The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

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UL 2
ASU 7
Bottom 7th, 1 out

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UL 2
ASU 8
Bottom 7th, 2 out

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UL 2
ASU 8
End 7th

FINALLY.....we need some runs!

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UL 2
ASU 8
Middle 8th

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UL 2
ASU 8
End 8th

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UL 2
ASU 8
FINAL

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One or two pitches made a big difference Friday night, and because of that the ninth-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils took an 8-2 win over UL in the first game of their three-game baseball series at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. ASU (30-10) led 2-1 and had the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth inning, but Cajun starter Buddy Glass twice thought he had recorded a strikeout of outfielder Tim Smith to get out of the jam. Both pitches - coming with 2-2 and 3-2 counts - were called balls by plate umpire Kelly Gonzales, the second of them forcing in a run. Sun Devil first baseman Brett Wallace followed with a two-run single, giving the hosts a three run inning and a 5-1 advantage to the delight of the 3,587 on hand. The Cajuns cut the difference to 5-2 minutes later when Matt Hicks hit his third home run in as many games, a solo shot to lead off the sixth inning, but that was as close as the 25th-ranked Cajuns (29-10) would get. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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A late comeback fell short in the final two innings, and UL's 25th-ranked baseball squad fell to ninth-ranked Arizona State for the second straight night. The host Sun Devils bolted out to an 11-1 lead through six innings and held on when the Cajuns brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, taking an 11-8 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the weekend series. ASU (31-10) plated five runs in the first two innings off Cajun starter Hunter Moody (5-3), and then added five runs in the sixth against UL's bullpen before little-used Kyle Mickles came on to silence the Devils over the final two and one-third innings. Over the final two innings, it became the Cajuns' turn to take advantage of a bullpen after ASU starter Josh Salow (9-2) departed. Salow allowed only three hits and fanned 11 in seven innings, giving up only one third-inning run on an infield grounder. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Louisiana-Lafayette baseball coach Tony Robichaux raged enough at first base umpire Mark Denzin to be ejected in the third inning of an 11-8 loss to Arizona State. His real beef Saturday was with his Ragin' Cajuns, who in the first two innings compiled an error, two hit batters, a balk, two walks and two unearned runs in falling behind 5-0. No wonder Robichaux was out of patience when Denzin called Kolin Hatfield out on appeal for not touching first base on a leadoff double. The 13th-year coach said enough magic words to earn the rest of the night off at Packard Stadium, where 2,701 watched ASU (31-10) extend its season-high win streak to 10. advertisement Hatfield made a point of stomping first on a single in the fifth. Four pitches later, he was doubled off when third baseman CJ Retherford stabbed a line drive. The rest of the story Jeff Metcalfe The Arizona Republic

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Unless I overlooked it twice, I could not find anything in the Sunday SADvertizer about our baseball team.

What a joke we have for a newspaper (assuming one wishes to call it that)!