Tulane Regional

[LongTimeCajun]

If you notice on Alabama's roster, they have 2 former Ragin Cajuns: 2b Rocky Scelfo and P Kenneth Brown. Hope we show them that they made the wrong decision by leaving. Also, who do ya'll think we should throw in the first game? Faught?

[LongTimeCajun]

"For the regional, new bleachers have been installed down the right and left field lines which will bring the capacity of the stadium to approximately 4,200." (Tulane Athletics Site). I'm guessing this still means only about 200 tickets for UL fans if we were to face Tulane. Should be a great atmosphere for baseball though. Also I noticed the winner of the Tulane Regional meets up with the winner of the LSU Regional. That should be interesting. GO CAJUNS.

[Clutch0364]

I would throw Faught because he has been the most consistent but these teams haven't seen Ardion before and I wouldn't mind seeing him throw either.

[Turbine]

I can see it now ....

With the Strikeouts even ... K-even ... Kevin

The Ragin' Cajuns Are Doing It ... Ar doin it ... to Bama!!!!

The Ragin' Cajuns and Keven Ardoin are doing it to the Tide.

Bring on the Wave.

[GoneGolfin]

Brian:

It would appear to me that the New Orleans regional is one of the toughest regional's in the country while Baton Rouge is on of the weakest.. What is your
take on the make-up of the two

Thanks Digger

Of course Tulane is a stronger #1 than LSU. So for the Cajuns, I agree the Tulane regional would be tougher. And as a whole, the New Orleans regional is tougher principally because it has the #1 national seed.

But I think they are somewhat similar if you look at the #2 -> #4 seeds. I think Rice is a little stronger than Alabama as a #2. Hence, the first round matchup for the Cajuns is less difficult in New Orleans. Southern and Marist are close, but I would give the edge to Marist. Marist did almost take one from Tulane in New Orleans earlier this season. Louisiana is a stronger #3 seed than Northwestern State, but not by a large margin.

Brian

[RaginEsquire06]

Can anyone give us a break down on Alabama?

[Cajun90]

It appears that Alabama will start Wade Leblanc against the Cajuns on Friday. Leblanc is a sophomore from Lake Charles. He was a preseason second team all american this year after playing lights out last year.

He hasn't had as good a run this year but none the less has some pretty good numbers.

3.76 ERA with 79 innings pitched. Opponents are hitting .223 against him with 96 strikeouts. Only 21 walks. He is 4-5 on the year with 12 starts and two complete games. The 6'3" left hander has good control and the Cajuns need to be on their game.

As a team the Crimson Tide is hitting .282 and this is definitely their weak point. However they lost starting pitcher Brandon Belcher for the rest of the year and that will hurt also but won't have an effect on our first game.

Definitely a winnable game for the Cajuns.

[Tuffguy21]

Can anyone give us a break down on Alabama?

Let me see here, From checken out their site, our common opponents were South Al and Hawaii, they went 3-2 against those teams, where as we went 2-2.

As for checken their box scores, if their rotation holds up, we'll see Wade Leblanc friday. He's got an ERA of 3.76, 4-5 record. The power in their linup seems to be Evan Bush (although he has alot of HR's, kind of a low avg at .257) and Gabe Scott, who just looks like a monster hitting at .379, 12hr, 35 RBI.

As I look at the Inning by Inning scores for Alabama throughout the year, it appears that Alabama seems managable through the first 5 innings, but blow up for runs in the 6th-8th innings, so our reliever will be a key.

Also, Alabama is 33-3 when scoring 5 or more runs, while their 4-18 when scoring less than 5 runs.

Thats what I've been able to come up with, but I would appreciate it if someone could verify my information.

Tuffguy

[JMV JustMyView]

If you notice on Alabama's roster, they have 2 former Ragin Cajuns: 2b Rocky Scelfo and P Kenneth Brown. Hope we show them that they made the wrong decision by leaving. Also, who do ya'll think we should throw in the first game? Faught?

LONGTIMECAJUN: I Know that you are new somewhat to Cajuns athletics but Rocky Scelfo was never a Cajun. He came here one fall and left to play @ a juco college. Note: Rocky found out that playing for the Cajuns meant that he would have to take his own test and the tutor would not be able to take it like @ Lsu. LOL :o :o :o

[JMV JustMyView]

Let me see here, From checken out their site, our common opponents were South Al and Hawaii, they went 3-2 against those teams, where as we went 2-2.

As for checken their box scores, if their rotation holds up, we'll see Wade Leblanc friday. He's got an ERA of 3.76, 4-5 record. The power in their linup seems to be Evan Bush (although he has alot of HR's, kind of a low avg at .257) and Gabe Scott, who just looks like a monster hitting at .379, 12hr, 35 RBI.

As I look at the Inning by Inning scores for Alabama throughout the year, it appears that Alabama seems managable through the first 5 innings, but blow up for runs in the 6th-8th innings, so our reliever will be a key.

Also, Alabama is 33-3 when scoring 5 or more runs, while their 4-18 when scoring less than 5 runs.

Thats what I've been able to come up with, but I would appreciate it if someone could verify my information.

Tuffguy

After looking over the Alabama baseball team stats the stat that really scares me the most is 70 of 92 in the stolen base department, that is scary considering most teams have ran freely on us all year.