LeeMarcus Boyd hammered a two-strike, two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Southern Miss a 5-3 win over Marshall Friday at Pete Taylor Park.
The victory is the ninth in a row for the Golden Eagles, whose record improves to 18-4. Scott Berry's squad led game two of the twin bill 2-1 in the third inning at the Hattiesburg American's press time. For final results from the second contest, visit hattiesburgamerican.com.
In the first game of the doubleheader, Nick Sandlin moved to 5-0 with 41/3 shutout innings in relief of starter Kirk McCarty.