Louisiana Baseball Carries Seven-Game Win Streak Into App State Series

THE WEEKEND SERIES
Dates: Friday-Sunday, May 1-3, 2015
Location: Boone, N.C.
Site: Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium (1,000)
Times: 5:00 p.m. CT (Fri) | 1:00 p.m. CT (Sat) | 11:00 a.m. CT (Sun)
Opponent: Appalachian State (13-33, 5-18 Sun Belt)
Radio: ESPN 1420-AM (Friday), News Talk 96.5 KPEL-FM (Saturday-Sunday)
Television: none
Live Stats/Video: www.RaginCajuns.com

STARTING PITCHERS
Friday: LHP Gunner Leger (UL) vs. RHP Taylor Thurber (APP)
Saturday: RHP Evan Guillory (UL) vs. RHP Travis Holden (APP)
Sunday: RHP Wyatt Marks (UL) vs. LHP Jeffrey Springs (APP)

BOONE, N.C. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team will look to increase upon its season-high seven-game win streak this weekend as the Cajuns go on the road for a three-game series against Appalachian State at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

The two teams open the series on Friday at 5 p.m. CT. Game two is slated for 1 p.m. CT, while first pitch of the series finale has been moved up to 11 a.m. CT due to travel arrangements.

All three games can be heard live on the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network with Jay Walker making the call. Friday's contest will be aired live on ESPN1420-AM. The final two games of the series will be broadcast on KPEK 96.5 FM. Live stats and video are available on RaginCajuns.com.

The Cajuns (29-15, 13-7 Sun Belt) are coming off of a 6-3 win over New Orleans on Wednesday. Louisiana has a four-game win streak in league play after sweeping UT Arlington at home last weekend.

The Ragin' Cajuns are tied for first in the Sun Belt in batting average (.280) and second in ERA (3.42). The squad sits in fourth place in the SBC and is percentage points back of Georgia State for first in the conference standings.

Louisiana will go with the all-true freshman rotation of left-hander Gunner Leger (5-2, 3.23 ERA) along with right-handers Evan Guillory (3-0, 4.03 ERA) and Wyatt Marks (5-0, 2.88 ERA) for the third straight weekend.

Junior All-American Blake Trahan has led the team in average for most of the season as he is hitting .365 with 13 doubles, 23 RBI and 36 runs. Stefan Trosclair leads the team in both home runs (10) and RBI (30) while hitting .331.

This is the first meeting between the Ragin' Cajuns and Mountaineers in program history.

App State (13-33, 5-18 Sun Belt) has lost eight of their last 10 contests coming into the series including the last three after falling to Virginia Tech 13-4 and ETSU 10-4 in the mid-week. The Mountaineers have only won one weekend series on the year coming in Sun Belt play against ULM.

Michael Pierson leads an ASU team that is hitting .260 on the year with a .337 average to go with nine doubles, seven home runs and a team-best 36 RBI. Dillon Dobson paces the club in extra base hits with a team-best 12 doubles, two triples and 10 homers.

Appalachian State will counter with senior right-hander Taylor Thurber (3-8, 2.52 ERA) on Friday, freshman right-hander Travis Holden (0-3, 5.40 ERA) on Saturday and senior left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-1, 4.19 ERA) on Sunday.

Following the App State series, the Cajuns will take off the mid-week for exams before hosting South Alabama to close out the home slate on May 8-10 at M.L. " Tigue" Moore Field.

For updates and info on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow the team on twitter @CajunsBaseball or check RaginCajuns.com.

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Louisiana Baseball Carries Seven-Game Win Streak Into App State Series

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Players Mentioned

Evan Guillory

Gunner Leger

Wyatt Marks

Blake Trahan

Stefan Trosclair

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