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Two-Out Magic Carries Louisiana Past Horned Frogs, 7-6
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Julian Brock celebrated his 21st birthday with a game-tying, two-out RBI single within the sixth inning earlier than CJ Willis adopted one batter later with a triple because the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns used two-out magic to defeat No. 22-ranked TCU, 7-6, within the opening spherical of the NCAA Faculty Station Regional on Friday at Olsen Discipline at Blue Bell Park.
Louisiana (37-21), which received its season-high sixth consecutive recreation, superior within the winner’s bracket to face host and No. 5-ranked Texas A&M (38-18) on Saturday at 6 p.m. The sport will probably be streamed stay on ESPN+ and could be heard within the Lafayette space on KPEL-FM (96.5), the Varsity Community and the #GeauxCajuns app.
Making its first look within the NCAA Regionals since internet hosting in 2016, Louisiana collected seven of its eight hits and scored all of its runs with two outs. The Ragin’ Cajuns, who defeated their third straight ranked opponent, took a 3-0 lead within the second inning earlier than taking the lead for good within the sixth after TCU (36-21) took a 4-3 lead on Kurtis Byrne’s two-run single.
“Nothing fazes these youngsters,” mentioned Deggs. “They only stored working and stored going, and it paid off finally. Our baserunning pressured a few errors and we had been capable of steal a few bases. Our pace positively loosened issues up for us, and we got here up with some huge hits tonight too. I assumed (Will) Veillon’s first at-bat acquired us going, and Trey adopted that up. We’ve been actually good all yr with two strikes and two outs.”
Louisiana took a 2-0 lead within the second inning when Will Veillon drilled a fastball from TCU starter Riley Cornelio (4-5) over the left-field wall to drive in Brock, who reached when he was hit by a pitch.
Two pitches later, Trey LaFleur hammered a 1-0 fastball from Cornelio to right-center area to increase Louisiana’s result in 3-0.
TCU battled again within the third inning when Tommy Sacco hit his 13th dwelling run of the season when he related with a two-run blast off Louisiana starter Brandon Talley to chop the Ragin’ Cajuns result in 3-2.
The Horned Frogs would add a pair of unearned runs within the fifth to take their solely lead of the evening after getting their first two runners on base with a stroll and error. Garrison Berkley led off the inning with stroll off reliever Austin Perrin earlier than shifting to second when Elijah Nunez’s sacrifice bunt try was bobbled by Brock to place runners on first and second.
Bo Bonds (5-3) would exchange Perrin and strike out Sacco and get Brayden Taylor to floor out earlier than Byrne singled by the fitting facet to drive in each runners and provides TCU a 4-3 lead.
Brock would reply within the high of the sixth for Louisiana after TCU picked up a pair of outs when Tyler Robertson fouled out to first and Carson Roccaforte was thrown out on an in depth play at second.
After Heath Hood reached on a two-out stroll and stole second, Brock laced a single into proper area to drive in Hood and knot the sport at 4-4. Willis, who went 2-for-4 within the recreation, would then greet TCU reliever Luke Savage with a triple into the right-field nook and permitting Brock to attain from first to place Louisiana again on high, 5-4.
“Coach could be very huge on responding to our errors. I felt like, in that second, I needed to do one thing huge,” Brock mentioned. “There have been two outs, and that’s usually our bread and butter. I assumed that it was a superb alternative to tack on a run after Heath (Hood’s) stolen base that he had with a runner on second.”
Louisiana added a run within the seventh to take a 6-4 lead after Roccaforte reached on a two-out single, stole second and scored when Robertson’s infield chopper to the mound was thrown away by Taylor.
After TCU lower the deficit to 6-5 within the seventh on a solo dwelling run by Porter Brown, Louisiana would pressure one other error to push the lead again to 2 as Warnner Rincones’ chopper again to the mound was thrown away by reliever Drew Hill, permitting Willis to attain.
TCU added a run within the eighth on David Bishop’s two-out double and would threaten within the backside of the ninth after Austin Krob retired the Ragin’ Cajuns so as.
A two-out stroll by Nunez stored TCU alive earlier than Sacco drew a stroll off reliever Dylan Theut earlier than the southpaw acquired Taylor to hit a grounder to second to report his third save of the season.
