Cajuns Open Four-Game Road Swing At Louisiana Tech

THE MIDWEEK GAME
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016
Location: Ruston, La.
Site: J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park (3,000)
Time: 6 p.m.
Opponent: Louisiana Tech (2-1)
Radio: ESPN 1420-AM
Live Stats/Video: www.RaginCajuns.com

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
RHP Evan Guillory (UL) vs. TBA (LATECH)

RUSTON, La. – The sixth-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team will open a four-game road swing on Wednesday as the Cajuns face Louisiana Tech for the first time since 2008 in a 6 p.m. contest at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

The game can be heard live on ESPN 1420-AM with Dan McDonald making the call and Jeff Schneider providing color. Live stats are available on RaginCajuns.com, while fans can get in-game updates by following the team on twitter @CajunsBaseball.

The Ragin' Cajuns (3-0) hold a 78-62 lead in the all-time series against Louisiana Tech (2-1). Louisiana is 27-8 against La Tech under head coach Tony Robichaux as the team carries a four-game win streak into the contest. The Cajuns edged the Bulldogs 4-3 in Lafayette, La. on May 6, 2008 in the last meeting between the two squads.

In the polls, Louisiana remained No. 6 in the Collegiate Baseball rankings, but the Ragin' Cajuns moved up in the Baseball America (10), D1Baseball (16) and NCBWA (9) polls as the team is now top 10 in three of the five rankings.

The Cajuns are coming off of a series sweep of Sam Houston State to open the season. Louisiana opened the weekend with a 2-1 walk-off victory against the Bearkats in the 2016 opener before taking the final two games of the series 6-2 and 13-3. The Ragin' Cajuns saw a record three-game attendance total of 13,519 for the Sam Houston series with two of the three attendances ranking in the top 10 all-time.

Sophomore right-hander Evan Guillory will make the start for the Cajuns on the mound against the Bulldogs. Guillory went 5-0 with a 4.05 ERA a year ago making 16 starts as he was the only Ragin' Cajuns pitcher to make a start in each weekend series during the regular season.

Offensively, Louisiana was led by Brenn Conrad and Kyle Clement against the Bearkats. Conrad has a team-best .625 average, while Clement was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week after hitting .615 (8-for-13) with four RBI. Clement tied a school record with a five-hit performance in the series finale.

As a team, the Ragin' Cajuns are hitting .324 with 10 extra base hits and 17 RBI. Ten Cajuns have posted a hit and driven in a run through the first three contests, while 11 players have scored at least one run after the first series.

Louisiana Tech went 2-1 this past weekend at the MLB Urban Youth Invitational in New Orleans, La. The Bulldogs opened the weekend with wins over Prairie View A&M (7-0) and Southern (15-0) before falling to New Orleans (9-6) in the final game of the tournament.

Sean Ullrich led La Tech offensively hitting .500 (5-for-10) at the MLB Urban Youth Invitational. Twins Jonathan and Jordan Washam are tied for the team lead in RBI with four.
Following the contest with the Bulldogs, the Cajuns return to action this weekend as the squad heads to Houston, Texas for the 2016 Shriner's College Classic. Louisiana will face No. 11 TCU on Friday at 3:30 p.m., Texas Tech on Saturday at noon and No. 24 Rice on Sunday at 6 p.m.

All nine games of the Shriner's College Classic will be played at Minute Maid Park. For more information or to purchase tickets for the tournament visit www.Astros.com/CollegeClassic.

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Cajuns Open Four-Game Road Swing At Louisiana Tech

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