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Louisiana Baseball Notebook - April 11, 2022
4/11/2022 9:00:00 AM | Baseball
LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT
Current Overall Record: 18-14
Sun Belt Conference Record: 7-5
Current Streak: W4
LAST WEEK RESULTS: 4-1
4/5 – at Louisiana Tech (L, 3-7)
4/6 – at Louisiana Tech (W, 8-6)
4/8 – at Arkansas State (W, 10-0)
4/9 – at Arkansas State (W, 5-3)
4/10 – at Arkansas State (W, 7-4 – 10 innings)
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
4/12 (Tues.) – vs. McNeese, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
4/14 (Thurs.) – vs. ULM *, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
4/15 (Fri.) – vs. ULM *, 6 p.m.
4/16 (Sat.) – vs. ULM *, 4 p.m.
RAGIN' CAJUNS WEEKLY NOTES
Louisiana posted a 4-1 week on the road with a pair of games at in-state rival Louisiana Tech before facing Arkansas State in a three-game Sun Belt Conference series … the Ragin' Cajuns, who are 8-2 in their last 10 games and fielding at a .982 clip during the span, dropped their opening game against LA Tech, 7-3, after issuing a season-high 10 walks in the game … Louisiana trailed 2-0 before scoring a run in the sixth and two in the seventh to take its first lead of the game … Carson Roccaforte hit an RBI single in the sixth to drive in Max Marusak before Warnner Rincones belted a two-run home run – his first in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform – to give Louisiana a 3-2 lead … the following night, Louisiana rode the relief pitching of sophomore right-hander Cooper Rawls to rally from a 6-1 deficit in the third inning and claim an 8-6 victory … making just his third appearance of the season, and first in over a month, Rawls was nothing short of magnificent as he fanned 12 batters in the final 7.2 innings which helped Louisiana earn a split … Louisiana would score all the runs it would need in the sixth inning, when it sent 11 men to the plate and scored seven runs – the most in an inning since scoring seven times against Rice in 2020 … in the series opener against Arkansas State, Brandon Talley and four relievers combined on a four-hit shutout and Louisiana posted its first road shutout in a Sun Belt Conference game in nearly three years in a 10-0 victory … Kyle DeBarge, Carson Roccaforte, Connor Kimple and Heath Hood each had a pair of hits as Louisiana recorded 12 hits overall and posted its first road shutout in a SBC contest since a 10-0 win at Coastal Carolina on May 3, 2019 … Talley earned his first career win in a starting role after holding Arkansas State to a pair of hits in five innings … in the second game, Tyler Robertson lined a one-out RBI single to right in the top of the ninth inning and Louisiana capitalized on five Red Wolves' errors to claim a 5-3 win … Kyle DeBarge drove in a pair of runs while Max Marusak and Heath Hood recorded two hits each as Louisiana won its third straight game and claimed its third straight SBC series … in the series' finale, senior Jonathan Brandon went 3-for-4 with a double and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning in a 7-4 victory … Julian Brock had a career-high four hits while Max Marusak and Tyler Robertson had two hit apiece to lead Louisiana to its fourth straight victory in wrapping up a five-game roadtrip … Brandon, who came into the game hitting .125, recorded his second career, three-hit game
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
COOPER RAWLS, LOUISIANA – RHP, 6-1, 200, Soph., Hallsville, Texas
Making his first appearance in over a month, posted a 2-0 record with a 0.93 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 9.2 innings of relief ... making just his third appearance of the season, and first in over a month, the sophomore was nothing short of magnificent as he fanned 12 batters in the final 7.2 innings and helped the Ragin' Cajuns rally for a wild, 8-6 victory at in-state rival Louisiana Tech last Tuesday ... Rawls' performance helped earn a split in its two-game, midweek series against its in-state rival while keeping the Bulldogs off the scoreboard after the third inning ... Rawls, who made a pair of one-inning appearances in the first two weeks of the season, entered the game with one out in the second inning after Louisiana Tech took a 5-1 lead on Taylor Young's solo home run ... in Louisiana's 7-4, extra-inning win at Arkansas State to conclude a three-game Sun Belt Conference series, pitched the final 2.0 innings to earn his second win in five days, allowing one hit and striking out two.
