After 5 Innings Cajuns Have 20 Hits
Cajuns--16
Ualr-----1
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After 5 Innings Cajuns Have 20 Hits
Cajuns--16
Ualr-----1
Final score was 17-1. It was a laugher! ..O..
Yes all $25 worth
<! UL explodes for 11 runs in the fourth to create blowout win. > <blockquote><p align=justify>Throw out one inning, and Saturday's Sun Belt Conference baseball game at Moore Field was a contest.
The problem for Arkansas-Little Rock was that the early-morning rains didn't return after three and one-half innings, meaning the Trojans had to take the field for what became a nightmare bottom of the fourth.
Before that 35-minute half-inning was over, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns had 10 hits, the visiting Trojans had committed four errors, 15 Cajuns went to the plate and 11 crossed it. Had it not been for a blown call at first base, UL might still be hitting in the inning.
As it was, those 11 were plenty enough as the Cajuns rolled to a 17-1 victory in the middle game of their league series, and set the hosts up for their first conference home sweep of the season.
The 13th-ranked Cajuns (38-8, 11-3 Sun Belt) rapped out 22 hits, tying their season high, and seven of the nine starters recorded double-digit hits in their biggest production since the 22-4 win over South Alabama on March 25 that opened Sun Belt play.
"When this club rolls and all nine guys are on top of the baseball, that can happen," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "We didn't have a lot of lazy fly balls. Being able to do that all the way through the lineup is what can make us a very strong team."
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"It's big when you can put trust in everybody one through nine," said senior third baseman Dallas Morris, who had two hits and two runs in the fourth-inning debacle. "If you don't get it done, there's someone coming right behind you that will. A lot of teams have four or five guys that can really hit it and then have some holes. There aren't any holes in our lineup right now."
It didn't help the Trojans (18-27, 5-11) that they committed all four of their errors in that fourth frame, two of them in the outfield. Only two of the 11 runs allowed by UALR starter Nick Enlow (3-8) in the fourth were earned.
"They (UL) were able to capitalize on our mistakes," said UALR coach Brian Rhees. "They did what good teams do. They sensed an opportunity to put us away, and we collapsed and never recovered. They took full advantage, but we have them plenty of help."
Lost in the offensive fireworks was the stellar performance of Cajun starter Austin Faught, who won for the fifth straight Saturday to remain perfect on the year. Faught (9-0) allowed only a leadoff single to Trojan shortstop Derek Eilers and then retired the next 11 batters, finishing with a one-hit effort through seven innings.
The only Trojans to reach base off the senior lefthander, after Tim Lawrence scored on a first-inning wild pitch, came on three walks following the extended fourth inning.
"He threw real well," Robichaux said. "We felt that he matched up good against their guys with the wind blowing out, because they're a good hitting team. It was a matter of who was going to hit the other lefthander better.''
The Cajuns started hitting Enlow in the second when Micah Cockrell - UL's scheduled starting pitcher for today's 1 p.m. series finale - homered to the opposite field for a 1-1 tie. One inning later, Phillip Hawke blasted a three-run homer that scored John McCarthy and Cockrell.
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We Need To Finish These Guys Sunday Especially At Home. This Will Be 3 Huge Conf Wins, With The Way The Wind Blows In New Mexico Anything Can Happen
Cajuns lose 2 to 7. We just didn't do much, cockreel struggled and Sanders came in and did a good job we just didn't hit. Coach Robe got thrown out of the game after Hawke tagged from third base and was called out at home.I am not lkidding he was safe by at least a second, even the catcher told Dino's uncle he was safe. This was the worst umpire crew that I have ever seen in my life, very inconsistent.
Evidently they, the men in blue, did not improve on their Friday night performance. That was ugly!! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS
the only reason it was better saturday was due to the big lead. these guys sucked back there srike zone was terrible
Like I posted on Delphi, that 3rd base ump can thank his lucky stars I wasn't the coach out there, because that guy most DEFINITELY would've gotten his LIGHTS DIMMED!!! :hot: :hot: :hot:
The umpiring crew was beyond pathetic, but that is no excuse for only five hits against a pitcher with a 7 plus ERA. 38-9 is fantastic, but we need to stay agressive at the plate in every game we played. We didn't even hit the ball hard today.
