wild night at the pete

Streaming highlights from Tuesday night at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg: Louisiana-Monroe (once known as Northeast Louisiana) vs. Southern Miss. Pricey tickets. Chilly weather. Wind blowing out to left-center. Tough sun field in right. Smallish crowd. Green T-shirts. Corky Palmer in the house. Loud p.a. Very loud p.a. Walks and a hit batsman. Two runs in the first for USM. Wind picks up. Burger and boiled peanuts. Big hit for Connor Barron. Line drive homer to left by Matt Durst. Six-run fourth for the Golden Eagles. Base-running blunder by the visitors. Gritty five innings of work by USM right-hander Cody Carroll. More HBPs by ULM. Two more USM homers. Six-run seventh for the Eagles. P.S. Home runs by Durst, Dylan Burdeaux and Mason Robbins led a 17-hit attack as the Eagles beat the Warhawks 18-2. USM also benefited from five walks and eight HBPs. The Eagles are 10-11 heading into a home C-USA series with Texas-San Antonio this weekend.