BOX SCORE (XML) | BOX SCORE (PDF)LAFAYETTE, La. – The New Orleans Privateers baseball team (14-30) commenced a sixth inning rally to tie the game, but fell short in a 6-3 loss to the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (29-15) on Wednesday evening at Tigue Moore Field.
Trailing 3-0 in the sixth, the Privateers got a one-out single by
Sam Carriere. After a strikeout,
Hezekiah Randolph pulled a double into left to score the first run. Then
Jonathan Santana came up and doubled to the gap on a breaking ball to tie the game at 3-3.
The Cajuns were able to take the lead right back in the bottom half of the frame. A lead-off walk was followed by a single to put runners on the corners with no outs. Dylan Butler then hit a ground ball to third and reached on a fielder's choice while the go-ahead run scored. Later in the inning, Nick Thurman hit an RBI single to push the Cajuns advantage to 5-3. The Cajuns closed the scoring on an RBI fielder's choice in the eighth.
The scoring started from one of three Privateers errors. After an error allowed the lead-off batter in the second inning to reach, Evan Powell drove in the first run on an RBI sacrifice fly. The Cajuns added two more in the fifth when Derek Herrington homered over the left field fence for his second round tripper of the season.
In the game, the Privateers had a 10-4 advantage in the hit column, but left a couple of opportunities on the base paths and committed three errors in the field. New Orleans used six different pitchers and
Hunter Medine (0-3) took the loss.
Randolph and
Ryan Calloway each had three hits. Privateer pitchers combined to record five strikeouts and issue six walks.
Parker Jones also worked a multi-hit night by going 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of singles. Randolph and Santana provided the two extra base hits for New Orleans on the evening.
Chris Charpentier picked up the win for the Cajuns to move to 4-3 on the season. Reagan Bazar and Dylan Moore combined to pitch a perfect eighth and ninth inning respectively. Moore picked up his seventh save of the year. Dylan Butler scored three of the Cajuns' six runs despite not collecting a hit in three at-bats.
The Privateers will return home to begin a weekend series against Abilene Christian on Friday. First pitch for the series opener is at 6:30 p.m.
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