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The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns came into Sunday’s Bryan-College Station Regional looking to avenge their loss to Texas on Friday in an elimination game.
AS A STEP:
Louisiana got a hit in the second inning on a Caleb Stelly single before a sacrifice took him to second base. Duncan Pastore had another hit, scoring Stelly and putting the Cajuns on the board.
Will Gasparino, who had some RBI against the Cajuns on Friday, had an RBI single after a pair of Texas baserunners got ahead with a single and a walk.
In the top of the third, Trey LaFleur singled to start the inning and scored a few batters later on an RBI single by Lee Amedee that put Louisiana back in front 2-1.
The Cajuns continued to pitch well and play strong defense, but increased the lead again in the eighth with an RBI single by John Taylor that scored SBC Player of the Year Kyle DeBarge.
Two batters later, José Torres delivered a three-run homer from Blue Bell Park as Louisiana was on the verge of advancing to the Regional Final with a big win over Texas.
The Cajuns hit a second three-run home run in the eighth inning when Bryan Broussard grabbed a ball, sent it to center field and scored Conor Higgs and LaFleur on the home run to make the score 9-1 in favor of Louisiana.
In the bottom of the eighth, Peyton Powell walked followed by consecutive singles from Casey Borba and Rylan Galvan scored Powell to make the score 9-2.
LP Langevin relieved Chase Morgan in the sixth inning and has been incredible, pitching three innings of relief allowing just two hits and one run and striking out six.
Louisiana increased its lead in the ninth when Torres got his fourth RBI of the afternoon when he singled to score Taylor and extend the lead to 10-2.
Texas loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with Matthew Holzhammer, but the talented young pitcher was able to drop the hammer on the Longhorns with a final score of 10-2.
BIG NUMBER: 7
Louisiana got seven runs in the eighth inning, including six from a pair of three-run home runs.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Chase Morgan
The Sun Belt Freshman of the Year pitched 5.1 innings on Sunday, allowing 7 hits but only one run and striking out three to keep the game close and allow the offense a chance to explode late in the game.
UP NEXT: Louisiana will return to Blue Bell Park to host Texas A&M for the first time this weekend. The first launch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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