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Brian DeJean had three hits with three RBIs and two runs scored today in a double-header split with Southern Arkansas.

APRIL 30, 2005
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Bucs Split With Southern Arkansas, Winning 7-6,But Losing 6-1

Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score

Memphis, TN –
The Christian Brothers University Buccaneer baseball team split a double-header today with Southern Arkansas on Saturday, winning game one, 7-6 but falling in game two, 6-1.

CBU (21-29, 3-20 GSC) had won its fifth in a row before dropping game two.

SAU (32-23, 14-9 GSC) clinched a birth in the Gulf South Tournament with the win. Centerfielder Aharon Eggleston had three home runs on the day.

SAU scored two runs in the top of the first inning of game two, but the Bucs scored one in the second and four in the third to take a 5-2 lead. Brian DeJean had a two RBI double, while both Blake Christian and Charlie Soukup had RBI singles in the third.

SAU scored another two runs in the fifth, but CBU answered back with two in the sixth when Shane Hogan had an RBI double and DeJean had an RBI single. John Daush threw eight innings and got his fourth win of the season. Steven Thomas threw the ninth, earning his fourth save of the year, tying a CBU single-season record.

Both teams scored in the first inning of game two, but a three-run homer from Eggleston proved to be the difference.

DeJean went 3-6 in the double-header scoring two runs and driving in three. Mark Foster and Wes Hoover both had four hits with Foster scoring twice and Hoover driving in one. Hogan was 3-7 with two runs and RBIs. Ryne Dahlke went 2-3 in game two.

Both teams will face-off again tomorrow, May 1 with a single, nine-inning game at 1 p.m.

~BUCS~