No. 5/6 Chanticleers suffer setback in series opener at Louisiana

LAFAYETTE, La. – The No. 5/6 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers scored first and final on Friday night time, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient because the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the visiting Chanticleers 11-9 within the Solar Belt Convention collection opener in Lafayette, La.

The loss dropped Coastal to 26-14 general and 13-6 in Solar Play on the season, whereas Louisiana improved to 21-7 at dwelling on the season, 29-15 general on the yr, and 11-8 in league play with the win.

The loss marks the primary time this season that the Chanticleers have dropped greater than two video games in a row, with the skid now at three consecutive video games.

Coastal’s offense had 5 gamers with two hits apiece for the sport, led by tremendous senior Nick Fortunate (2-for-4, HR, 3B, BB, RBI, 2 runs) with a house run and a triple in his 2 hundredth profession recreation as a Chanticleer.

Fellow senior Zack Seashore (2-for-3, HR, BB, HBP, 4 RBIs, run) hit his twelfth dwelling run of the season and drove in a team-high 4 RBIs, whereas each Caden Bodine (2-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 runs) and Derek Bender (2-for-5, 2B, RBI) recorded an RBI double within the loss.

Louisiana’s offense had a season-high 16 base hits and scored 9 of their 11 runs with two outs, together with 4 unanswered runs within the backside of the primary inning to get the offense going.

Outfielder Will Veillon (2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 runs, SB) led the LA offense with two doubles, whereas second baseman John Taylor (3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBIs, run) drove in a team-high three RBIs. Fellow infielder Carson Roccaforte (3-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI, 2 runs) matched Taylor with a game-high three base hits, whereas six Ragin’ Cajuns had two hits or extra within the win.

Taking the loss for the Chants was sophomore hurler Matthew Potok (3-3), because the starter was not helped defensively in his 3.0-complete innings, permitting 9 runs, 5 of which have been earned, on 9 hits, one hit batter, and 4 walks. All 9 runs that he allowed got here with two outs.

The Coastal bullpen struck out 10 hitters and held the Cajuns to simply two runs on seven hits over the ultimate 5.0 innings, however the harm had been carried out with the 9 runs over the primary two innings of play.

Whereas the Chants’ offense drove Louisiana’s beginning pitcher Cooper Rawls out of the sport within the third inning, left-handed reliever Dylan Theut (2-0) was dominant out of the bullpen for the Cajuns as he gave up only one hit, walked one, and struck out two Chanticleer hitters over 5.0-scoreless innings to select up the win.

Each groups have been swinging sizzling bats to begin the competition, because the visiting Chanticleers received on the scoreboard first within the high of the primary inning on an RBI double down the first-base line from Bodine and a two-out RBI single off the bat of Seashore to take a 2-0 lead one at-bat into the competition.

Nevertheless, the offense carried over into the underside half of the inning, because the Ragin’ Cajuns took benefit of a two-out base hit, hit-by-pitch, and a Coastal throwing error to plate 4 unearned runs within the inning capped on a two-run double from Taylor to place the house group in entrance 4-2 after only one inning of play.

After each groups went three-up and three-down within the second body, the Chants scored two extra runs within the high of the third inning on a Bender RBI double and a Chad Born sacrifice fly to tie the sport up at 4-4.

Identical to within the first inning, the Ragin’ Cajuns answered the Chants’ scoring with runs of their very own within the backside half of the inning, once more coming with two outs, as the house group strung collectively six consecutive two-out base hits to attain 5 runs and run out in entrance at 9-4 heading into the fourth inning on a two-out RBI single from Max Marusak.

The Cajuns added one other run within the backside of the fourth with back-to-back singles and a double steal to go up 10-4, whereas the Chants’ offense was solely in a position to get a triple within the fifth body earlier than a Fortunate solo dwelling run over the wall in proper discipline within the high of the eighth put the guests down 10-5 heading into the underside of the eighth inning.

Louisiana used small ball within the backside half of the eighth inning so as to add one other insurance coverage run to the lead, as a double, sacrifice bunt, stroll, and a security squeeze play drove in another Cajun run to push the lead out to 6 at 11-5 with one inning left within the contest.

Refusing to go down and not using a struggle, the Chanticleers picked up a lead-off double from Payton Eeles to begin the ninth inning earlier than Graham Brown hit a missile off the wall in left discipline for an RBI single to place the rating at 11-6.

After back-to-back strikeouts put the Males in Teal all the way down to their final out, Fortunate drew an unintentional-intentional four-pitch stroll to place runners on first and second with two outs for Seashore, who blasted a ball 25 toes up the sunshine pole in left discipline for a three-run shot to trim the Cajuns’ result in 11-9.

Nevertheless, the Cajuns’ Blake Marshall received the following Coastal hitter to strike out swinging to finish the comeback bid and provides the house group the 11-9 series-opening win.

The Chants (26-14, 13-6 Solar Belt) and Ragin’ Cajuns (29-15, 11-8 Solar Belt) will play recreation two of the three-game Solar Belt Convention collection tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET.

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