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Morgan Brilliant In Relief; Cajuns Rally To Defeat A-State, 7-6
3/16/2024 8:04:00 PM | Baseball
Taylor's sacrifice fly in ninth drives in go-ahead run; series finale set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
JONESBORO, Ark. – True freshman Chase Morgan pitched 4.0 brilliant innings of hitless relief to earn his first collegiate victory and Louisiana posted its third come-from-behind victory of the season with a 7-6 win over Arkansas State in a Sun Belt Conference game on Saturday at Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field.
The rubber game of the three-game series is scheduled for Sunday 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.
Right-hander Carson Fluno (1-0, 3.78 ERA) will earn the start for Louisiana (10-8, 1-1 Sun Belt) in the series finale while Arkansas State (12-8, 1-1 Sun Belt) will counter with right-hander Dylan Heine (1-0, 4.02 ERA).
Lee Amedee's bases-clearing double in the eighth inning helped Louisiana dig itself out of a 6-2 hole after seven inning before John Taylor's sacrifice fly in the ninth gave the Ragin' Cajuns the lead for good.
Morgan (1-1), who struck out two in his longest outing of the season, worked out of a jam in the sixth after Arkansas State placed runners on the corners with one out and a 6-2 lead.
The southpaw retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced as he got Blake Burris to pop up to short before getting Cason Tollett to ground out to keep A-State from extending the lead.
Louisiana, which stranded 11 of its 13 runners in the first five innings, broke through in the eighth scoring four times to tie the game at 6-6. Bryan Broussard, Jr., led off the inning with a walk and moved to third when Conor Higgs collected his third hit of the game with a single up the middle.
Broussard scored when John Taylor reached on a fielder's choice and Duncan Pastore followed with a single through the left side to put runners on first and second. After Kyle DeBarge drew a walk to load the bases, Amedee laced an opposite-field double off ASU reliever Arlon Butts to clear the bases and tie the game at 6-6.
Back-to-back walks to Broussard and Higgs off ASU reliever Bryce Schares (0-2) with one out in the ninth, along with a successful double steal allowed Taylor to lift a fly ball to center and allowing Broussard to score the go-ahead run.
Louisiana took a 2-0 lead in the first as Taylor scored on a sacrifice fly by Alexander and DeBarge scored on a passed ball. The Cajuns left the bases loaded in both the third and fourth innings and stranded a pair in the fifth as ASU rallied to take the lead.
An RBI double by Tollett and RBI single by Austen Jaslove tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth before the Red Wolves scored four times in the fifth to claim a 6-2 lead. Wil French's RBI single scored Allen Grier for a 3-2 lead before Jaslove was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Daedrick Cail followed with a two-run double to left.
Andrew Herrmann pitched 4.0 innings and scattered five hits in a start for the Ragin' Cajuns with JT Etheridge allowing four runs – with only one earned – on two hits in 1.0 innings.
Higgs went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks for Louisiana with Taylor, DeBarge and Broussard scoring two runs each. The Ragin' Cajuns benefited from 12 walks issued by A-State pitching while earning its third win of the season when trailing after seven innings.
Jaslove and Cail had two hits each to lead the Red Wolves. Freshman Collin Maloney pitched 3.0 innings and scattered five hits in a start for A-State with Blaine Harpenau pitching 4.0 innings and allowing a pair of runs. Schares walked three batters and allowed a run in his 1.0 inning of work while Butts gave up two hits and two runs in 0.1 innings.
Tickets for Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball are available for purchase on-line at RaginCajuns.com/tickets or by calling the Louisiana Athletics Ticket Office at (337) 482-GoUL (4685).
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.
For the latest updates on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow on Facebook (RaginCajunsBaseball), Twitter (@RaginCajunsBSB) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsBSB) or check RaginCajuns.com.
The rubber game of the three-game series is scheduled for Sunday 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.
