THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist baseball entered the ninth inning facing a four-run deficit, but Louis Steen's grand slam capped off a six-run rally to give the Tigers a come-from-behind victory at Arkansas-Monticello. That slam was Steen's second of the game after a go-ahead granny in the third inning.

The Boll Weevils took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but Steen put his team in the lead in the third. The Tiger left fielder stepped to the plate with one out and the bases loaded and deposited a pitch over the center field fence. 

UAM tied the game in the bottom of the third and took the lead with a three-run fourth. The Weevils added runs in the sixth and seventh to extend the lead. Pierce Mitchum drove in a run in the eighth to cut the gap to 9-5.

An error and two walks loaded the bases with nobody out for Simmons Sowell in the top of the ninth. The Ouachita shortstop slapped a double down the left field line to plate a pair of runs. Tyler Riebock drew a walk to load the bases for Steen. His second grand salami of the game cleared the left field fence to give the Tigers an 11-9 lead. 

Cooper Timmons worked around a walk and a hit to close out the Weevils for the save, striking out the final two hitters of the game.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- Steen is the first Tiger to hit multiple home runs in a game this season.
- Ouachita snapped a 10-game conference losing streak
- Steen tied Riebock for the team lead with four home runs and overtook the team lead with 22 RBIs on the year

BY THE NUMBERS
3 - Steen has three home runs in his last two games
1 - Ben Miller earned his first win of the year with a scoreless eighth inning, striking out two batters
8 - Steen's eight RBIs were the most by a Tiger this season.