University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Sunday, March 8
Mobile, Ala.
1 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
17-3, 0
5
at
8
South Alabama
16-5, 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Louisiana-Lafayette
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
5
7
1
South Alabama
1
2
1
0
3
1
X
8
5
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brown, Devin (8-4)
L: Trahan, Kylee Jo (2-1)
S: McGill, Kalen (2)
Batting:
HR: Landry, Shellie 1 ; Elkins, Lexie 1
RBI: Hayden, Haley 1 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Elkins, Lexie 2 ; Walsh, Samantha 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hayden, Haley 2 ; Landry, Shellie 1 ; Elkins, Lexie 1 ; Terrio, Taylor 1
Batting:
HR: Rathburn, Chloe 1 ; Griffith, Kaitlyn 1
RBI: Pilkington, Steph. 2 ; Rathburn, Chloe 1 ; Griffith, Kaitlyn 3 ; Johnson, Blair 1
SF: Johnson, Blair 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Messer, Emily 1 ; Rathburn, Chloe 1 ; Jones, Gwen 1 ; Foster, Kristian 1 ; Linn, Alyssa 1 ; Griffith, Kaitlyn 1 ; Johnson, Blair 1 ; Todd, Kaleigh 1
SB: Jones, Gwen 1 ; Griffith, Kaitlyn 1
HBP: Foster, Kristian 1 ; Griffith, Kaitlyn 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
UTL
/ Softball
RF
/ SoftballC
/ Softball2B
/ SoftballLF
/ Softball
CF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
1B
/ Softball
P
/ Softball3B
/ Softball
Comeback Falls Short As Cajuns Edged By South Alabama, 8-5
3/8/2015 9:18:00 PM | Softball
Landry, Elkins belt solo homers in final game of series
MOBILE, Ala. – Shellie Landry and Lexie Elkins hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team to erase a two-run deficit, but South Alabama scored an unearned run in the fourth inning before adding four more runs to claim an 8-5 Sun Belt Conference victory on Sunday at Jaguar Field.
Kaitlyn Griffith hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning while Chloe Rathburn added a solo homer in the sixth as No. 24 South Alabama (16-5, 1-2 SBC) capitalized on five hits and held off a furious seventh-inning rally by No. 7 Louisiana (17-3, 2-1 SBC).
"Our kids fought the whole way and put themselves in position to win the game, which is all you really ask," head coach Michael Lotief said. "It was a well-played series between two good teams that know each other and go after each other. We live to fight another day."
Trailing 8-3 after six innings, Louisiana scored twice and put the potential go-ahead run at the plate before South Alabama's Kalen McGill got Aleah Craighton to ground out to short to end the game.
The Ragin' Cajuns opened the frame with a pinch-hit single by Taylor Terrio and a pinch-hit walk by Sara Corbello. Haley Hayden followed with an RBI single up the middle to score Terrio. With runners on first and second, USA third baseman Emily Messer snagged a hard-liner by Landry and doubled off Kelli Martinez at second to slow down the Ragin' Cajuns rally.
Louisiana would follow with walks by Elkins and Kelsey Vincent sandwiched around an RBI single by Samantha Walsh to load the bases before McGill got Craighton to ground out to avoid a three-game sweep.
South Alabama scored a run in the first inning when Messer walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored when Stephanie Pilkington's grounder was misplayed by Hayden for an error. Pilkington gave USA a 3-1 lead in the second inning when her two-out single off Louisiana starter Jordan Wallace scored Blair Johnson and Kaleigh Todd.
Louisiana tied the game with two swings of the bat in the third inning when Landry led off the frame with her team-leading ninth home run off USA starter Devin Brown (8-4). Elkins followed on the next at-bat when she launched her seventh home run of the season over the center-field wall before Brown retired the Cajuns in order to end the inning.
The Jaguars took the lead for good in bottom half of the inning when Kristian Foster was hit by a pitch from Ragin' Cajuns reliever Kylee Jo Trahan (2-1) and would eventually score on Johnson's sacrifice fly to right.
