LAPLACE, La. (WGNO) — University Lab scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to force a Game 3 in a best-of-three quarterfinal with defending LHSAA Division III select state champion, St. Charles Catholic.
The Comets took a 2-1 lead after Jackson Monica hit a two-run double off Southern Miss-commit Camden Sunstrom in the top of the sixth.
But two triples in the bottom of the seventh set up the 3-2 victory, including the winning run from Jake McCann off a passed ball at the plate.
U-Lab’s Sunstrom finished with nine strikeouts, while Comets starter Brandon Kragle recorded six.
Game 3 is set for Saturday at Comet Field in Laplace, La., at 1 p.m.