Right-hander Carson Fluno (1-0, 3.78 ERA) will earn the start for Louisiana (10-8, 1-1 Sun Belt) in the series finale while Arkansas State (12-8, 1-1 Sun Belt) will counter with right-hander Dylan Heine (1-0, 4.02 ERA).
Lee Amedee's bases-clearing double in the eighth inning helped Louisiana dig itself out of a 6-2 hole after seven inning before John Taylor's sacrifice fly in the ninth gave the Ragin' Cajuns the lead for good.
Morgan (1-1), who struck out two in his longest outing of the season, worked out of a jam in the sixth after Arkansas State placed runners on the corners with one out and a 6-2 lead.
The southpaw retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced as he got Blake Burris to pop up to short before getting Cason Tollett to ground out to keep A-State from extending the lead.
Louisiana, which stranded 11 of its 13 runners in the first five innings, broke through in the eighth scoring four times to tie the game at 6-6. Bryan Broussard, Jr., led off the inning with a walk and moved to third when Conor Higgs collected his third hit of the game with a single up the middle.
Broussard scored when John Taylor reached on a fielder's choice and Duncan Pastore followed with a single through the left side to put runners on first and second. After Kyle DeBarge drew a walk to load the bases, Amedee laced an opposite-field double off ASU reliever Arlon Butts to clear the bases and tie the game at 6-6.
Back-to-back walks to Broussard and Higgs off ASU reliever Bryce Schares (0-2) with one out in the ninth, along with a successful double steal allowed Taylor to lift a fly ball to center and allowing Broussard to score the go-ahead run.
Louisiana took a 2-0 lead in the first as Taylor scored on a sacrifice fly by Alexander and DeBarge scored on a passed ball. The Cajuns left the bases loaded in both the third and fourth innings and stranded a pair in the fifth as ASU rallied to take the lead.
An RBI double by Tollett and RBI single by Austen Jaslove tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth before the Red Wolves scored four times in the fifth to claim a 6-2 lead. Wil French's RBI single scored Allen Grier for a 3-2 lead before Jaslove was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Daedrick Cail followed with a two-run double to left.
Andrew Herrmann pitched 4.0 innings and scattered five hits in a start for the Ragin' Cajuns with JT Etheridge allowing four runs – with only one earned – on two hits in 1.0 innings.
Higgs went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks for Louisiana with Taylor, DeBarge and Broussard scoring two runs each. The Ragin' Cajuns benefited from 12 walks issued by A-State pitching while earning its third win of the season when trailing after seven innings.
Jaslove and Cail had two hits each to lead the Red Wolves. Freshman Collin Maloney pitched 3.0 innings and scattered five hits in a start for A-State with Blaine Harpenau pitching 4.0 innings and allowing a pair of runs. Schares walked three batters and allowed a run in his 1.0 inning of work while Butts gave up two hits and two runs in 0.1 innings.
Tickets for Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball are available for purchase on-line at RaginCajuns.com/tickets or by calling the Louisiana Athletics Ticket Office at (337) 482-GoUL (4685).
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.
For the latest updates on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow on Facebook (RaginCajunsBaseball), Twitter (@RaginCajunsBSB) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsBSB) or check RaginCajuns.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morgan, Chase (1-1)
L: Schares, Bryce (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Amedee, Lee 1 ; Higgs, Conor 1
RBI: Taylor, John 2 ; Amedee, Lee 3 ; Alexander, Josh 1
SF: Taylor, John 1 ; Alexander, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, John 2 ; Pastore, Duncan 1 ; DeBarge, Kyle 2 ; Broussard, Jr., Bryan 2
SB: Broussard, Jr., Bryan 2 ; Higgs, Conor 1
Batting:
2B: Tollett, Cason 1 ; Cail, Daedrick 1
RBI: French, Wil 1 ; Tollett, Cason 1 ; Jaslove, Austen 2 ; Cail, Daedrick 2
Base Running:
RUNS: French, Wil 1 ; Burris, Blake 2 ; Tollett, Cason 2 ; Grier, Allen 1
HBP: Jaslove, Austen 1
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