2004 Vermilion-White Fall Ball World Series

[BirdofParadise]

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[SunGrasses]

Yup, he really is mine!!

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Roster, Practice, G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, G-5, G-6, G-7

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Best-of-7 games series will be played at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field

LOUISIANA La. – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team will hold its annual Vermilion-White Fall World Series at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. The best-of-seven games series will begin Monday, Nov. 1, with game one at 6 p.m.

The team will be split into two squads consisting of the Red and White teams. Each team has eight senior captains who drafted the teams and will perform coaching decisions as well as playing in the series. Leading the red team are seniors Adam Massiatte, Dallas Morris, Ray Dees, Phillip Hawke, Austin Faught, Franco Cardinale, Ian Pecoraro and Thad Montgomery. Senior captains for the white team are Justin Morgan, Micah Cockrell, Justin Merendino, John Coker, Kevin Ardoin, Kraig Schambough, Jered Salazar and Leonard Guerrero.

The World Series will be the last chance for the Louisiana coaching staff to evaluate some of the new talent on this year’s squad before making final roster decisions following the series.

Games one through four will be played Monday, Nov. 1-Thursday, Nov. 4, respectively, at 6 p.m. If necessary, game five will begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6; game six will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of game five. If necessary, game seven will begin at 12 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7.

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Vermilion-White Fall World Series Schedule

Game 1 – Monday, November 1 (6 p.m.)

Game 2 – Tuesday, November 2 (6 p.m.)

Game 3 – Wednesday, November 3 (6 p.m.)

Game 4 – Thursday, November 4 (6 p.m.)

Game 5 – Saturday, November 6 (12 p.m. – if necessary)

Game 6 – Saturday, November 6 (30 minutes after Game 5 – if necessary)

Game 7 – Tuesday, November 9 (7:30 p.m.)

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2004 Vermilion-White Fall World Series Rosters

	Vermilion Roster			White Roster
#	Player		#	Player
5	Justin Boyette		1	Kevin Ardoin
7	Franco Cardinale		2	C.J. Blue
15	Ray Dees		3	Matt Bounds
16	Austin Faught		4	Devon Bourque
17	Buddy Glass		6	Tigre Breaux
21	Phillip Hawke		8	Matt Casbon
26	Josh Landry		9	Micah Cockrell
27	Derrick Louque		10	John Coker
28	Jonathon Lucroy		11	Jeremy Collins
29	Cody Martin		12	Jeff Cook
30	Jeff Martinez		13	Jonathon Cottrell
31	Adam Massiatte		14	Geoff Craig
32	John McCarthy		18	T.J. Gros
33	Trey Meche		19	Leonard Guerrero
36	Kyle Mickles		22	Tim Hazlewood
37	Jeff Mizzi		23	Matt Hicks
38	Thad Montgomery		24	Chris Johns
41	Dallas Morris		25	Blaine LaFleur
42	Dustin Padgett		34	Justin Merendino
43	Jameson Parker		35	Kyle Mineo
44	Ian Pecoraro		39	Hunter Moody
45	Matt Pilgreen		40	Justin Morgan
46	Ken Pokryfke		47	Nick Prather
52	Jeremy Smith		48	Alex Preciado
53	Jonathon Smith		49	Jered Salazar
54	Jeffries Tatford		50	Brandt Sanders
55	Jeremy Whipple		51	Kraig Schambough
56	Jimmy White		57	Josh Williams
Trainer:	Matt Hollifield		Trainer:	Tiffany Gary
Manager:	Trase Guidry		Manager:	Ryan Dice

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Montgomery, Sanders will start Game 1 on Monday

LOUISIANA La. — Senior Thad Montgomery and junior Brandt Sanders drew the starting assignments for the Red and White teams respectively when Louisiana’s baseball squad begins its annual Fall World Series Monday night at Moore Field.

The righthanded Montgomery and the southpaw Sanders will kick off the best-of-seven series that wraps up fall drills for the Ragin’ Cajun squad. Game one is set for 6 p.m. Monday, with the next three games scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday.

After a day off Friday — when the Cajun football team plays its Friday night nationally-televised contest against North Texas — an if-necessary doubleheader is set for noon Saturday. If a seventh game is necessary, it will be played at noon Sunday.

“These games are for the players,” said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux, who along with assistant coaches John Szefc and Anthony Babineaux will take seats in the stands and act as observers for the Series games. “We’re hard on them in practice and we’ve been on them hard for four solid weeks, so when you get to game day it’s for them. The World Series lets them get after each other.”

