University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
12-8
Southern
4-12
Louisiana Earns Run-Rule Victory Over Southern, 17-7
3/19/2024 10:53:00 PM | Baseball
Lee Amedee, Josh Alexander and freshman Connor Cuff had two hits apiece for Louisiana (12-8), which opened a six-game homestand with its second run-rule victory of the season. Clay Wargo drove in three runs without the benefit of a hit while Zack Storbakken and Caleb Stelly each drove in a pair of runs.
Louisiana will return to action on Wednesday when it hosts McNeese (9-8) in a 6 p.m. contest. 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.
Langevin (2-0) relieved starter Murphy Brooks in the third inning and needed 35 pitches to keep Southern (4-12) off the base paths. The right-hander struck out Rashard Grace to end the fourth inning before striking out the side in the fifth as Louisiana built a 9-0 lead.
Louisiana took a 1-0 lead in the third on John Taylor's sacrifice fly which scored Alexander, who led off the inning with a triple off Jaguar starter Jaden Brasseaux (0-3). The Ragin' Cajuns plated five runs in the fourth before scoring three times in the fifth, highlighted by a Wargo sacrifice bunt which plated a pair of runs.
Wargo, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the fifth, added a sacrifice fly in the sixth before drawing a walk in a seven-run seventh.
Southern added a run in the fifth and six in the seventh to close to within 10-7 before David Christie fanned Michael Latulas with two runners on base to preserve the lead.
Storbakken, who drew a bases-loaded walk to close out the game in the seventh, opened the inning when he drove in Cuff with a double to right to give Louisiana an 11-7 lead. Stelly would eventually add a two-run double for the Ragin' Cajuns before eventually scoring on a wild pitch.
Christie earned the save for Louisiana while Brooks fanned three batters and allowed one hit in 2.1 innings of work.
Jalon Mack led Southern at the plate going 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI. Tyeler Hawkins and Ryan Sadir each drove in a pair of runs for the Jaguars, who finished with six hits, but walked nine Louisiana batters and committed three errors.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Langevin, LP (2-0)
L: Jaden Brasseaux (0-3)
S: Christie, David (1)
Batting:
2B: Jalon Mack 1
RBI: Logan Sanders 1 ; Tyeler Hawkins 2 ; Jalon Mack 2 ; Ryan Sadir 2
SH: KJ White 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyeler Hawkins 1 ; Khyle Radcliffe 2 ; Jalon Mack 1 ; Michael Latulas 1 ; Darren Johnson 1 ; Marcus Sanders 1
HBP: Marcus Sanders 1
Batting:
2B: Storbakken, Zach 1 ; Yuhasz, Luke 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1 ; Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Cuff, Connor 1
3B: Alexander, Josh 1
RBI: Taylor, John 1 ; Storbakken, Zach 2 ; Stelly, Caleb 2 ; Torres, Jose 1 ; Wargo, Clay 3 ; Alexander, Josh 1 ; Pastore, Duncan 1 ; Cuff, Connor 1
SH: Wargo, Clay 1
SF: Taylor, John 1 ; Wargo, Clay 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Storbakken, Zach 1 ; Yuhasz, Luke 1 ; DeBarge, Kyle 1 ; Amedee, Lee 3 ; Stelly, Caleb 2 ; Higgs, Conor 2 ; Torres, Jose 1 ; Wargo, Clay 1 ; Alexander, Josh 3 ; Pastore, Duncan 1 ; Cuff, Connor 1
SB: Yuhasz, Luke 2 ; Amedee, Lee 1 ; Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Alexander, Josh 1 ; Pastore, Duncan 1
HBP: Yuhasz, Luke 1 ; Higgs, Conor 1 ; Pastore, Duncan 1
