The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

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LOUISIANA La. - Louisiana's Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team improved to 29-9 on the season as they downed Southeastern Louisiana 8-2 on Tuesday night at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. The Cajuns jumped out to a 5-0 lead after one inning of play and never looked back. The Cajuns added three insurance runs and came away with an 8-2 win. Offensively, Matt Hicks led the Cajuns with three hits in four plate appearances. He had a homerun, a double and a single as he fell just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Hicks also led the team with four RBI on the night. His three-run homer in the bottom of the first broke the game open. Jonathan Lucroy and Scott Hawkins both had a pair of hits in the contest. Lucroy scored three runs while driving in another. Hawkins drove in a pair of runners and added a run of his own. The offense helped out a stellar pitching performance by the Cajuns pitching staff. Starter Brent Solich worked 6.1 innings, scattering nine hits. He allowed just two runs, but just one earned run. Solich fanned six batters while issuing just one walk. The rest of the story Chris Whitehead RaginCajuns.com

[rhineaux]

_ Wow Z Thanks for pitching a great game.

rhineaux middle releif

andrepourciau the closer.

Much obliged _

Thanks, I think we performed well tonight. Z came in and controlled the thread. He located good posts where they were needed, and the readers had no answers. I came on in the towards the end, I made an assessment of what I had been hearing, and new what laid ahead. I don't think it makes me a hero, I just did my job. AP, he's a great closer, made the final post and got us out of the game with a win. A team effort to say the least. I am gonna try to take his job, though. Middle relief never gets his name on the final line, he's always lost in the shuffle, and therefore never gets the chicks.

[GoneGolfin]

Wow Z Thanks for pitching a great game.

rhineaux middle releif

andrepourciau the closer.

Much obliged

So is Z now the Sunday starter with the Bugs Bunny changeup?

Brian

[Zeebart21]

Thanks, I think we performed well tonight. Z came in and controlled the thread. He located good posts where they were needed, and the readers had no answers. I came on in the towards the end, I made an assessment of what I had been hearing, and new what laid ahead. I don't think it makes me a hero, I just did my job. AP, he's a great closer, made the final post and got us out of the game with a win. A team effort to say the least. I am gonna try to take his job, though. Middle relief never gets his name on the final line, he's always lost in the shuffle, and therefore never gets the chicks.

Hang in there, son. Im getting a bit long in the tooth. Im not long for those pressure situations that Turbine has a tendency to put us in. I may be hangin my cleats up at the end of the year. You and AP can duke it out after that!

all the best,

Z.

[Zeebart21]

So is Z now the Sunday starter with the Bugs Bunny changeup?

Brian

uhbudeet, uhbudeet...thats all folks!!!

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UL's baseball team "turned back the clock" Tuesday night, and they also turned the turnstiles at Moore Field. A crowd of 2,819 - one that included standing-room-only tickets - came out for the festivities surrounding the Ragin' Cajuns' 8-2 win over Southeastern La. A total of 3,828 tickets were sold on the season's final ticket redemption night. That crowd was treated to activities from start to finish, with miniature bat and seat cushion giveaways at the front gate. Reduced concession prices were also featured, and a record $1,092 was given away in UL's regular "50-50" raffle. Nostalgia and an homage to old-time baseball was provided by the barbershop quartet Louisiana Purchase, and a large "Mudville" sweatshirt displayed prominently behind home plate. The crowd favorite, though, was a return to UL's not-too-distant past, with an encore appearance by the Fabulous Cajun Chicken. His antics on the field between innings - Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Grim Reaper impressions and skits involving the umpires - and in the stands during play provided a look back at the decade and a half that the Chicken roamed Cajun athletic sidelines. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Matt Hicks doesn't have an explanation for his new-found power hitting, but he's not complaining. He's just happy to be playing. Hicks, a sophomore who saw limited playing time for UL's baseball team in his first season and a half, had his second career home run in as many games Monday in sparking the Ragin' Cajuns to an 8-2 win over Southeastern La. on Turn Back the Clock Night at Moore Field. The Houston product was appearing in only his 16th game and making his ninth start, but his three-run homer came in a five-run first inning and set the tone on a festive night that drew a season-high 2,819 fans (3,828 paid). "I've always liked to think I have good power," Hicks said, "but I know I really don't. I'm getting good pitches and just trying to make good contact." Hicks had his first career homer Sunday at Troy in the finale of that Sun Belt series, and has gone 5-for-7 at the plate in the last two games with a double, two homers, six RBI and a .714 batting average. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[Mineshaft]

_ So is Z now the Sunday starter with the Bugs Bunny changeup?

Brian _

I dont think the zoo will let him out Sunday..

[Clutch0364]

_ I dont think the zoo will let him out Sunday.. _

They let you out on a Wednesday why not Z on a Sunday?

[Zeebart21]

I dont think the zoo will let him out Sunday..

Funny stuff from a guy that knows all the farm animals on a first name basis.

Remember, baaaaaaaah means NO.

Z.