentum. Alex gave us a big effort. We know we will have our hands full against UHV but we have given ourselves a chance."