University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Southern
Pitching Trio Holds Off Jaguars For 4-1 Win
4/9/2009 2:45:00 AM | Baseball
LAFAYETTE ? The Ragin' Cajuns
put up their lowest run total since March 24 at Houston, but came away with a
victory anyway thanks to a talented potpourri of pitchers, winning 4-1 over
Southern University Wednesday night at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field.
Scott Hawkins blasted his 39th career home run in the second inning, tying
Ron Robicheaux (1983-86) for the all-time career lead in the category. The home
run is his seventh of the season, as he entered 2009 in sixth place with 32
home runs.
The
Cajuns' bats were not quiet, with 10 hits overall, but scored less than 10 runs
for only the fourth time in the last 13 games. Hawkins led the way with two
RBIs on his 2-for-3 night, scoring one run himself. Will Long was 2-for-4, joining
Hawkins as the only other Cajun with multiple hits in the game and adding the
only other RBI.
From
the mound, Matt Lackie, Randall Bulliard and Luke Wagley all contributed to the
win, Lackie taking home his first “W” while Bulliard qualified for a hold and
Wagley picked up his second save.
In
only his fourth appearance on the year, Lackie looked confident in four innings
of work, allowing just one run, unearned, on three hits, three walks and three
strikeouts. Bulliard entered for the fifth, and held Southern to just one hit
in three innings, striking out two and walking no one. Wagley started the
eighth and allowed two hits in two innings, also walking no one and earning two
strikeouts.
Alex Fuselier went 1-for-2 before Matt Goulas replaced him in left field and batted
1-for-1 the rest of the way. Chad Keefer went 1-for-2, along with his
replacement Thad Griffen and designated hitter Les Smith, who crossed the plate
twice.
Kyle Olasin was 1-for-5 and extended the team's longest hitting streak of the season
to 14 games. Kyle Bostick and Travis Whipple saw hitting streaks of 10 and nine
games, respectively, end on 0-for-4 outings, while Greg Fontenot's string of
seven games was severed when he went 0-for-1, though he did post two sacrifice
hits which both contributed to a runner scoring.
Former
Cajun Chase Richard started for Southern and took the loss despite a strong
performance, giving up three earned runs, four overall on 10 hits, two walks
and a strikeout as the Jaguars only pitcher of the game.
Southern
scratched the board first with an unearned run on an RBI groundout in the
second.
Scott Hawkins scored the Cajuns first run with his record-tying home run in the
bottom half of the frame.
Two
innings later in the fourth, Will Long drove in Les Smith from second with a
double off the wall in right center.
Hawkins
picked up RBI No. 2 with a single through the left side to score Kyle Olasin
from third.
In
the bottom of the eighth, the Cajuns added an insurance run when Will Long
pushed a hit through the left side, and Les Smith came around to score from
second when the left fielder had trouble picking up the ball.
The
Ragin' Cajuns next travel to ULM for a three-game, weekend Sun Belt series in
Monroe, La. Jay Walker has the call for SportsRadio ESPN 1420 AM Friday night,
and the broadcasts jump to NewsRadio 105.1 FM KPEL for Saturday and Sunday.
Check out live statistics on RaginCajuns.com.
NOTES
· The Cajuns posted
double-digit hits without double-digit runs for the first time since a 7-5, March
1 win at Southern Miss.
· Kyle Olasin extended
his hitting streak to 14 games with a leadoff bunt single in the third inning.
· Scott Hawkins is now
tied for first place on the Cajuns' all-time career home run charts at 39 bombs,
sharing the title with Ron Robicheaux (1983-86). He is also now tied with Ken
Myers (1989-92) for career runs scored at 143, and owns fifth place in career
total bases with 371, behind Dallas Morris (2002-05) who had 381. Hawkins has
36 doubles and is five away from Kevin Cantrelle (1995-98) and Justin Merendino
(2004-05) for fifth, and at 138 is 11 RBIs short of Oswaldo Aguirre (1994-97)
for fifth place.
· The Cajuns struck out
just once as a team, tied for the lowest total on the year. They also had just
one strikeout in a 16-6 win over UALR on March 22.
· The Cajuns are now
17-1 when leading after seven innings, and 14-2 when leading after six.
· This was the seventh
straight come-from-behind win for Louisiana, and the seventh straight at “The
Tigue,” dating back to a 13-5 win over UALR on March 21.
LINE SCORE
Louisiana 4, Southern 1 (Apr 08, 2009 at Lafayette, La.)
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Southern............ 010 000 000 - 1 6 2 (17-9)
Louisiana........... 010 100 11X - 4 10 2 (17-12-1)
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Pitchers: Southern - Chase Richard. Louisiana - Lackie, Matthew; Bulliard, Randall(5);
Wagley, Luke(8).
Win-Lackie, Matthew(1-0) Save-Wagley, Luke(2) Loss-Chase Richard(3-2) T-2:12 A-2148
HR UL - Hawkins, Scott (7).
Weather: 69F, p cloudy, wind SSW 8 mph
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