The Book: 2004 Baseball

[Turner]

It takes more than the long ball to win tournaments

[Oldman]

CAJUNS 7

NMSU 2

green goes the distance, 10 so,

sports voorhies hit his first homerun of his career.

next up mid. tenn. about 7:30pm. GEAUX CAJUNS AND GOOD LUCK........the cajuns didn't hit that well in this game lets hope they can pick it up in the next game. green held them in check for the most part and made big pitches when he had to.

[Turbine]

Sport Voorhies GrandFather would be proud.

[NewsCopy]

MOBILE, Ala.-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns stayed alive in the 2004 Dodge Sun Belt Conference with a Friday afternoon win over the New Mexico State. Louisiana hurler Patrick Green went all nine innings in the 7-3 contest. With the win the Cajuns improve to 33-22 overall and 2-1 in this year’s tournament.

Green (6-2) allowed three runs on eight hits while fanning 10 in the complete game win.

The loss went to New Mexico State’s Jason Conner. Conner (4-4) surrendered five runs on five hits through the first two and one-thirds innings of the game.

The Cajuns claimed an early 2-0 lead on a Brad Saloom base hit off of Conner. Saloom singled through the right side after Justin Merendino led off in the first with a single and moved to third on a Josh Landry double.

Green retired the top of the NMSU lineup in order in the bottom of the opening frame.

The Cajuns picked up three runs in the top of the third when John Coker reached base on a Gavin Monjaras throwing error. Coker swiped second and stole third on a strikeout. Josh Landry singled in the run with a flare to center.

Landry stole second before Saloom drew a walk. Rhett Buras singled to load the bases forcing NMSU coach Rocky Ward to make a pitching change. Joseph Hampel became the new Aggies hurler.

Hampel surrendered a sacrifice fly to Kevin Preau scoring Landry from third to give UL a 4-0 lead.

Ryan Core kept the inning alive for Louisiana when he drew a walk to load the bases again for the Cajuns. Hampel’s first offering to Phillip Hawke was in the dirt and bounced to the backstop allowing Saloom to cross the plate.

Louisiana threatened to add more runs in the top of the fourth. Micah Cockrell started the inning with a walk and advanced on a wild pitch. A fly out to center moved the runner to third with two down. Landry walked putting Cajuns on the corners. Saloom hit the ball on the button to center, but it stayed in the park as the fielder made the catch four out number three on the wall.

Mark Aranda and Adrian Ballesteros hit back-to-back singles with two outs in the bottom of the fourth before Green came back to strikeout NMSU designated hitter Emory Davies.

Sport Voorhies singled in Core who reached second base on a fielder’s choice as Buras was caught in a rundown. Voorhies’ base hit put the Cajuns up 6-0.

Coker started the sixth with a double off the wall in center but Hampel came back to get the next three Cajuns in a row to get out of the inning.

Dustin Mote got the Aggies on the board with a solo homerun that opened the bottom of the sixth.

Voorhies took Hampel deep and gone to start the top of the eighth giving UL a 7-1 lead. Voorhies’ longball chased Hampel in favor of J.T. Severe.

Severe started his outing by issuing a free pass to Cockrell who was later caught stealing by Aggies catcher Mark Keller. Severe retired the next two Cajuns holding the score at 7-1.

NMSU got a run in the bottom of the eighth when a pair of singles from Chris Ewen and Mote put Aggies on the corners with no outs in the inning. Xardiel Cotto hit a sacrifice fly ball to left scoring Ewen bringing the score to 7-2.

Green surrendered a solo homerun to Aranda pulling the Aggies to within four at 7-3.

The Cajuns will again have to face the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in tonight’s tournament action turnaround game scheduled for 6:30 p.m. UL will need two wins over MTSU in order to advance to the final round.

LOUISIANA SI

[CajunFanatic91]

#4 LOUISIANA's RAGIN' CAJUNS 6
#1 MIDDLE TENNESSE STATE BLUE RAIDERS 2

The winner of the final game of the tourney between the Raiders and Cajuns will take on the undefeated tourney cinderella #7 Western Kentucky in tomorrows championship match.

Congrats to the Cajuns, Lets geaux beat Middle Tennesse!

[NewsCopy]

MOBILE, Ala.-Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns rode the arm of ace Kevin Ardoin to a 6-2 downing of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in the second game of the day for the squad. The win improves the Cajuns to 34-22 overall with a 3-1 mark in the 2004 Dodge Sun Belt Baseball Tournament.

Ardoin got the ball in the night game against the Blue Raiders and made his presence felt early by sitting the opposition in order in the top of the first.

Brett Carroll singled to the third baseman and stole second, but Ardoin held the Raiders off of the scoreboard getting a a pair of strikeouts to put down MTSU in the top of the second.

Buras went deep to center and gone off of Middle Tennessee starter B.J. Church giving Louisiana a 1-0 lead in the bottom of inning two.

Troy Harp doubled down the first base line with one down in the third before taking off for third on an infield groundout. Ardoin; however, would hold the tying run 90-feet away striking out Chuck Akers to get out of the inning.

UL went up 4-0 in the bottom of the third when Coker was hit with a pitch and stole two bags before Merendino tripled to score the run. Saloom chopped a pitch towards the mound for an infield single that scored Merendino from third.

Preau doubled in Saloom to give the Cajuns the four-run lead.

Ardoin continued to frustrate Raiders batters retiring the side in order in the top of the fourth and one upping his showing by striking out the Middle Tennessee side in order in the fifth..

Buras laced a double down the line in left and advanced to third on a Preau sacrifice bunt. Core plated Buras with a single through the left side giving Louisiana a 5-0 lead.

A pair of fielding errors cost the Cajuns two runs in the top of the eighth after Middle Tennessee loaded the bases with a pair of singles and new Cajuns pitcher Brandt Sanders hit a batter. Sanders did come back to strikeout the last two batters to get out of the inning.

Saloom started the bottom of the frame with an infield single off the ankle of Church. The injured pitcher was lifted for Travis Horchel.

Preau tripled down the right field line scoring Saloom to give the Ragin’ Cajuns a 6-2 lead.

Danny Bourne came in to deal for MTSU. Phillip Hawke put a bunt down in an attempt to score Preau from home, but Preau was thrown out at the plate as Hawke reached on a fielder’s choice.

Sanders closed out the game holding the contest at 6-2.

Ardoin (6-2) picked up the win tonight throwing seven and one-thirds innings allowing one earned run on seven hits. Ardoin struck out 10 in the outing.

Church (6-1) took the loss allowing six runs on eight hits while fanning 10 of his own.

The Cajuns will play these same Blue Raiders tomorrow in an elimination game set for 9:30 a.m. Should the Cajuns win in the 9:30 game, they will take on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in a 12:30 championship game.

LOUISIANA SI

[RaginCajun77]

Anyone have an idea who will be pitching tomorrow?

[Turbine]

Originally posted by RaginCajun77
Anyone have an idea who will be pitching tomorrow?

This may sound crazy but Pecoraro didn't pitch much yesterday.

Who knows he might have another Attention grabber waiting in the wing.

[RaginCajun77]

I hope so Turbine we're gonna need all the arms we can get if we are going to win the tournament. Who else do we have on the 25 man roster that is available to pitch?

[RaginCajunEQM]

we still have Pat green and also Jared salazar that could be starters for this next game

[LLcoolway]

Originally posted by RaginCajunEQM
we still have Pat green and also Jared salazar that could be starters for this next game

Gettin thin in the arm deptartment my boy P "didhe" G hurled the morning game.

[RaginCajunEQM]

yea i know what you mean.... the arms are gettin scarce