Smith and Northeastern reliever Brian Christian kept the scoreboard clean for the next three innings, until Burdeaux took Christian over the scoreboard in left-center field to pull the Golden Eagles within 7-6 to start the bottom of the seventh inning. Junior right fielder Mason Irby's single scored Burdeaux, and Irby came around on sophomore left fielder Hunter Slater's first home run of the season, a two-run blast to right field that cut the Huskies' lead to 7-5.
I just felt like that was his whole attitude."Īnd the Golden Eagles' rally began as soon as NU's scoring stopped.īurdeaux's single scored Cooper and junior catcher Cole Donladson with the first two runs of a five-run third inning off Northeastern starter Kyle Murphy. "He took the mound with the intent to keep them in check and have us come back. "He really pitched down in the zone and he had a presence on the mound. "What he did on this particular day was he had good downward tilt to his fastball, and throwing his secondary pitch (a cutter) for strikes," Southern Miss coach Scott Berry said. He allowed a double on his first pitch to shortstop Max Burt, but then retired 11 of the next 12 batters in four innings of shutout baseball. NU designated hitter Nick Fanneron drove in three runs in the two innings, swatting a sacrifice fly for the Huskies' first run and then capping the Huskies' scoring with his second home of the series, a two-run blast to right field, to make it 7-0.īut junior right-hander Colt Smith came out of the bullpen to calm the roiling waters. It seems like he always comes up in those situations and gets it done."įreshman right-hander Cody Carroll was ambushed in his Golden Eagles' debut, pummeled for seven runs on six hits through 2 2/3 innings, including a four-run second inning and a three-run third. "If somebody's on second or third with two outs, we almost know its automatic with that guy.
"It just seems like he gets it done every time," said Southern Miss senior first baseman Dylan Burdeaux, who drove in three runs with a two-run single and his second home run of the season.
#Storme cooper series#
Cooper's second hit of the game scored USM third baseman Taylor Braley from third base with the game-winner as the Golden Eagles (3-0) rallied to sweep the season-opening series with the Huskies (3-0). 235 with 31 hits, but still drove in 25 runs with a clutch bat that seemed to produce or set up an inordinate number of runs.Ĭooper came up clutch Sunday, lacing a walk-off, run-scoring single to left field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Golden Eagles came all the way back from a seven-run deficit to clip Northeastern 8-7 before 3,302 at Pete Taylor Park.Ĭooper lined a full-count slider off Northeastern reliever Nate Borges just beyond the outstretched glove of left fielder Charlie McConnell. For second baseman Storme Cooper, the base hits have been more about quality than quantity so far in his Southern Miss baseball career.
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