SUN BELT CONFERENCE
UALR 5, WESTERN KENTUCKY 0
Chance Cleveland turned in his best performance of the season to help UALR snap its four-game losing streak.
The senior right-handed pitcher from Pine Bluff scattered three hits and struck out 10 while walking one in a complete-game victory at Gary Hogan Field in Little Rock. Cleveland (5-6) didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning, never allowed more than one hit in an inning and allowed only two Western Kentucky runners to get past first base.
The Trojans (19-22, 6-13 Sun Belt Conference) gave Cleveland all the support he needed with two runs in the first. John Clark’s single to right field scored Ben Crumpton to give UALR a 1-0 lead, and Chris Burk followed with a single to left field that scored Austin Pfeiffer to make it 2-0.
Clark made it 3-0 in the fifth when his single up the middle scored Pfeiffer, and UALR added two more runs in the seventh when Kaleb Jobe’s single drove in Clark and Myles Parma hit a sacrifice fly.
Clark went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored for the Trojans, while Crumpton and Pfieffer had two hits apiece. The three hits for Western Kentucky (22-20, 11-8) tied its season-low.
ASU-MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUSPENDED
Arkansas State’s game against Middle Tennessee at Tomlinson Stadium in Jonesboro on Friday night was suspended in the second inning because of rain and lightning.
The game is scheduled to resume at 2 p.m. today with the scored tied 0-0 and Arkansas State batting with the bases loaded and one out. The second game of the series will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
UALR 5, Western Kentucky 0 Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State, suspended, lightning (resumes at 2 p.m. today) Florida International 7, La.-Lafayette 6 Troy 8, Florida Atlantic 3 South Alabama 10, La.-Monroe 8
TODAY’S GAMES All times Central
South Alabama at La.-Monroe, 3 p.m.
Troy at Florida Atlantic, 3 p.m.
La.-Lafayette at Fla. International, 3 p.m.
Western Kentucky at UALR, 4 p.m.
Middle Tenn. at Arkansas State, 6 p.m.
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 5, MCNEESE STATE 1
Caleb McClanahan pitched a four-hitter and his fourth complete game of the season to lead Central Arkansas (30-10, 9-7 Southland Conference) past McNeese State (19-20, 6-10) at Cowboy Diamond in Lake Charles, La.
McClanahan (8-3), a senior right hander from Wynne, did not allow an earned run, dropping his conference-leading earned-run average to 1.57. He struck out five and walked one and finished the game with a four-pitch ninth inning.
In the third inning, UCA senior catcher Michael Marietta led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Garrett Brown. Consecutive RBI doubles by Justin Treece and Forrestt Allday made it 2-0 off McNeese starter Blake Ware (5-4).
UCA made it 4-0 in the fifth, taking advantage of one of the Cowboys’ three errors and an RBI single by Blake Marchal.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
SE Louisiana 5, Texas A&M-CC 2 Central Arkansas 5, McNeese State 1 Lamar 4, Stephen F. Austin 3 Sam Houston St. 4, Northwestern St. 3 Nicholls State at Oral Roberts, ppd. rain
TODAY’S GAMES All times Central
Texas A&M-CC at SE Louisiana, 2 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Lamar, 2 p.m.
Sam Houston St. at NW State, 2 p.m.
Nicholls State at Oral Roberts, 2 p.m.
Central Ark. at McNeese St., 3 p.m.
Sports, Pages 23 on 04/27/2013