PINEVILLE, LA – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria baseball team swept Louisiana Christian University by taking both ends of their doubleheader, 5-1 and 13-9.
 
It is the first time the Generals (11-7, 6-0 RRAC) have swept the Wildcats since LCU joined the Red River Athletic Conference.
 
The win in game two secured Kody Gautreaux's 100^th career victory as the Generals' skipper.
 
"It was a great day," LSUA Head Coach Kody Gautreaux said. "Anytime you come here, you know it's going to be three tough games. In the first game we were able to jump out to an early lead and just held the whole game. Brenyn [Ebarb] had an amazing performance on the mound and was able to finish the game off for us. Game two was a back and forth battle, we knew it would be. Carter [Fabre] came in and gave us four solid innings which let our offense create some runs.
 
GAME ONE | LSUA 5, LCU 1
Brenyn Ebarb (1-2) threw a complete game for the Generals. He allowed one run on six hits and three walks. He fanned six.
 
Zach Mengarelli was a force at the plate, driving in four runs. He drove in the Generals' first run in the second with a fielder's choice. In the fourth inning, he plated another with a sacrifice fly. Mengarelli then launched a two-run homerun in the sixth inning for a 5-0 lead.
 
LCU's lone run came in the sixth on a solo homerun.
 
Dezmon Dugas collected a pair of hits and scored twice. Luke Benoit went 3-for-4 at the plate.
 
GAME TWO | LSUA 13, LCU 9
Three straight innings with crooked numbers in the run column helped push the Generals to victory in the backend of the doubleheader.
 
Carter Fabre (3-1) earned the win in relief. He threw 4.1 innings out of the bullpen, allowing just one run on two hits. He struck out four hitters.
 
Trailing 6-0 in the third, the Generals pushed across five to pull within one. A sacrifice fly from Blaise Foote brought in LSUA's first run. Landon Langley then drove in a pair with a single, before Lane Patin drove in a run with a single of his own.
 
Foote drove in three more runs with one swing an inning later, putting LSUA ahead 8-6.
 
The Wildcats pushed across one run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Generals responded with a pair of runs of their own. Keegan Garcia picked up a run with a sacrifice fly, while Benoit reached on a fielder's choice where a throwing error on the play allowed a pair to come across the plate.
 
Jaxon Bernard added two more runs in the seventh, lacing a single back up the middle for a 13-7 lead.
 
A two-run homerun in the seventh from LCU brought the Wildcats within four, 13-9.
 
James Gay pitched his way out of a jam in the eighth inning. He recorded a strikeout to end the inning, stranding three Wildcats. Gay came back out in the ninth and, after a lead-off double, struck out the next three hitters – two of which went down looking.
 
Mengarelli, Benoit, Foote, Bernard, and Julien Kliebert all tallied a pair of hits. Kliebert scored four runs.
 
UP NEXT
The Generals have a three-game series at Wiley on Friday, February 28, and Saturday, March 1.