From BA this week...

[OmahaDawg]

Strike Three: Burn, Baby, Burn
As terrific as Simmons was for Riverside on Friday, he was nearly matched by Louisiana Tech sophomore righthander Luke Burnett, who struck out 14 and gave up just two hits without issuing a walk over seven innings of work in an 8-2 win against McNeese State. Granted, McNeese State is no San Francisco, but that’s an awfully nice outing. For good measure, Burnett worked a perfect inning of relief earlier in the week against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, striking out a pair. With the 6-foot-8 Burnett, who throws his fastball in the 88-94 mph range, and fellow sophomore Jericho Jones leading the way, the Bulldogs look like serious contenders in the Western Athletic Conference. Outfielder/righthander Jones went 13-for-20 last week as Louisiana Tech scored 98 runs over six games–all wins. The Bulldogs trailed 10-1 in the seventh inning Saturday against McNeese State, but Jones hit a three-run homer (his second of the game) in the seventh and a two-run double in the eighth, and Tech stormed back for a wild 15-13 win. The Bulldogs already showed they could hang with top competition in a hard-fought season-opening series against Arkansas, though they ended up with just one win to show for it. Now they’ve shown the ability to come back from a huge deficit in the late innings–another sign of toughness.