CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Louisiana Tech takes game two of the series at Charlotte 8-3 Friday night at Hayes Stadium.
 
LA Tech (37-18, 19-10 C-USA) tops Charlotte (35-19, 17-12 C-USA) as three Bulldog hitters lead the offensive charge with three hits each and Kyle Crigger earns the win in relief.
 
The middle of the order produced nine of the 10 Bulldog hits in this one. Cole McConnell, Jorge Corona and Adarius Myers all recorded three hit ball games. McConnell drove in the first run of the evening singling with two outs to bring home Taylor Young. Corona recorded his second hit of the night on a RBI single to begin the three-run top of the sixth. And with two outs in the seventh, Myers singled through the left side to bring in two and extend the lead 7-2.
 
Ryan Jennings got the start tonight as he threw 4.1 solid innings but ran into a bases loaded jam in the fifth. The senior right-hander allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four.
 
Bulldog closer Kyle Crigger was called on with one out in the fifth and the bases loaded in a 2-2 game. Crigger escaped the jam forcing two lineouts on the infield to leave the game tied.
 
In the top of the sixth the Bulldogs answered back with a three-run inning. With one-out the offense recorded four consecutive hits. After the Corona RBI single, Jackson Lancaster pinch-hit and wore a pitch to bring in the fourth run and Wade Elliott drew an incredible walk on an at-bat where he was down 1-2 in the count.
 
Two more came across in the seventh on the Myers two-out RBI single. McConnell was hit-by-pitch in the top of the eighth which made the led 8-2.
 
Crigger finished out the game in relief as he induced a massive double play in the bottom of the eighth with the Niners threatening. He sat down the side in order to earn his fourth win of the year.
 
NOTABLES

• McConnell, Corona and Myers all with three hit days
• McConnell adds two more RBI and sits two shy of the single season record set at 72
• Corona is 12 for his last 19
• Young scores three more times; he remains the nation-leader and is four runs shy of his own single season record set at 83
• Myers hit connected with his second triple of the year in the ninth
• Crigger matches his season-high 4.2 innings out of the bullpen earning the win
• With tonight's victory, Coach Burroughs is now at 199 career wins at LA Tech

 
QUOTABLES
Head Coach Lane Burroughs
 
"It was a gutty performance tonight. We got manhandled last night although I didn't think we played that bad. I thought the game was caught in the balance I told you before the game that we would go with Crigger early and this was a huge win. They had bases loaded with one out and we went with him. I thought Jennings was great. I thought the guy behind the plate was a little tight tonight, but we put all our chips on the table with Crigger tonight."
 
"It was good to extend the lead. We had tremendous at-bats all night long. Only seven strikeouts tonight and six walks. We were locked in and we had the bases loaded multiple times making difficult on them tonight."
 
UP NEXT
LA Tech and Charlotte will meet for the rubber match Saturday at 10 a.m. CT.
 
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