May 1 Southwest Louisiana quarterfinal baseball scores, stats - Tors one win away from semifinals
Thursday
Baseball
Quarterfinals
Best-of-3 series
Non-select
Division I
No. 20 Sulphur 10
No. 5 Benton 4
SHS 301 006 0 – 10-9-1
BHS 000 040 0 – 4-4-4
PITCHING: W – Carter Wilson.
TOP HITTERS: Sulphur – Kayden Kochell 2-4 (2 runs, RBI), Brodie Depriest 2-4 (3 RBI).
NOTES: Tors lead the series 1-0. Sulphur broke up a 4-4 tie with a huge 6th inning. Braydon Stacy scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice. Then the Tors scored five runs on four consecutive hits on singles, including a two-RBI hit by Depriest. Wilson earned his second relief win of the postseason. He allowed two runs on two hits in two and two-thirds innings.
RECORDS: Sulphur – 21-18. Benton – 33-4.
Division III
No. 4 Westlake 9
No. 5 Kaplan 2
KHS 000 000 2 – 2-1-1
WHS 400 104 x – 9-11-1
PITCHING: W – Hadley Hardesty.
TOP HITTERS: Westlake – Kash Martin 3-4 (2 runs), Hadley Hardesty 3-4 (run, 3 RBI, double, HR), Cooper Cryer 2-4 (2 RBI, double).
NOTES: Hardesty struck out 11 and walked four batters while allowing two runs on one hit in 6 1/3 innings. Westlake leads the series 1-0.
RECORDS: Kaplan – 21-13. Westlake – 25-10.
Select
Division III
No. 5 St. Louis 10
No. 4 Catholic-NI 3
SLC 220 040 2 – 10-5-0
CNI 010 020 0 – 3-5-3
PITCHING: W – T Moreau.
TOP HITTERS: St. Louis Catholic – K Boudreaux 3-4 (5 RBI, double).
NOTE: St. Louis leads the series 1-0.
RECORDS: St. Louis Catholic – 17-18. Catholic-New Iberia – 20-10.
Regional playoffs
Single elimination
Class C
No. 12 Simpson 6
No. 5 Hackberry 5
SHS 031 101 0 – 6-5-4
HHS 200 101 1 – 5-8-4
PITCHING: L – D Murphy.
TOP HITTERS: Hackberry – D Murphy 2-4 (run, RBI, double, triple), K Moore 2-4 (run), J Tilotta 2-4 (2 runs).
RECORDS: Simpson – 8-11. Hackberry – 10-11.
No. 2 Harrisonburg 14
No. 15 Reeves 1, 5 inns.
RHS 001 00 – 1-5-7
HHS 383 0x – 14-3-0
PITCHING: L – H Broussard.
TOP HITTERS: Reeves – B Phillips 2-2, Donovan Romero 2-2 (run).
RECORDS: Reeves – 11-16. Harrisonburg – 16-2.
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