Niko Mazza (Southern Miss photo)
Etheridge: Two Sun Belt rivals battle until final pitch … again
At The BallparkLAFAYETTE, LA—For the second consecutive game, Southern Miss took a 2-0 lead into the eighth inning. On the prior evening, Louisiana star shortstop Kyle DeBarge slugged a three-run home run to give the Sun Belt-leading Ragin’ Cajuns the victory.
Saturday at Tigue Moore Field in front of over 4,000 fans, onlookers may have felt they were watching actors recreate the prior night’s game. USM took that familiar two-run lead into the eighth, and DeBarge strode to the plate with two men on.
However, instead of a long home run into the wind, the star shortstop ripped a two-RBI single[…]
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