MOBILE, Ala. — Lightning struck not once or twice, but three times late Saturday night.
The first two times it benefited South Alabama in the form of unlikely home runs, given the pitcher, but the important one was the last one. That came in the form of a go-ahead solo home run, also unlikely, given the hitter, Kyle Clement, and made a winner out of Louisiana-Lafayette in an 11-inning, 5-4 Sun Belt Conference thriller at Eddie Stanky Field.
Clement led off the 11th against South Alabama right-hander Hunter Soleymani (4-3), who immediately fell behind Clement 2-0 when he couldn’t locate a pair of breaking balls.