University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Stony Brook
Ardoin Pitches Gem as Cajuns Roll Past Stony Brook
2/27/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
February 27, 2004
LAFAYETTE-Louisiana's Ragin Cajuns came into Friday night's series opener against the Stony Brook Seawolves looking to improve on their 2-2 record after dropping two out of three against Texas State last weekend.
The Ragin' Cajuns would get a solid outing from Kevin Ardoin and a few offensive heroics in the seventh to shut down Stony Brook 5-0 and improve to 3-2 on the season Friday night at Moore Field.
Ardoin picked up the win going nine innings without giving up a run and only one hit while striking out twelve. Ardoin's win was the first one hit contest thrown by a Cajuns pitcher since March 5, 1993 when Brendan Daly one-hit Ole Miss.
Seawolves hurler Jon Lewis took the loss surrendering three runs on seven hits while walking five through 6.1 innings of work.
Andrew Larsen started the game with a double off the center field wall. Ardoin struck out the next two swinging and got Cicatelli to ground out to third to get out of the inning.
In the bottom of the second, Micah Cockrell got things rolling by beating out a single to the second baseman. Josh Landry moved Cockrell over to third with a double to left field. Phillip Hawke drew a 3-2 walk to load the bases but Lewis got out of the inning on a comebacker to the mound that he turned into a double play.
In the top half of the third, Ardoin would again employ the strikeout retiring the first two he faced at the plate. Ardoin got out of the inning on a routine fly to center.
John Coker opened the bottom of the third with a leadoff double down the left field line and stole third base; but with two gone, Lewis would get out of the jam on a sharply hit ground ball off of Ryan Core's bat to the infield.
In the fourth, Ardoin retired Justin Michalek on a grounder to short and sat Matt Devins and Cole Cicatelli both swinging for his sixth and seventh 'K's' of the game.
In the top of the fifth, Ardoin would sit the side down in order.
Coker doubled, again to the left side with two outs in the bottom of inning five. Merendino drew a walk on a full count; but Lewis escaped with a strikeout stranding the two.
Ardoin retired the sides in order in the top halves of the sixth and seventh innings.
Cockrell doubled to left center with one out in the Cajuns' half of the sixth but Lewis would again escape unscathed with a pair of routine outs.
Pinch hitter Jason Rodriguez opened the seventh with a stand-up double and came around to score on an error after a Dallas Morris sacrifice bunt. Morris wound up on third on the play. Coker walked but was caught stealing by the Seawolves catcher. Merindino walked with one out. Pinch hitter Justin Bourque tripled into the gap to plate Morris and Merindino bringing the score to 3-0.
The Cajuns righty once again retired the side in order in the eighth collecting two more strikeouts.
Landry opened the bottom of the eighth with a single to the third base side and advanced to second on a single off the bat of Hawke. A balk on the pitcher put the baserunners on first and second. Both runners were plated giving the Cajuns two more insurance runs, on a pair of sacrifice fly balls to right off the bats of Rodriguez and Morris.
Kevin Ardoin sealed his own fate in the ninth sitting the Seawolves in order, keeping with the fashion of this outing.
The Cajuns will be back in action tomorrow, as they will take on Stony Brook in game two of the three game weekend series at the “Tigue”. Game time is set for 2 p.m.
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