University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Louisiana Drops Rubber Match to Loyola Marymount, 7-3
3/10/2019 4:52:00 PM | Baseball
The Ragin’ Cajuns were outhit, 13-5, in the Game Three loss
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Of the 13 hits given up by the Ragin' Cajuns (6-9) in the game, five were doubles, the most two-baggers allowed by the team this season.
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Senior Orynn Veillon claimed two of Louisiana's five hits, one of which was a home run off the scoreboard in the top of the ninth inning. Brennan Breaux, Hayden Cantrelle and Handsome Monica added the other three hits in the contest.
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Starter Austin Perrin took the loss after giving up four runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings of work. Grant Cox closed out the game, pitching 2.0 innings of one-hit, no-run ball and striking out three batters.
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Loyola Marymount's (8-7) Nick Frasso earned the win with a big day on the mound, striking out five batters and allowing one hit through 6.0 innings. Trevin Esquerra led Loyola Marymount's offense with a 3-for-5 day at the plate and two RBI.
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Similar to Saturday's game, the Lions put two early runs on the board, scoring twice in the top of the first with the help of a two-run single. Loyola Marymount took a commanding 7-0 advantage over the fifth and sixth innings when three doubles saw five runs cross the plate over that two-inning span.
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Louisiana pulled two runs back in the top of the seventh when a sacrifice fly off the bat of Kole McKinnon and an error on the Lions' left fielder allowed Breaux and Monica to each score to make the score 7-2.
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With three outs remaining and down five runs, Veillon smacked a leadoff home run off the scoreboard to trim the Loyola Marymount lead to 7-3. However, that was all the Ragin' Cajuns could muster as the Lions went on to take the weekend series.
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Louisiana continues its five-game homestand on Tuesday when it welcomes New Orleans to Russo Park. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. and can be streamed live at RaginCajuns.com/Watch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: FRASSO, Nick (1-0)
L: Perrin, Austin (0-2)
Batting:
2B: UHL, Cooper 1 ; ESQUERRA, Trevin 3 ; RULEY, Ryan 1
RBI: UHL, Cooper 1 ; ESQUERRA, Trevin 2 ; DELGADO, Tommy 2 ; RULEY, Ryan 2
SH: SOGARD, Nick 1 ; UHL, Cooper 1 ; HIRSCH, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: UHL, Cooper 1 ; SHEARER, Brandon 2 ; ESQUERRA, Trevin 2 ; DELGADO, Tommy 1 ; HIRSCH, Dylan 1
SB: SOGARD, Nick 1 ; HIRSCH, Dylan 1
HBP: RULEY, Ryan 1

Batting:
2B: McKinnon, Kole 1
HR: Veillon, Orynn 1
RBI: Veillon, Orynn 1 ; McKinnon, Kole 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Breaux, Brennan 1 ; Monica, Handsome 1 ; Veillon, Orynn 1
CS: Breaux, Brennan 1
HBP: Monica, Handsome 1















