Lady Cajuns Win Game 2 in a Pitchers Dual
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns softball team swept a doubleheader with Florida Atlantic with a pair of shutout victories. The Cajuns (27-10, 9-5 Sun Belt) opened the day with an 8-0 five-inning run-rule victory over the Owls (20-23, 3-8 SBC), before closing out the day with a 1-0 victory.
Louisiana received a pair of good pitching performances by Donna Bourgeois. The sophomore picked up a pair of wins tossing 11.0 shutout innings. Bourgeois struck out 13 batters while allowing just one walk. She tossed a complete game shutout and combined with Brittany Cuevas for a second shutout. On the day, Bourgeois scattered six hits on the day (all singles) and held FAU to a .158 batting average.
In her inning, Cuevas struck out a pair of batters without surrendering a hit or a walk.
Offensively, the Cajuns were led by Gabriele Bridges. The sophomore slugger finished the day 3-for-5 with a double, a walk and a pair of runs scored.
Lana Bowers and Karli Hubbard each batted .500 on the day, finishing 3-for-6 each. Hubbard finished with a pair of doubles and an RBI, while Bowers had a double and a pair of runs batted in.
GAME 2 RECAP
The Ragin’ Cajuns completed the two-game sweep with a 1-0 victory in game two. The Cajuns scored a run in the top of the fifth inning that proved to be the difference in the game as the Cajuns’ pitching kept Florida Atlantic off the scoreboard.
For the second straight game, Bourgeois came through with a stellar effort. The sophomore scattered four hits in the game – all singles – and allowed only one batter to reach scoring position in the entire game. Bourgeois struck out six batters in the game and did not allow a walk.
Aside from the pitching, the story of the game was the Louisiana defense. FAU placed a runner on base with less than two outs four separate times throughout the game and each time the Cajuns defense left the runner stranded. In the seventh inning, the Owls had a line drive single to third base to start the inning and with the tying run on first base, Bowers had a snap throw over to first base in time to catch the runner and help seal the victory for UL.
Offensively, the Cajuns collected four hits in the game. Bowers, Bridges, Hubbard and Melissa Verde each had hits in the game.
The Cajuns broke a scoreless deadlock in the top of the fifth inning. Bridges led off the inning with a single through the left side of the infield. With two outs, Cormier reached on a fielding error by the Owls that allowed Bridges to advance to third base. With runners on the corners, Louisiana sent Cormier towards second. While Cormier was caught it a run down, Bridges came around to score from third base to give UL a 1-0 advantage after five and a half innings of play.
The lone run would be the only run scored in the game by the Cajuns as were unable to plate a runner in the sixth or seventh innings.
The Ragin’ Cajuns and Owls will conclude the three-game tilt with a single game on Wednesday afternoon. First pitch in the game is slated for 2:00 p.m. (CENTRAL).
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