ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—A three-run sixth inning lifted the Christian Brothers University Bucs to a 5-4 win over host Henderson State in the second game of Sunday's Gulf South Conference West Division doubleheader after losing a 15-11 slugfest in the opener.

The Bucs (10-31, 1-14 GSC West) scored first in the nightcap as Alan Wright (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) hit his second homer in as many days in the top of the first, but the Reddies (32-14, 8-10) answered with a two-out Jeremy Sauceda homer in the bottom half of the inning.

The Bucs scored a run in the third as Andrew Searcy (Adamsville, Tenn./Adamsville HS) singled and scored on a Josh Shelton (Rosemark, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) base hit, but the Reddies scored three in the bottom of the third to take the lead back.

In the sixth, Shelton drew a leadoff walk, and Wright reached on a sacrifice bunt as the Reddies tried to force Shelton at second and failed.  After a groundout and a strikeout, Matt Trouy (Millington, Tenn./Millington HS) ripped a two-run double to tie the game, and Thomas Turner (Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS) drove him in with a single.

From there, reliever Matt Ariemma (Bartlett, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) held the Reddies at bay, allowing just a walk and a single as he threw two scoreless innings for his first save.  Roberto Martinez (Catano, Puerto Rico/) earned the win, allowing four runs, two earned, on four hits and four walks in five innings.

Searcy was the only Buc with multiple hits in the game, as he went 2-for-3.

The first game of the day was simply a slugfest, with the two teams combining for 32 hits, 13 extra-base hits including four homers, 26 runs.

The Bucs struck first when Will Britt (Oxford, Miss./Oxford HS) launched a three-run homer with two out in the top of the first, but the Reddies answered with a five-spot in the bottom of the inning.

After each team scored in the second, the Bucs again took the lead in the third inning as they started the inning with four straight base hits, then capped it with a David Clayton (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) sacrifice fly to give the Bucs a 7-6 lead.  The Reddies knotted the game again with a run in the bottom of the inning.

Each team scored one in the fourth and fifth innings, but the Reddies blew it open in the bottom of the sixth when they scored six runs on a single, three doubles, a homer, and an error.

The Bucs scored twice in the ninth as Trouy singled and Turner followed with a one-out homer, but the threat ended there as the Reddies held on for the 15-11 victory.

Turner went 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI in the game, and Joseph Kaminski (Sherwood, Ark./Little Rock Catholic HS) also went 4-for-5 with a triple and two runs.  Trouy was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while Britt was 2-for-5 with two runs and three RBI.

The Bucs visit Freed-Hardeman Tuesday night at 6 p.m., and they close out the 2009 season next weekend at No. 25 Ouachita Baptist.