“I assumed that it was a heck of a recreation, and one in all our greatest video games of the yr from a toughness and aggressiveness standpoint,” Deggs mentioned. “We simply stored coming and coming and coming. TCU is a extremely good ball membership and so they ran some good arms at us tonight. I assumed we did an amazing job of competing all evening on the bump, on the dish and particularly on the bases.”
Willis led Louisiana on the plate ending 2-for-4 whereas Brock scored a pair of runs for the Ragin’ Cajuns. Bonds picked up the victory for Louisiana after scattered three hits and putting out seven in 4.2 innings of motion.
Sacco and Bishop had two hits every for TCU, which is able to face Oral Roberts (38-19) in an elimination recreation at midday on Saturday.
“First, I wish to tip my hat to Louisiana,” TCU Affiliate Head Coach Invoice Mosiello mentioned. “They did a extremely good job of competing and stayed actually aggressive. We did a superb job of throwing a pair guys out and so they nonetheless had the heart to steal a bag that ended up being a giant run for them.”
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Louisiana is facing a record-breaking surge of whooping cough cases and is on track to surpass the highest number of reported cases in decades, state health officials said Wednesday.
The state has data on whooping cough, also known as pertussis, going back to the 1990s, said Teresa Sokol, state epidemiologist at the Department of Health. Previously, the highest case count was 214 cases in 2013.
“Our current trajectory with whooping cough cases this year means that we are unfortunately on track to surpass that number of cases, probably before the end of this year,” Sokol said.
During a press conference that incoming LDH Secretary Bruce Greenstein said was about transparency and protecting the public’s health, officials shared updates on both the measles and whooping cough outbreaks. While the state has successfully contained measles, whooping cough cases continue to rise, posing a significant risk to infants too young to be fully vaccinated.
Whooping cough cases rise
As of Wednesday, the state reported 170 whooping cough cases in 2025, surpassing the total of 153 cases recorded in all of last year. Since September 2024, the outbreak has led to 42 hospitalizations, with nearly 70% involving infants under one year old. Two infants have died, marking the first fatalities in Louisiana since 2018.
Newborns are especially vulnerable to whooping cough because they have immature immune systems, said Dr. Margot Anderson, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Tulane University. In older kids, the virus is usually an “annoyance,” but its lengthy contagious period makes it easy to spread.
“We used to call it the 100-day cough,” said Anderson. “They’re contagious for at least three weeks of coughing.”
Infants get their first pertussis vaccine at 2 months. To protect them, Anderson recommended what’s known as “cocooning” – keeping infants away from others until they get their first shot. She also recommended a booster shot during pregnancy to give the baby antibodies.
Five of the 42 hospitalized pertussis patients were vaccinated. Six had an unknown vaccination rate, and the remaining 31 were undervaccinated or unvaccinated.
One in three babies under the age of one who get whooping cough will be hospitalized, said Sokol.
“The younger the baby is, the more likely they’re going to have a severe illness,” she said.
Anyone who is going to be around the infant in early days, such as grandparents or siblings, should be up to date on the pertussis vaccine, which is given as part of the DTaP vaccine for children and the Tdap vaccine for adolescents and adults. Those vaccinecs also protect against diphtheria and tetanus.
It’s likely that whooping cough is going undetected in the state due to less frequent testing, said Sokol. Though Louisiana’s overall case rate for pertussis is lower than the national average, the rate of severe cases requiring hospitalization is significantly higher, at 15% compared to a national average of 5%.
Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham said Louisiana residents should consult health care providers if there are any concerns about a child’s health. He advised parents to seek medical attention if a child has symptoms like high fever, not eating, not drinking, or decreased urinary output.
“I would recommend talking to your health care provider if you have questions about your immunity to these diseases, because there are tests we can do to check your immunity,” Abraham said.
For those who do not have a regular health provider, Abraham recommended visiting a parish health unit.
Measles cases closed
On May 9, Louisiana closed the investigation that stemmed from a travel-related measles case in the New Orleans area in mid-April. One additional case was found through contact tracing, but that case was already past the incubation period when it was identified. According to Dr. Pete Croughan, 75 people were exposed, about half of whom were health care workers.
Two high-risk contacts received post-exposure drugs that are typically given to people who are unvaccinated, “which almost certainly prevented additional cases,” Croughan said.
These cases coincide with a national uptick, with over 1,000 confirmed measles cases across 31 states by early May, the highest annual total since 2019.
