Ragin Cajuns take Series 2-1 over Trojans

[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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