The Book: 2004 Baseball

[Southpaw03]

Can't make the luncheon today...would someone please post the highlights for us? I doubt that they've decided on the weekend rotation for NMST yet but it would be nice to know if they have....Thanks!

[Oldman]

it sure would be nice to see more people at the baseball luncheon, and i (to be honest)cannot figure this out.

coach Szefc, had the honors today, Rob was doing his tv show. alot of discussion about this pass weekends game, the good and bad, what happened at critical times nothing earth shaking, and the discuss the upcoming game against n'western (pretty good club) and would be a challenge, they beat us twice last year, and the new mexico series and how they fair.

the one exciting news was the commitment of a left hander from colorado they had been on since last september, if i can remember correctly he's about 12 and 1, has command of 3 to 4 pitches, and picked us over kansas, okla. and some others i forget.....could not release his name until signing day.
rotation for wednesday will be jeff morgan to start and then after him could see other guys to get them some innings, fri. ardoin, sat. picoraro, sunday you could see sanders, still undicided. health wise okay.

[Southpaw03]

Thanks for the info!!

[Rebel02]

Originally posted by oldman
it sure would be nice to see more people at the baseball luncheon, and i (to be honest)cannot figure this out.

I'll tell you why some people can't make it. I am still in class when the luncheon starts and ends. Most people are still working at the time. I know they try to schedule it during lunch hours, but most people do have different lunch hours. Not all of us have the luxury of shifting around our schedule to attend a luncheon every week.

GEAUX CAJUNS!!

[Oldman]

i understand what you are saying, but, trust me when i tell you this! for football it is packed. thanks,and good luck in school. GEAUX CAJUNS

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LOUISIANA Là — Even though Louisiana’s primary baseball focus is now on Sun Belt Conference play, the Ragin’ Cajuns are in no position to take any games lightly — especially those against state and nearby rivals.

The Cajuns have 11 such non-conference affairs remaining this season, 10 against Louisiana foes and a trip to nearby Lamar, and the first of those is tonight at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field when Northwestern State visits in the first of four meetings between the teams.

Tonight’s 6:30 p.m. contest will be followed by two more games in Lafayette May 8-9, affairs scheduled six weeks ago after the Cajuns had a series of early-season contests rained out, and a May 11 contest in Natchitoches.

And Cajun coach Tony Robichaux knows every one of them will be a battle.

“They’re a good club that’s been playing very well,” Robichaux said of the Demons, “and it will be a tough situation for us because we won’t be able to pitch a lot of guys very long.”

They can’t do that with New Mexico State’s power-laden Aggies coming to town two days later for a key Sun Belt series that begins Friday. The Cajuns (18-9, 4-2 Sun Belt) have taken two of three games in their first two league series, winning the first two and falling in the finale.

The rest of the story

Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

[CAJUNJUDO]

Demons 4
Cajuns 4

10th inning


Any updates on the score yet? I had to come to the lab to finish a paper.

[ULTubaTom]

Cajuns win 5-4 bottom of ll inning.

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Northwestern   Tigue Moore Field   LOUISIANA 4   Schambough got the win, with the help of felow reliever Brandt Sanders as the Ragin' Cajuns improve to 19-9   5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Demons 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 11 0

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Louisiana lets Northwestern down lightly in 11

LOUISIANA La. - Fans were treated to an extra-inning come-from-behind Ragin’ Cajuns victory over the Demons of Northwestern State Wednesday night at Moore Field in Lafayette

Josh Landry shoved a single through the right side of the infield with the bases loaded in the 11th inning scoring pinch runner Adam Massiatte with the game-winning run as Louisiana completed the comeback to take the contest by a final of 5-4.

Solid relief efforts from Brandt Sanders and Kraig Schambough helped the Cajuns improve to 19-9 on the season.

Schambough got the win on the hill for Louisiana-Lafayette throwing the final five outs without surrendering a hit. Sanders relieved starter Jeff Morgan scattering three hits and one run over six and one-thirds innings.

The Demons benefited from leadoff hits in the first and third innings to claim a 3-0 lead after three complete.

Tigger Lyles led off the game sending the first offering from Louisiana starter Jeff Morgan into right field. Michael Palermo then sacrificed Lyles over to second with a bunt down the third base line.

Lyles later stole third and was brought home on a groundout to shortstop Micah Cockrell by Josh Boop for a 1-0 lead.

Bandon Morgan, who drew a one-out walk before Boop’s grounder, advanced to second on the grounder. Bobby Barbier then lifted a single up the middle into center field that scored Morgan with the Demons’ second run of the first frame.

Boop created havoc for the Cajuns in the third, belting a double deep into the right field corner that allowed Brandon Morgan to round third for a 3-0 lead. Morgan reached base on a fielder’s choice after Palermo led off the inning with a single into left field.

Boop’s hit was the Demons second of the third and fifth through the first three frames off of Jeff Morgan. Brandt Sanders relieved Morgan in the fourth inning and kept the Demons at bay.

NSU starter Rusty Jones kept the Cajuns hitters off balance through the first four innings, giving up just one hit – a two-out double by Brad Saloom in the bottom of the first.

After Sanders gave up a solo home run to Palermo in the top of the fifth, the Cajuns got the run back with a solo shot from Kevin Preau in the bottom half cutting the Demons lead to 4-1. The home run was Preau’s first of the season.

Sanders continued his solid relief effort into the sixth inning. The Cajuns lefty struck out the first two batters of the inning and induced a grounder from Jeff Martin to keep the deficit at three runs.

The Cajuns continued to work their way back into the contest scratching for two more runs in the bottom of the sixth when Dallas Morris launched a rocket shot over the left field wall for a two-out home run that cut the Demons lead to 4-3.

Saloom drew a one-out walk to set up Morris’ eighth blast of the season. Morris’ home run came after Phillip Hawke went down looking in the at bat before.

After stranding two runners in the seventh and eighth innings, the Cajuns finally broke through with the tying run in the ninth inning.

Saloom led off the Cajuns half of the eighth with a walk. The Cajuns lost a golden opportunity in that inning when Phillip Hawke failed to execute the sacrifice bunt. Hawke’s attempt popped up to a diving Hunter Thoms.

A single up the middle from Dallas Morris gave the Cajuns runners on first and second, but John Coker would strike out looking and Ryan Core flied out to right field to end the threat.

A perfectly executed sacrifice in the ninth inning led to the Cajuns scoring the tying run that sent the contest into extra frames.

Pinch hitter Justin Bourque led off the Cajuns ninth with a single into center field. Kevin Preau, who homered in the fifth inning, laid down the sacrifice bunt that moved Bourque into scoring position at second base.

Justin Merendino paid dividends on the next at bat when he pushed a single through the hole of the left side of the infield that allowed Bourque to score and tie the game at 4-4.

Merendino took second base on the throw from left field and moved over to third when the throw from Palermo sailed over the catcher’s head allowing Merendino to advance.

UL Lafayette ran itself out of the possible winning run when Merendino attempted to take home after a throw from NSU catcher Jeff Martin sailed behind the third base bag. Thoms was quick to recover at third and was able to punch out Merendino at the plate for the second out.

Louisiana-Lafayette will be back in Sun Belt action this weekend, playing host to the Aggies of New Mexico State. Friday night’s game will start at 6:30 p.m. with Saturday’s televised matinee set to go at 2:05 p.m. The Cajuns and Aggies will go again on Easter Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

LOUISIANA SI