University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Another Complete Game, Another Cajuns Victory
4/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
LAFAYETTE-For the second straight day, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns (18-12) shutout Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. UL cruised to a 9-0 victory over the Islanders behind the arm of Buddy Glass.
Glass was nearly perfect on the mound for the Cajuns on Saturday. The sophomore threw his third complete game of the season. Glass tossed nine scoreless innings, fanning nine batters while only walking one batter. He surrendered only one hit on the afternoon and allowed only a pair of baserunners to reach second base. The righthander threw 99 pitches including 70 strikes.
The Ragin' Cajuns offense collected 16 hits on the afternoon including seven doubles. Jameson Parker and Devery Van De Keere led the Cajuns with three hits apiece. Both players had a double on the day. Parker and Alex Preciado led the team with a pair of runs scored and John McCarthy led all Cajuns with two RBI.
For the sixth time this season, Parker and McCarthy have stolen a base in the same game. The Ragin' Cajuns are currently a perfect 6-for-6 when the duo both steal a base in the same game. The tandem lead the team with 31 stolen bases between them. Parker now leads the team with 16 stolen bases, while McCarthy is second with 15.
In the first inning, Devon Bourque drew a base on balls to give UL their first baserunner of the afternoon. Van De Keere hit a ball to deep centerfield. The ball bounced over the wall to for a ground-rule double preventing Bourque from scoring. Jonathan Lucroy hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to plate Bourque. Freshman Scott Hawkins singled to right field to score Van De Keere and give the Cajuns a 2-0 advantage.
The 2-0 lead would be more than enough for the Cajuns with Glass on the mound, but the Ragin' Cajuns added some insurance runs.
Preciado led off the second inning with a single through the left side. Following a steal, Parker singled to move Preciado to third base. Parker proceeded to steal second base to give the Cajuns a pair of runners in scoring position. McCarthy doubled to right centerfield to plate Preciado and Parker and increase the Louisiana lead. McCarthy stole third base and came around to score on an Islanders' wild pitch.
With the score 5-0, the Cajuns tacked on another run in the fourth inning. Parker led off the inning with a single and proceeded to steal his second base of the afternoon. Parker came around to score as Van De Keere singled.
In the fifth inning, Jefferies Tatford led off the inning with a single to right field. Preciado doubled to plate Tatford and give the Cajuns a 7-0 cushion. Parker doubled down the right centerfield to plate Preciado and increase the UL lead to 8-0.
The Cajuns added their final run of the afternoon in the eighth inning. Tim Santiago started the inning with a double to left centerfield. Santiago moved to third as Van De Keere collected his third hit of the afternoon. Matt Casbon dropped a ball in between three Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for his first double as a Cajun. The two-bagger plated Santiago and gave the Ragin' Cajuns their final score of the day.
Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will conclude the three-game series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. and Jason Fernandez will be on the mound for the Ragin' Cajuns.
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