University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, March 21
Lafayette
6 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
11-7
0
vs
4
Houston
14-5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Houston
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
4
11
0
Louisiana
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CUMBIE, Trey (3-0)
L: Burk, Jack (0-3)
Batting:
2B: TRIOLO, Jared 1 ; HOLLIS, Connor 1
RBI: PADGETT, Grayson 1 ; HOLLIS, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WONG, Connor 1 ; TRIOLO, Jared 1 ; JULKS, Corey 1 ; ETZEL, Landon 1
SB: WONG, Connor 1 ; PADGETT, Grayson 1
Base Running:
HBP: Conrad, Brenn 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
2B
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Miscues Cost Cajuns In Shutout Loss To Houston
3/21/2017 9:56:00 PM | Baseball
LAFAYETTE, La. – The 15th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team couldn't overcome some early defensive miscues as the Cajuns were shutout by Houston 4-0 on Tuesday night at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field at Russo Park.
"Jack (Burk) did a great job for us tonight," head coach Tony Robichaux said. "It was a great second outing for him. He gave us a chance to win, and that's what our pitching staff does. We just have to do a better job in the field if we aren't going to score runs. If you have a 1-0 or 0-0 game you put more pressure on their pitcher. We just have to compete better in the box. We aren't asking for 10 runs, but we have to be able to compete one through nine in the lineup."
Burk was the tough-luck loser for Louisiana (11-7) allowing three runs (one earned) in seven innings with four strikeouts and no walks to fall to 0-3 on the year. The quality start was the first of the year for Burk and the eighth of the season for the Cajuns.
Left-hander Trey Cumbie tossed a complete-game shutout for the Cougars (14-5) to improve his record to 3-0. Cumbie scattered five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The shutout was the first at home for Louisiana since May 8, 2015 against South Alabama.
Offensively, Houston outhit the Ragin' Cajuns 11-5 led by catcher Connor Wong who was 3-for-5 and scored a run.
Junior Steven Sensley increased his on-base streak to 14 games and his hit streak to eight games with his single in the sixth inning. Freshman Todd Lott saw his hit streak reach double digits at ten games with a one-out single in the fourth inning.
The Cougars went in front 1-0 in the top of the second when Corey Julks singled and then scored on a Connor Hillis double and an error by left fielder Kennon Fontenot.
Houston added two more runs in the fifth inning to extend its lead to 3-0. Left fielder Landon Etzel scored on the Cajuns second outfield error of the contest to give the Cougars a two-run edge. Later in the inning, Grayson Padgett singled home Wong to cap the scoring in the inning.
The Ragin' Cajuns best scoring chance came in the bottom of the fifth as second baseman Brenn Conrad reached third base with two outs, but Cumbie bore down and got centerfielder Ishmael Edwards to ground out to end the threat.
The Cougars tacked on the final run of the game in the top of the ninth on an RBI ground ball hit to third base by Hollis.
The Cajuns return to action tomorrow night at 6 p.m. as they host in-state rival Tulane at Russo Park. Following the matchup with the Green Wave, Louisiana will head to Troy for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series.
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