The staff will be using the Series to finalize decisions on the 2005 roster.

The rest of the story

Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

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Preciado’s Grand Slam, Errors Lift White Team To 19-8 Win

WHITE   Tigue Moore Field   RED 19   In 3 hours and 20 minutes Louisiana's two teams combined for 29 hits 12 errors and before it was over 27 runs. Sanders got the win.   8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9         R H E White 1 0 5 3 4 0 0 5 1         19 17 3 Red 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 0         8 12 9

White Team scored 12 runs in three innings

LOUISIANA La. – Alex Preciado’s grand slam in the top of the third inning, coupled with nine Red team fielding errors, lifted the White team to a 19-8 victory here Monday in game one of the 2004 Red-White Fall World Series at Moore Field.

In the top of the first, designated hitter Justin Merendino reached on a Dallas Morris fielding error to give the White team a base runner with one out. Micah Cockrell struck out swinging for the second out. Merendino then scored on a two-out opposite-field double by Leonard Guerrero to give White the early 1-0 advantage. Guerrero was thrown out at third on the play to end the inning.

Matt Casbon singled up the middle to lead off the top of third for the White team. Devon Bourque followed with a bunt single, advancing Casbon to second. A Merendino single to left field loaded the bases. Cockrell struck out for White’s first out of the inning. Guerrero then reached on a fielder’s choice and Casbon scored on Morris’ second fielding error of the night to give White a 2-0 lead. Preciado cleared the bases with a grand slam to left center to extend the White team’s lead to 6-0.

In the bottom half of the third, Jameson Parker singled home Ray Dees to give Red its first run of the night, making the score 6-1.

The White team led off the fourth with back-to-back doubles to increase its lead to 7-1. Meredino’s single up the middle, scoring Casbon. Guerrero’s sacrifice fly to right scored Devon Bourque, giving the White team a 9-1 advantage.

In the bottom half of the fourth, the Red team scored three runs to trim White’s lead to 9-4.

The Red team’s fielding woes continued in the top of the fifth. Parker’s fielding error allowed Matt Bounds to reach base. Justin Morgan’s triple to left center plated Bounds and Matt Hicks to extend White’s lead to 11-4. Cockrell then reached on a Dees fielding error, scoring Merendino and Casbon to give White a 13-4 advantage.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Red team trimmed White’s lead to seven runs. Josh Landry’s single plated Jeremy Smith and Trey Meche to diminish the White team lead 13-6.

The White team scored five more runs in the top of the eighth inning to expand its lead to 12 runs, 18-6. Two more fielding errors by the Red team allowed the White team to capitalize. Kyle Mineo hit a two-run single, scoring Cockrell and John Coker. Matt Hicks followed with a two-run double, plating Preciado and Mineo. Hicks later scored when Jeff Cook grounded into a double play.

Red team tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the eighth, trimming the White lead to 18-8.

White team starting pitcher Brandt Sanders received the win. Sanders pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits, while striking out two batters.

Thad Montgomery received the loss for the Red team, pitching three innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits.

Four players for the White team each had two RBI, while Preciado led the team with four RBI. Jonathan Lucroy led the Red team, going 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI.

The annual Red-White Fall World Series will continue Tuesday with game two set to begin at 6 p.m.

White Team 19, Red Team 8 (Nov. 1, 2004 at Lafayette, La.)

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Pitchers: White Team - Sanders, B; Moody, H(5); Collins, J(7); Breaux, T(8); Cockrell, M(8).

Red Team - Montgomery; Martinez, J(4); Boyette, J(7); Mickles, K(8).

Win-Sanders, B(1-0) Loss-Montgomery(0-1) T-3:20 A-0

HR WHITE - Preciado, A.

Game notes:

Game 1 of 2004 Red-White Fall World Series

Red has home field advantage for entire series

Montgomery faced 2 batters in the 4th.

Boyette, J faced 4 batters in the 8th.

Breaux, T faced 5 batters in the 8th.

[RaisingCajun08]

Hopefully the Error colomn for the Red team is a type. 9 Errors?

Is the World Series used as a chance for the coaches to see some of the newer players in game action? I see alot of new names especially on the pitching staff.

Looks like Jonathan Lucroy could be one to watch.

[Crawfish]

"Hopefully the Error colomn for the Red team is a type. 9 Errors?"

This was an ugly game. I left in the 6th inning and there were already about 9 errors total. The game was plagued with mistakes.