The Jaguars took a 7-3 lead in the fifth inning when Griffith hit a three-run home run off Trahan before Rathburn added an insurance run in the sixth when she hit a solo homer off Alex Stewart.
"It was a tough situation, but they're going to get better from it," Lotief said. "I feel that they are where they need to be at this point. It's the development of a young pitcher … it has it's up's and downs, it's trials and tribulations. It's going to be no different with them.
"We put then in there because we believe in them and they'll learn from it and get better. We're going to need those kids … it's a long season."
Elkins went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead Louisiana at the plate Hayden was 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Trahan allowed one hit and three earned runs in 2.1 innings for the Ragin' Cajuns while Stewart pitched 1.2 innings, allowing two hits and fanning one.
Brown, who earned the loss in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, pitched four innings scattering three hits and striking out six. McGill pitched the final three innings to earn her third save, scattering four hits and allowing two runs.
Louisiana will return to action on Wednesday when it travels to Natchitoches to face Northwestern State (12-12) in a 6 p.m. game at Lady Demon Diamond.
Kaitlyn Griffith hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning while Chloe Rathburn added a solo homer in the sixth as No. 24 South Alabama (16-5, 1-2 SBC) capitalized on five hits and held off a furious seventh-inning rally by No. 7 Louisiana (17-3, 2-1 SBC).
"Our kids fought the whole way and put themselves in position to win the game, which is all you really ask," head coach Michael Lotief said. "It was a well-played series between two good teams that know each other and go after each other. We live to fight another day."
Trailing 8-3 after six innings, Louisiana scored twice and put the potential go-ahead run at the plate before South Alabama's Kalen McGill got Aleah Craighton to ground out to short to end the game.
The Ragin' Cajuns opened the frame with a pinch-hit single by Taylor Terrio and a pinch-hit walk by Sara Corbello. Haley Hayden followed with an RBI single up the middle to score Terrio. With runners on first and second, USA third baseman Emily Messer snagged a hard-liner by Landry and doubled off Kelli Martinez at second to slow down the Ragin' Cajuns rally.
Louisiana would follow with walks by Elkins and Kelsey Vincent sandwiched around an RBI single by Samantha Walsh to load the bases before McGill got Craighton to ground out to avoid a three-game sweep.
South Alabama scored a run in the first inning when Messer walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored when Stephanie Pilkington's grounder was misplayed by Hayden for an error. Pilkington gave USA a 3-1 lead in the second inning when her two-out single off Louisiana starter Jordan Wallace scored Blair Johnson and Kaleigh Todd.
Louisiana tied the game with two swings of the bat in the third inning when Landry led off the frame with her team-leading ninth home run off USA starter Devin Brown (8-4). Elkins followed on the next at-bat when she launched her seventh home run of the season over the center-field wall before Brown retired the Cajuns in order to end the inning.
The Jaguars took the lead for good in bottom half of the inning when Kristian Foster was hit by a pitch from Ragin' Cajuns reliever Kylee Jo Trahan (2-1) and would eventually score on Johnson's sacrifice fly to right.
The Jaguars took a 7-3 lead in the fifth inning when Griffith hit a three-run home run off Trahan before Rathburn added an insurance run in the sixth when she hit a solo homer off Alex Stewart.
"It was a tough situation, but they're going to get better from it," Lotief said. "I feel that they are where they need to be at this point. It's the development of a young pitcher … it has it's up's and downs, it's trials and tribulations. It's going to be no different with them.
"We put then in there because we believe in them and they'll learn from it and get better. We're going to need those kids … it's a long season."
Elkins went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead Louisiana at the plate Hayden was 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Trahan allowed one hit and three earned runs in 2.1 innings for the Ragin' Cajuns while Stewart pitched 1.2 innings, allowing two hits and fanning one.
Brown, who earned the loss in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, pitched four innings scattering three hits and striking out six. McGill pitched the final three innings to earn her third save, scattering four hits and allowing two runs.
Louisiana will return to action on Wednesday when it travels to Natchitoches to face Northwestern State (12-12) in a 6 p.m. game at Lady Demon Diamond.
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