NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team notched its eighth shutout of the season on Tuesday night as the Cajuns blanked Tulane 1-0 at Turchin Stadium to extend their win streak to a season-best four straight games.

“We had their guy one the ropes in the first inning and we let him off of the hook,” head coach Tony Robichaux said. “Give him credit, he settled into the game and showed why he has been a Friday night guy for them. At that point, we knew that we were going to need to match them with pitching and defense, and we were able to do just that. Like us, they couldn’t get the critical hit in the ball game. Sometimes one run is all you need to win a game, and tonight that one run stood up.”

The shutout moves the Ragin’ Cajuns (22-14-1, 10-4-1 Sun Belt) into a tie with Oregon for the national lead. The eight shutouts is also the most since the 2014 season when Louisiana posted 11 on the year.

Junior Colten Schmidt notched his first career victory for the Cajuns in his first ever appearance tossing 2.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts.

Closer Dylan Moore picked up his eighth save of the year and 35th of his career tossing 2.1 scoreless innings with four walks and three strikeouts.

“I thought Evan (Guillory) came out and gave us a good start to the ballgame,” Robichaux said. “Colten pitched really well having not thrown in a long time. He really can be a big weapon for us now that he’s back healthy. It was also good to see D-Mo (Dylan Moore) come back and pick up another save tonight.”

Sophomore left-hander Ross Massey was the tough-luck loser for Tulane (18-19) to fall to 0-5 on the year after holding the Cajuns to just one run on two hits in seven innings of work. Massey walked four and struck out three in the start.

The Green Wave outhit Louisiana 7-2 in the game with shortstop Sal Gozzo posting a game-high two hits. Tulane left 14 runners on base in the contest going 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position.