BB G1: Louisiana 11, Northwestern 8

[Dad04]

Id like to know how many free baserunners we have given so far and how many of those have scored this season

3 walks scored tonight

[zeppelincajun]

3 walks scored tonight

4 according to the live stats.

[Dad04]

4 according to the live stats.

TY

[NewsCopy]

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns got a season high in hits, runs, and strikeouts in an 11-8 win against Northwestern State to break their losing streak.

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[NewsCopy]

Carson Roccaforte and Kyle DeBarge each drove in three runs and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns collected season-highs with 11 hits and eight stolen bases in holding off Northwestern State in a wild midweek contest, 11-8, on Tuesday at Brown-Stroud Field.

Drew Shifflet (1-0) pitched three innings and fanned five in earning his first victory for Louisiana (4-4), which snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-0 in midweek games.

Louisiana opened with a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of groundouts before Northwestern State (3-4) took a 4-2 lead in the bottom half of the frame on Bo Willis' grand slam.

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[Boomer]

TY

So what was the final score?

[mxpxfr690]

Found a way

Yes they did and also we have discovered a glaring weakness in our pitching… This team will have to swing their way to Omaha at this point. We give up to many walks so far this season and that is what is hurting this team.

[Dad04]

Nobody goes to Omaha with a 5.00 ERA.

[OrlandeauxCajun]

Nobody goes to Omaha with a 5.00 ERA.

Or regionals.

[ManAboutTown]

Talley goes out in horrible weather and throws 50+ pitches. Then they trot him out on 2 days rest for a midweek game against NW St on 2 days rest. Same for Schultz. Same for Shifflet.

Starting to see why though. They’re desperate for pitching. Losing Marshall is a much bigger deal than we think. Still can’t figure out why LaFleur hasn’t gotten more innings.

Without Durke being a reliable piece, it changes everything on the weekend.

[Dad04]

Southern Miss is very legit. 5-2 with a 1.88 team ERA. 0.288 BA, 0.416 Slug. They outscore opponents more than 2 to 1. We give up exactly one run more than we score, so far. They haven't played anyone very good though, but they throw strikes. By Sunday we will know a lot more. Oh, UNO (next week) is no cupcake either.

[ManAboutTown]

Southern Miss is very legit. 5-2 with a 1.88 team ERA. 0.288 BA, 0.416 Slug. They outscore opponents more than 2 to 1. We give up exactly one run more than we score, so far. They haven't played anyone very good though, but they throw strikes. By Sunday we will know a lot more. Oh, UNO (next week) is no cupcake either.

I actually think we’re comparable teams. Especially playing at the Tigue, gives us a slim advantage.

I think we will miss Max in lineup. Encouraged by Will Veillon’s play and seems like Hoodie is coming around.

Personally, I would have never moved off of Shifflet on Friday. It’s obvious that Ray belongs somewhere in the weekend rotation and I’d probably piece together Sunday with Willis/Havard then pen.

Just don’t see the options on the mound right now. We have to get A+ efforts out of about 3-4 guys to beat good teams.