Ragin Cajuns take Series 2-1 over Trojans

[JMV JustMyView]

After 5 Innings Cajuns Have 20 Hits

Cajuns--16
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[CajunCharlie]

Final score was 17-1. It was a laugher!

[Lil_Robi]

Yes all $25 worth

[NewsCopy]

Throw out one inning, and Saturday's Sun Belt Conference baseball game at Moore Field was a contest.

The problem for Arkansas-Little Rock was that the early-morning rains didn't return after three and one-half innings, meaning the Trojans had to take the field for what became a nightmare bottom of the fourth.

Before that 35-minute half-inning was over, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns had 10 hits, the visiting Trojans had committed four errors, 15 Cajuns went to the plate and 11 crossed it. Had it not been for a blown call at first base, UL might still be hitting in the inning.

As it was, those 11 were plenty enough as the Cajuns rolled to a 17-1 victory in the middle game of their league series, and set the hosts up for their first conference home sweep of the season.

The 13th-ranked Cajuns (38-8, 11-3 Sun Belt) rapped out 22 hits, tying their season high, and seven of the nine starters recorded double-digit hits in their biggest production since the 22-4 win over South Alabama on March 25 that opened Sun Belt play.

"When this club rolls and all nine guys are on top of the baseball, that can happen," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "We didn't have a lot of lazy fly balls. Being able to do that all the way through the lineup is what can make us a very strong team."

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Dan McDonald
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[JMV JustMyView]

We Need To Finish These Guys Sunday Especially At Home. This Will Be 3 Huge Conf Wins, With The Way The Wind Blows In New Mexico Anything Can Happen

[JMV JustMyView]

Cajuns lose 2 to 7. We just didn't do much, cockreel struggled and Sanders came in and did a good job we just didn't hit. Coach Robe got thrown out of the game after Hawke tagged from third base and was called out at home.I am not lkidding he was safe by at least a second, even the catcher told Dino's uncle he was safe. This was the worst umpire crew that I have ever seen in my life, very inconsistent.

[CajunCharlie]

This was the worst umpire crew that I have ever seen in my life, very inconsistent.

Evidently they, the men in blue, did not improve on their Friday night performance. That was ugly!!

[JMV JustMyView]

the only reason it was better saturday was due to the big lead. these guys sucked back there srike zone was terrible

[NOCajun]

Like I posted on Delphi, that 3rd base ump can thank his lucky stars I wasn't the coach out there, because that guy most DEFINITELY would've gotten his LIGHTS DIMMED!!!

[CajunProud]

The umpiring crew was beyond pathetic, but that is no excuse for only five hits against a pitcher with a 7 plus ERA. 38-9 is fantastic, but we need to stay agressive at the plate in every game we played. We didn't even hit the ball hard today.

We just need to put this one behind us and focus for the stretch run. We can't afford to lose anymore games because of the low RPI's of the teams left on the schedule if we expect to have a shot of hosting a regional.

[JMV JustMyView]

I dont see us as a host just being honest, we might end up as a # 1 seed though. You are right we sould have won the game anyway, this pitcher did to us what the lamar guy did to us with about the same stats.

[NewsCopy]

The fireworks went off at Moore Field in the seventh inning Sunday, but the reason that Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun baseball team didn't finish off a Sun Belt Conference sweep was a lack of fireworks.

And Trevor Clay had everything to do with that.

The Arkansas-Little Rock junior right-hander, going to the mound one day after the Cajuns had collected 22 hits in a 17-1 Saturday drubbing, pitched a masterful five-hit complete game as the Trojans staved off a sweep with a 7-2 Sunday win.

Clay (4-3) allowed only four baserunners in the first six innings after getting a major boost from his teammates, who tallied five times in the third off UL starter Micah Cockrell.

"He (Clay) pitched well," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "He lived on his change, our guys were out in front of it and we never adjusted. We had way too many fly ball outs, unlike yesterday."

Robichaux wasn't on the field to see the last two innings of Clay's complete game, having been ejected in a seventh-inning brouhaha following a rally-ending play at the plate.

Cajun first baseman Phillip Hawke led off that inning with a triple off the wall in right-center, one of only two extra-base hits Clay allowed. John McCarthy followed with a fly ball out to right, and Trojan right fielder Jacob Stover uncorked a strong throw toward home. Catcher Tommy Bryant made a sweep tag of Hawke as he crossed the plate, and plate umpire Scott Cline called Hawke out.

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Dan McDonald
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