University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
31-20, 13-13
App State
29-19, 16-10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| App State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Sixth-Inning Rally Lifts Mountaineers Past Cajuns, 7-2
5/9/2026 6:15:00 PM | Baseball
Rubber game of three-games series set for Sunday at noon CT
Gage Peterson (8-0) allowed six hits and struck out six batters in 7.0 innings as App State (29-19, 16-10 SBC) evened its series with Louisiana (31-20, 13-13 SBC).
The final game of the three-game series is scheduled for Sunday at noon CT. The game will be available on ESPN+, with fans able to listen locally on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network.
Louisiana broke open a scoreless contest in the fourth inning when Colt Brown launched his fifth homer of the season – a 441-foot shot to left center. Brown, who finished 2-for-4, added a sixth-inning double and scored two batters later on Drew Markle's sacrifice fly to give the Ragin' Cajuns a 2-1 lead.
App State tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth on Riley Luft's RBI single that scored Steven Smith, who led off the inning with a triple. The Mountaineers tied the game in the sixth as Charlie Evans led off with a single, stole second and scored on Luft's RBI single.
The Mountaineers took a 5-2 lead in the eighth as Ethan Puig led off with a single and scored on Kameron Miller's RBI double to right-center field. Colton Denton capped the scoring for App with a two-out, two-run RBI single off reliever Garret Carter.
Andrew Herrmann (6-3) took the loss for Louisiana after scattering 10 hits and allowing six runs in 7.1 innings. Blaze Rodriguez added two hits for Louisiana while Lee Amedee was 1-for-3 with a walk.
Luft, Puig and Evans had two hits each as App State, the league's top team in hitting, recorded 11 hits on the day.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gage Peterson (8-0)
L: Herrmann, Andrew (6-3)
Batting:
2B: Brown, Colt 1
HR: Brown, Colt 1
RBI: Brown, Colt 1 ; Markle, Drew 1
SF: Markle, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Colt 2
SB: Rodriguez, Blaze 1 ; Mandino, Maddox 1
CS: Rodriguez, Blaze 1
HBP: LaSalle, Donovan 1 ; Mandino, Maddox 1
Batting:
2B: Kameron Miller 1 ; Jake Mummau 1 ; Jalen Seward 1 ; Charlie Evans 1
3B: Steven Smith 1
RBI: Riley Luft 2 ; Kameron Miller 1 ; Jake Mummau 2 ; Colton Denton 2
SH: Drew DuPont 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Steven Smith 1 ; Riley Luft 1 ; Ethan Puig 2 ; Bret Clements 1 ; Drew DuPont 1 ; Charlie Evans 1
SB: Charlie Evans 1
CS: Riley Luft 1
