Swampers Take Game One of Fall World Series

The Swampers used a five-run fifth inning to take game one of the Ragin' Cajuns baseball Fall World Series defeating the Bayou Boys 5-4 in seven innings on Tuesday evening at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

Adam Angelle had the only multi-hit performance of the day going 2-for-3 for the Bayou Boys, while Kennon Fontenot drove in two of the squad's four runs.

Joe Robbins led the way offensively for the Swampers with a double and two RBI. Dylan Moore picked up the victory throwing 1.2 innings and Eric Carter was credited with the save throwing a scoreless inning with three strikeouts.

Will Bacon had a solid outing for the Bayou Boys throwing 3.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in a start.

The Bayou Boys broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth on a two-run single to left by Fontenot scoring Tyler St. Philip and Brock Keener. Later in the inning, Adam Angelle scored on a wild pitch by Moore to give the Bayou Boys a 3-0 advantage.

The Swampers answered in the bottom of the fifth exploding for five runs on four hits. Robbins cut the lead to 3-2 on a two-run double to left center. In the next at bat, Stefan Trosclair doubled to left to score Robbins to even the contest at 3-all. After Trosclair stole third base, he came in to score on balk by Wyatt Marks to give the Swampers a 4-3 edge. Greg Davis pushed across the final run of the inning on an infield single to make the score 5-3 Swampers.

In the top of the sixth, the Bayou Boys pulled within a run on a one-out, bases-loaded single up the middle by Angelle. Moore ended the threat though getting two straight pop ups to end the inning.

Game two of the Fall World Series is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch tomorrow at the Tigue. Admission to the contest is free. Follow the team on twitter @CajunsBaseball for updates and the latest news.