BICONDOA, HILLTOPPERS BLANK CAJUNS...March 17, 2001

BICONDOA, HILLTOPPERS BLANK CAJUNS...March 17, 2001 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - For the second straight game, Western Kentucky was in a giving mood. However, Hilltopper right-hander Ryan Bicondoa made sure Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns could not take advantage. The junior scattered five hits and, despite committing three errors for the second consecutive game, the Hilltoppers were able to take advantage of a gusting wind as they snapped Louisiana-Lafayette's eight-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory at Nick Denes Field Saturday afternoon. "On a day like today, you (as a pitching coach) want to see a guy who stays at three-quarters with some good run-in," Cajun head coach Tony Robichaux said. "He did a great job. He threw the ball well. We've got to do a better job of scoring first." Louisiana-Lafayette (16-8, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference) had its chances early, as Bicondoa (4-2) hit Chase Bundy with the game's first pitch and moved Bundy to second on a wild pickoff attempt. However, Bundy was erased on a fielder's choice at third when Bicondoa induced a comebacker on Bryan Sneed's attempted sacrifice bunt. "We were able to score first (Friday) night and we won because of that," Robichaux said. "Today, we had our opportunity and we didn't move the runner up and we didn't take pressure off ourselves by getting a run early. We failed to do that and they pushed some runs in that inning where we made some bad 1-2 and 0-2 pitches. If we score early, that changes the complexion of the game." Two of those fourth-inning pitches proved to be the difference in the game. After cruising through the first 3.1 innings of the game, Cajun starter Eric Templet (3-3) ran into trouble. A pair of bloop singles from D.J. Johnson and Nick Turner put runners at first and second with one out. Ryan Cattell then delivered a two run double to left and, two batters later, Tim Cleland took advantage of the stiff wind blowing out to left, clubbing a three-run home run to provide the Hilltoppers (14-6, 1-1 SBC) with a 5-0 lead. Despite the wind, the Cajuns were unable to take advantage, as Bicondoa recorded only one fly ball out. "On a day like today, you (as hitters) like to see a guy that's coming over the top that pitches up so you can get underneath the baseball," Robichaux said. "They threw the right guy today. The only thing we could do was keep it hot on the carpet. We never could break it open. He just did a great job of pitching today." Bicondoa struck out eight and did not allow the Cajuns more than one hit in any inning and minimized the damage by staying ahead of Louisiana-Lafayette hitters. In addition, only one Cajun hit came with less than two outs. The series concludes Sunday as Brandt Ray (2-1, 1.16) takes the mound for the Cajuns in the 1 p.m. series finale.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs Western Kentucky

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2001 Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun Baseball Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky Mar 17, 2001 at Bowling Green, Ky. (Nick Denes Field) Louisiana-Lafayette 0 (16-8,1-1 SBC) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg BUNDY, Chase lf........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 PREAU, Kevin ph/rf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 SNEED, Bryan rf........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 BAILEY, Bret pr/lf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SIMONEAUX, Neil ss........ 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 PAVLICH, Matt cf.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 VERRET, Chad pr........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TIESING, Tyler dh......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 SALOOM, Brad 2b........... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 POCHE, Jess 1b............ 3 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 1 VICKNAIR, Doug c.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 KABEL, Mike c............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 SHELTON, Robert 3b........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 TEMPLET, Eric p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GROS, Andy p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 30 0 5 0 1 8 24 6 7 Western Kentucky 5 (14-6,1-1 SBC) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg FOX, Matt lf.............. 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 HOUDEK, Brian 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 JOHNSON, D.J. 1b.......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 0 TURNER, Nick 3b........... 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 CATTELL, Ryan c........... 4 1 1 2 0 0 8 1 0 PACHOLKE, Jeff dh......... 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 RANSDELL, Patrick ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CLELAND, Tim rf........... 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 RODRIGUEZ, Luis ss........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 BOURQUE, Dane cf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 BICONDOA, Ryan p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals.................... 30 5 7 5 3 7 27 15 5 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Louisiana-Lafayette 000 000 000 - 0 5 0 Western Kentucky 000 500 00 - 5 7 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - RODRIGUEZ; BICONDOA 2. DP - Cajuns 1; Western Ky. 3. LOB - Cajuns 7; Western Ky. 5. 2B - CATTELL. HR - CLELAND. CS - SALOOM. Louisiana-Lafayette IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP TEMPLET, Eric....... 5.1 6 5 5 3 4 21 25 87 GROS, Andy.......... 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 9 9 33 Western Kentucky IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP BICONDOA, Ryan...... 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 30 34 125 Win - BICONDOA 4-2. Loss - TEMPLET, E. 3-3. Save - None. WP - BICONDOA. BK - GROS. HBP - by BICONDOA (BUNDY); by BICONDOA (SNEED); by TEMPLET, E. (PACHOLKE); by BICONDOA (SALOOM). Umpires - Home:Nate Valdivia 1st:Larry Short 3rd:Pete Tolban Start: 1 pm Time: 1:50 Attendance: 104

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BICONDOA, HILLTOPPERS BLANK CAJUNS...March 17, 2001

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