Approximately 96% of these cases have occurred in unvaccinated or under-vaccinated individuals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some parents have asked about giving their children an early measles vaccine before the typical timeline of one year. Anderson advised that since there is no evidence of active spread of measles within the state, early vaccination is generally not necessary, except in cases where a child may travel to areas with ongoing outbreaks.
Recent state policy changes have reduced proactive vaccine promotion, ending mass vaccination events like flu shot fairs and instructing public health employees to direct residents to their health care providers rather than actively recommending vaccines.
Abraham said he would not consider holding vaccine events for pertussis, but said the department was promoting the vaccine on its website, urging residents to speak with their physicians.
Access is a problem Anderson often sees in hospitalized patients with vaccine-preventable diseases.
“We were so interested in this problem of vaccine refusers or skeptics, but oftentimes it’s that they live in Tickfaw, or somewhere really rural, and don’t have transportation,” she said.
Australia’s Woodside Energy and Saudi Aramco have signed an agreement to explore cooperation opportunities that may include the Saudi company buying a stake in the Louisiana LNG project.
The agreement is non-binding, Woodside said, adding that it could involve “Aramco’s potential acquisition of an equity interest in and LNG offtake from the Louisiana LNG project.”
Woodside’s CEO, Meg O’Neill, said the deal was “another demonstration of the ongoing interest Louisiana LNG is generating among high-quality potential investors, following our recent agreement with Stonepeak to acquire a 40% interest in the project’s infrastructure holding company.”
The Australian energy major announced the final investment decision on the $17.5-billion facility in late April, with first production scheduled for 2029. The facility is designed to have three liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 16.5 million tons annually.
This would boost Woodside’s total LNG capacity to 24 million tons annually by next decade, the company said earlier. Woodside also has permits to expand the Louisiana LNG facility by another two trains, which would boost its capacity to a total 27.6 million tons annually.
Woodside bought the former Driftwood LNG project as part of its acquisition of Tellurian for $1.2 billion last year. The deal “adds a scalable US LNG development opportunity to our existing approximately 10 Mtpa of equity LNG in Australia,” Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill said at the time. Then, this year, reports emerged that Woodside was looking for partners in the projects, seeking to sell up to 50% of the ownership.
The Australian company has already sold a 40% stake in Louisiana LNG to infrastructure investors Stonepeak, with the latter committing to cover $5.7 billion of the total capex for the project, equal to 75% of the 2025 and 2026 capex. Woodside wants to sell another 20-30% in the project. Woodside eyes net operating cash income of some $2 billion annually from Louisiana LNG, beginning the 2030s.
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
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- British TikTokers Joshua Cauldwell-Clarke and Jason Riley visited Houma, Louisiana, documenting their culinary and wildlife experiences.
- The duo sampled barbecue at Big Mike’s BBQ Smokehouse, trying various dishes including brisket and ribs.
- They then embarked on a swamp tour with Cajun Man Swamp Tours, where they observed and fed alligators.
Two traveling British TikTokers visited Houma for some local flavor and to check out the wildlife.
Joshua Cauldwell-Clarke and Jason Riley are from Nottingham in the United Kingdom, best known from their on-camera reactions to American cuisine as @JohnandJase on TikTok. They currently are traveling through southern Louisiana. They stopped in Houma May 12, where they ate at Big Mike’s BBQ Smokehouse and then went on Cajun Man Swamp Tours.
“That’s the size of my head,” Cauldwell-Clarke said, holding a slab of brisket next to his head. He then took a bite, eyes rolling back as he chewed, “That’s good brisket.”
The two ate three trays of food and many large plastic cups of sides. Owner, operator and pitmaster Mike “Big Mike” Lewis was seated just off camera as the two ate. The meal included mac n cheese balls, ribs, brisket, beans, mac and cheese, green beans and banana pudding.
“They were pretty cool guys,” Lewis said. “It was fun.”
After scarfing down the massive meal, the two headed to the swamps with Captain Billy Gaston giving them an up-close experience with some alligators. Gaston is the owner and operator of Cajun Man Swamp Tours, which operates in Gibson.
“They wanted to wrestle the alligators, but I told ‘em my insurance wouldn’t cover it,” Gaston said.
Instead, he gave the two a long metal pole with a hook with pieces of chicken on the end, and the two fed the gators.
“They’re so strong aren’t they,” Riley said after the gator pulled the chicken from the pole.
While in Houma, the two announced they are having a raffle for Americans to visit the United Kingdom. To enter into the drawing click here, or visit their TikTok.
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