Current Overall Record: 18-14
Sun Belt Conference Record: 7-5
Current Streak: W4
LAST WEEK RESULTS: 4-1
4/5 – at Louisiana Tech (L, 3-7)
4/6 – at Louisiana Tech (W, 8-6)
4/8 – at Arkansas State (W, 10-0)
4/9 – at Arkansas State (W, 5-3)
4/10 – at Arkansas State (W, 7-4 – 10 innings)
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
4/12 (Tues.) – vs. McNeese, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
4/14 (Thurs.) – vs. ULM *, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
4/15 (Fri.) – vs. ULM *, 6 p.m.
4/16 (Sat.) – vs. ULM *, 4 p.m.
RAGIN' CAJUNS WEEKLY NOTES
Louisiana posted a 4-1 week on the road with a pair of games at in-state rival Louisiana Tech before facing Arkansas State in a three-game Sun Belt Conference series … the Ragin' Cajuns, who are 8-2 in their last 10 games and fielding at a .982 clip during the span, dropped their opening game against LA Tech, 7-3, after issuing a season-high 10 walks in the game … Louisiana trailed 2-0 before scoring a run in the sixth and two in the seventh to take its first lead of the game … Carson Roccaforte hit an RBI single in the sixth to drive in Max Marusak before Warnner Rincones belted a two-run home run – his first in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform – to give Louisiana a 3-2 lead … the following night, Louisiana rode the relief pitching of sophomore right-hander Cooper Rawls to rally from a 6-1 deficit in the third inning and claim an 8-6 victory … making just his third appearance of the season, and first in over a month, Rawls was nothing short of magnificent as he fanned 12 batters in the final 7.2 innings which helped Louisiana earn a split … Louisiana would score all the runs it would need in the sixth inning, when it sent 11 men to the plate and scored seven runs – the most in an inning since scoring seven times against Rice in 2020 … in the series opener against Arkansas State, Brandon Talley and four relievers combined on a four-hit shutout and Louisiana posted its first road shutout in a Sun Belt Conference game in nearly three years in a 10-0 victory … Kyle DeBarge, Carson Roccaforte, Connor Kimple and Heath Hood each had a pair of hits as Louisiana recorded 12 hits overall and posted its first road shutout in a SBC contest since a 10-0 win at Coastal Carolina on May 3, 2019 … Talley earned his first career win in a starting role after holding Arkansas State to a pair of hits in five innings … in the second game, Tyler Robertson lined a one-out RBI single to right in the top of the ninth inning and Louisiana capitalized on five Red Wolves' errors to claim a 5-3 win … Kyle DeBarge drove in a pair of runs while Max Marusak and Heath Hood recorded two hits each as Louisiana won its third straight game and claimed its third straight SBC series … in the series' finale, senior Jonathan Brandon went 3-for-4 with a double and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning in a 7-4 victory … Julian Brock had a career-high four hits while Max Marusak and Tyler Robertson had two hit apiece to lead Louisiana to its fourth straight victory in wrapping up a five-game roadtrip … Brandon, who came into the game hitting .125, recorded his second career, three-hit game
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
COOPER RAWLS, LOUISIANA – RHP, 6-1, 200, Soph., Hallsville, Texas
Making his first appearance in over a month, posted a 2-0 record with a 0.93 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 9.2 innings of relief ... making just his third appearance of the season, and first in over a month, the sophomore was nothing short of magnificent as he fanned 12 batters in the final 7.2 innings and helped the Ragin' Cajuns rally for a wild, 8-6 victory at in-state rival Louisiana Tech last Tuesday ... Rawls' performance helped earn a split in its two-game, midweek series against its in-state rival while keeping the Bulldogs off the scoreboard after the third inning ... Rawls, who made a pair of one-inning appearances in the first two weeks of the season, entered the game with one out in the second inning after Louisiana Tech took a 5-1 lead on Taylor Young's solo home run ... in Louisiana's 7-4, extra-inning win at Arkansas State to conclude a three-game Sun Belt Conference series, pitched the final 2.0 innings to earn his second win in five days, allowing one hit and striking out two.
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