University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Robertson, Brock Power Louisiana Past SLU, 6-4
3/29/2022 9:57:00 PM | Baseball
Ragin' Cajuns erase three-run deficit to sweep season series
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Peyton Havard and five relievers combined on an eight-hitter as Louisiana (12-12) won its second straight game while sweeping the season series against SLU (8-17), which lost of the eighth straight time after a 5-1 win over then No. 1-ranked Ole Miss on March 15.
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Drew Shifflet (2-1) earned the victory for Louisiana after pitching 0.2 innings. Tommy Ray and David Christie each pitched a hitless inning for the Ragin' Cajuns while Chipper Menard pitched the ninth to earn his second save of the year.
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Louisiana trailed 3-0 in the first inning after the Lions used three hits with two outs to take the lead. Tyler Finke looped a two-out single into left field, stole second and scored on Preston Faulkner's RBI single to center. After a walk to put runners on first and second, Champ Artigues doubled to right field to drive in Faulkner and Shea Thomas to give SLU a 3-0 lead.
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Robertson would tie it up at 3-3 in the third inning after belting a 0-and-2 pitch off SLU's Alex Potter over the center-field fence. Bobby Lada led off the inning with a walk and moved to second when Warnner Rincones' grounder to short was bobbled by Evan Keller for an error.
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Hayden Durke, who pitched 4.0 innings in relief of Havard, fanned three batters and kept SLU off the board until Faulkner's solo home run in the sixth inning.
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Louisiana would respond one inning later after Conor Higgs led off the inning with a walk off Brock Batty (0-1). Brock capped off a seven-pitch at-bat by hitting a mammoth home run to left field – the first of his career – and giving Louisiana the lead for good at 5-4.
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Heath Hood added an insurance run for Louisiana after doubling off the right-field wall, moving to third on a wild pitch and scoring on a wild pitch. Menard, who notched his first save of the year in last Sunday's 6-3 win over South Alabama, earned his second save in as many games as he fanned two batters.
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Hood went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead Louisiana. Carson Roccaforte added a double for the Ragin' Cajuns with Kyle DeBarge adding a single.
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Louisiana will return to action on Wednesday when it travels to face in-state foe New Orleans in a 6:30 p.m. game at Maestri Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shifflet, Drew (2-1)
L: Batty, Brock (0-1)
S: Menard, Chipper (2)

Batting:
2B: Roccaforte, Carson 1 ; Hood, Heath 1
HR: Robertson, Tyler 1 ; Brock, Julian 1
RBI: Robertson, Tyler 3 ; Brock, Julian 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Robertson, Tyler 1 ; Hood, Heath 1 ; Higgs, Conor 1 ; Brock, Julian 1 ; Lada, Bobby 1 ; Rincones, Warnner 1
CS: Roccaforte, Carson 1 ; Hood, Heath 1 ; Willis, CJ 1 ; Lada, Bobby 1

Batting:
2B: Artigues, Champ 1 ; Grizzaffi, Bryce 1
HR: Faulkner, Preston 1
RBI: Faulkner, Preston 2 ; Artigues, Champ 2
SH: Rosevear, Rhett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Finke, Tyler 1 ; Faulkner, Preston 2 ; Thomas, Shea 1
SB: Finke, Tyler 1
CS: Rosevear, Rhett 1 ; Grizzaffi, Bryce 1
HBP: Rosevear, Rhett 1






