We just need to put this one behind us and focus for the stretch run. We can't afford to lose anymore games because of the low RPI's of the teams left on the schedule if we expect to have a shot of hosting a regional.
I dont see us as a host just being honest, we might end up as a # 1 seed though. You are right we sould have won the game anyway, this pitcher did to us what the lamar guy did to us with about the same stats.
<blockquote><p align=justify>The fireworks went off at Moore Field in the seventh inning Sunday, but the reason that Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun baseball team didn't finish off a Sun Belt Conference sweep was a lack of fireworks.
And Trevor Clay had everything to do with that.
The Arkansas-Little Rock junior right-hander, going to the mound one day after the Cajuns had collected 22 hits in a 17-1 Saturday drubbing, pitched a masterful five-hit complete game as the Trojans staved off a sweep with a 7-2 Sunday win.
Clay (4-3) allowed only four baserunners in the first six innings after getting a major boost from his teammates, who tallied five times in the third off UL starter Micah Cockrell.
"He (Clay) pitched well," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "He lived on his change, our guys were out in front of it and we never adjusted. We had way too many fly ball outs, unlike yesterday."
Robichaux wasn't on the field to see the last two innings of Clay's complete game, having been ejected in a seventh-inning brouhaha following a rally-ending play at the plate.
Cajun first baseman Phillip Hawke led off that inning with a triple off the wall in right-center, one of only two extra-base hits Clay allowed. John McCarthy followed with a fly ball out to right, and Trojan right fielder Jacob Stover uncorked a strong throw toward home. Catcher Tommy Bryant made a sweep tag of Hawke as he crossed the plate, and plate umpire Scott Cline called Hawke out.
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Robichaux protested the call with Cline, but things didn't heat up until third base umpire Todd Henderson ejected Cockrell for yelling from the dugout area. Robichaux then became involved in a heated discussion with Henderson, whose tossing of the Cajun coach led to an even more extended and heated argument.
The incident may or may not lead to suspensions for Robichaux and/or Cockrell for Wednesday's home game against Sam Houston State. Sun Belt director of media relations Rob Broussard said any such actions would be determined by written reports from the umpiring crew to commissioner Wright Waters and Robichaux's response to those reports.
Robichaux declined comment on the call and the following argument, except to confirm that the league has the power to impose a one-game suspension. He did, though, talk about the disappointment of the loss.
"This loss hurts," said Robichaux, whose squad has not swept a home league series this year despite its first-place league standing. "We had a chance to gain some ground, and we didn't get the job done. We've got to have more of a killer instinct when we have a chance like this."
Clay stifled any such instinct, giving up only an unearned run in the first and a Josh Landry RBI grounder in the eighth after his club built a 7-1 lead prior to the late-game upheaval.
"I tried to keep them off balance and really tried to hit spots," Clay said. "I didn't strike out a lot of guys (three), but our defense did a great job and the times we did kick it it didn't hurt. This was important for us just to pick up some momentum."
"He (Clay) did a good job of changing speeds and keeping the ball down," said UALR coach Brian Rhees, "and I think that's the only way to slow down those guys (UL). He stayed in advantage counts and kept the ball off the barrel of the bat, and the ball stayed in the park."
The ball flew out of the park for the Trojans (19-27, 6-11) in the third inning thanks to Bryant, whose one-out three-run homer off Cockrell (4-3) followed a leadoff single by Mitchell Webb and a walk to Derek Eilers. Steve Bilokur's double, a hit batsman, Tim Lawrence's single and a wild pitch from reliever Brandt Sanders upped the margin to 5-1.
Sanders regrouped for a strong relief appearance, fanning a career-high 10 Trojans but allowing UALR two insurance runs in the top of the seventh on Lawrence's RBI triple and Jimmy Scott's ground ball that plated Lawrence.
"He (Sanders) gave us a chance to win," Robichaux said. "Their last two runs hurt us, but he kept us in the game."
John Coker's leadoff walk, a steal, an error and Jonathan Lucroy's ground-ball RBI had given UL (38-9, 11-4) a 1-0 first-inning lead, but Clay retired 16 of the next 19 batters before getting the defensive gem in the seventh.
"That was a huge throw-out," Clay said. "That was probably one of the better defensive plays we've had all year."
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