University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, May 27
Montgomery, Ala.
7:30 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
40-21
4
vs
1
Coastal Carolina
39-19
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
5/28/2023 12:13:00 AM | Baseball
Southpaw caps off masterpiece against Chanticleers; Cajuns to face Southern Miss on Sunday
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Nearly a year to the day of a legendary performance on the mound, it was Blake Marshall's turn to etch his name into Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball lore.
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After earning the save with 4.0 innings of shutout ball in a 7-3 win over top-seeded Coastal Carolina, the junior southpaw came back in the nightcap with a masterful 5.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn his third win of the season and lead Louisiana to a 4-1 win over the No. 7-ranked Chanticleers in the 2023 Guardian Credit Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship on Saturday at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Next up for Louisiana – a return trip to the Championship game where it will face No. 16-ranked Southern Miss (40-17) in the winner-take-all contest at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
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Louisiana (40-21), which also reached the 40-win mark for the first time since 2016, navigated its way through the Loser's Bracket after dropping a 6-3 decision to Coastal (39-19) on Thursday.
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The Ragin' Cajuns, who defeated Coastal Carolina in the opening game of a three-game series last month in Lafayette, joined Clemson as the only teams to earn multiple wins over the Chanticleers this season.
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Marshall (3-1), who threw 63 pitches in the afternoon contest before tossing an 84-pitch masterpiece in the nightcap, replaced starter Jackson Nezuh in the fourth after the right-hander limited the Chanticleers to a pair of hits with two strikeouts in 3.0 innings pitched.
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The Mandeville, La., native, whose gutsy performance was nearly identical to Jacob Schultz's complete-game, 142-pitch outing against Texas State on May 28, 2022, immediately struck out the side in the fourth and kept the Chanticleers without a hit until Ty Dooley's single in the eighth inning. Marshall then induced a 4-6-3 double play and got Nick Lucky to ground back to the mound to halt Coastal's biggest threat in the game.
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Louisiana took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Carson Roccaforte homered to right field off Chanticleer starter Will Smith (4-2) before Coastal tied the game in the third on Lucky's RBI double to right.
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The Ragin' Cajuns would regain the lead in the bottom half of the third after Will Veillon reached on a one-out double to left, moved to third on Max Marusak's single and scored on Kyle DeBarge's sacrifice fly to left.
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Louisiana continued its two-out prowess in the postseason when it scored a pair of runs in the sixth to take a 4-1 lead.
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Bryce Shaffer – the second of three pitchers used by Coastal Carolina – retired the first two batters in the inning before Julian Brock singled up the middle and moved to second when Heath Hood drew a walk. The pair would score one batter later when John Taylor hit a ball to the left-field wall.
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JT Etheridge retired both batters he faced in the ninth to earn his second career save in as many days for Louisiana. CJ Willis added a single for the Ragin' Cajuns, who outhit the Chanticleers, 6-4.
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Smith took the loss for Coastal after giving up a pair runs with four strikeouts in 2.2 innings. Shaffer scattered three hits and fanned four in 3.1 innings for the Chanticleers while Teddy Sharkey pitched 2.0 innings of hitless relief.
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Fans are encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
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For the latest updates on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow on Facebook (RaginCajunsBaseball), Twitter (@RaginCajunsBSB) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsBSB) or check RaginCajuns.com.
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After earning the save with 4.0 innings of shutout ball in a 7-3 win over top-seeded Coastal Carolina, the junior southpaw came back in the nightcap with a masterful 5.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn his third win of the season and lead Louisiana to a 4-1 win over the No. 7-ranked Chanticleers in the 2023 Guardian Credit Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship on Saturday at Riverwalk Stadium.
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Next up for Louisiana – a return trip to the Championship game where it will face No. 16-ranked Southern Miss (40-17) in the winner-take-all contest at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
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Louisiana (40-21), which also reached the 40-win mark for the first time since 2016, navigated its way through the Loser's Bracket after dropping a 6-3 decision to Coastal (39-19) on Thursday.
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The Ragin' Cajuns, who defeated Coastal Carolina in the opening game of a three-game series last month in Lafayette, joined Clemson as the only teams to earn multiple wins over the Chanticleers this season.
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Marshall (3-1), who threw 63 pitches in the afternoon contest before tossing an 84-pitch masterpiece in the nightcap, replaced starter Jackson Nezuh in the fourth after the right-hander limited the Chanticleers to a pair of hits with two strikeouts in 3.0 innings pitched.
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The Mandeville, La., native, whose gutsy performance was nearly identical to Jacob Schultz's complete-game, 142-pitch outing against Texas State on May 28, 2022, immediately struck out the side in the fourth and kept the Chanticleers without a hit until Ty Dooley's single in the eighth inning. Marshall then induced a 4-6-3 double play and got Nick Lucky to ground back to the mound to halt Coastal's biggest threat in the game.
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Louisiana took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Carson Roccaforte homered to right field off Chanticleer starter Will Smith (4-2) before Coastal tied the game in the third on Lucky's RBI double to right.
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The Ragin' Cajuns would regain the lead in the bottom half of the third after Will Veillon reached on a one-out double to left, moved to third on Max Marusak's single and scored on Kyle DeBarge's sacrifice fly to left.
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Louisiana continued its two-out prowess in the postseason when it scored a pair of runs in the sixth to take a 4-1 lead.
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Bryce Shaffer – the second of three pitchers used by Coastal Carolina – retired the first two batters in the inning before Julian Brock singled up the middle and moved to second when Heath Hood drew a walk. The pair would score one batter later when John Taylor hit a ball to the left-field wall.
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JT Etheridge retired both batters he faced in the ninth to earn his second career save in as many days for Louisiana. CJ Willis added a single for the Ragin' Cajuns, who outhit the Chanticleers, 6-4.
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Smith took the loss for Coastal after giving up a pair runs with four strikeouts in 2.2 innings. Shaffer scattered three hits and fanned four in 3.1 innings for the Chanticleers while Teddy Sharkey pitched 2.0 innings of hitless relief.
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Fans are encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
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For the latest updates on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow on Facebook (RaginCajunsBaseball), Twitter (@RaginCajunsBSB) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsBSB) or check RaginCajuns.com.
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Pitching:
W: Marshall, Blake (3-1)
L: Smith, Will (4-2)
S: Etheridge, JT (2)
Batting:
2B: Lucky, Nick 1
RBI: Lucky, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dooley, Ty 1
SB: Barthol, Blake 1
Batting:
2B: Veillon, Will 1
HR: Roccaforte, Carson 1
RBI: DeBarge, Kyle 1 ; Roccaforte, Carson 1 ; Taylor, John 2
SF: DeBarge, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roccaforte, Carson 1 ; Brock, Julian 1 ; Hood, Heath 1 ; Veillon, Will 1
SB: Willis, CJ 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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