University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
1-4
Tulane
4-0
Louisiana’s Comeback Falls Short Against Tulane, 9-6
2/19/2020 11:09:00 PM | Baseball
LAFAYETTE - Trailing 8-0 after two innings, Louisiana mounted a comeback effort in the middle innings to cut the lead to 8-6 before ultimately falling to Tulane, 9-6, at M.L. 'Tigue' Moore Field at Russo Park on Thursday night.
Tulane got to the Ragin' Cajuns quickly in the first two innings, tagging Brock Batty for five runs in the first frame and three runs in the second. Batty fell to 0-1 on the season with the loss.
Louisiana's fight and resilience showed in the middle innings, dropping five runs in the fourth frame, which was highlighted by a two-run Nick Hagedorn single and a Brennan Breaux RBI double that snuck in down the right-field line.
Jonathan Windham followed up his promising night at the dish against Southeastern, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a key RBI double in the sixth which brought the game to 8-6.
Following the eight runs given up in the first two frames, Tulane was only able to add one more run in the top of the eighth inning. The Louisiana bullpen went into lockdown mode and saw scoreless appearances from Caleb Armstrong and Jeff Wilson, while Brandon Talley pitched a gem in relief by tossing 3.1 innings and fanning five while only giving up a run.
Ultimately, Louisiana could not muster up any runs following the Windham double in the fifth inning before falling 9-6.
Louisiana will host Virginia Tech for the first time in program history with the Game One slated for 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: JANNETTA, Luke (1-0)
L: Batty, Brock (0-1)
S: GILLIES, Keagan (2)
Batting:
2B: HASKIN, Hudson 1 ; NIEMANN, Frankie 1 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1
3B: JOHNSON, Ty 1 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1
HR: MATHEWS, Grant 1
RBI: HASKIN, Hudson 1 ; MATHEWS, Grant 3 ; NIEMANN, Frankie 2 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1 ; MINDER, Trevor 2
SF: ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JOHNSON, Ty 1 ; GROFF, Ethan 2 ; HASKIN, Hudson 2 ; MATHEWS, Grant 2 ; NIEMANN, Frankie 1 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1
SB: MINDER, Trevor 1
CS: MINDER, Trevor 1
HBP: JOHNSON, Ty 1 ; MATHEWS, Grant 1 ; BURNS, Collin 1
Batting:
2B: Breaux, Brennan 1 ; Windham, Jonathan 1
RBI: Fitzgerald, Ben 1 ; Hagedorn, Nick 2 ; Frank, Colton 1 ; Breaux, Brennan 1 ; Windham, Jonathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hannie, Alex 1 ; Talley, Brandon 1 ; Greene, Justin 1 ; Hagedorn, Nick 1 ; Frank, Colton 1 ; Kimple, Connor 1
CS: Fitzgerald, Ben 1
HBP: Cantrelle, Hayden 1 ; Hannie, Alex 1 ; Frank, Colton 2
