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Louisiana Baseball Midweek Update Wednesday, April 25, 2012 vs. McNeese State M.L. “Tigue” Field (3,755) | Lafayette, La. | 6 p.m. Sun Belt Champions (1992, 1994, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2010) NCAA Regionals (1988, 1990-92, 1997-2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010) NCAA Super Regionals (1999, 2000) College World Series (2000) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS LOUISIANA McNEESE STATE Fr., RHP Austin Robichaux VS. Jr., LHP Trey McGee (0-4, 3.45 ERA) (2-0, 0.55 ERA) Final Midweek Home Game: The Ragin’ Cajuns host their final midweek home game of the 2012 season on Wednesday, April 25 welcoming Interstate 10 rival STATISTICAL COMPARISON McNeese State to M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. It will be the 148th installment of the Cajuns- CATEGORY LOUISIANA McNEESE Cowboys rivalry. Overall Record 18-21 17-20 Well Acquainted: The series with McNeese State is the most-played in UL Conference Record 7-11 11-10 baseball history, with Wednesday’s contest marking the 148th meeting. When the two clubs Batting Average .259 .242 met on March 7 in Lake Charles, that meeting broke a tie with UNO (146 meetings) for the most-played series. At Bats 1284 1225 Home Streak vs. McNeese: The Ragin’ Cajuns have won the last seven Runs Scored 179 145 meetings with McNeese at “The Tigue”. The last loss to MSU at home came on March 9, 2005. Hits 332 297 Teacher vs. Pupil: When Louisiana head coach Tony Robichaux was the head Doubles 66 58 coach at McNeese State (1987-94), current Cowboys head coach Terry Burrows pitched Triples 10 5 for Robichaux. Burrows was the first Robichaux product drafted by a Major League Baseball Home Runs 11 14 team when he was selected by the Texas Rangers in 1990. Total Bases 451 407 Where It All Began: Cajuns head coach Tony Robichaux has special ties with McNeese. He’s a former player and 1986 graduate of McNeese and began his coaching career RBI 163 125 there in 1987. Robichaux spent eight seasons as the Cowboys’ skipper compiling a 263-177 SB-SBA 45-of-70 47-of-61 record. Robichaux is the all-time winningest coach at McNeese and is also the all-time Slugging Percentage .351 .332 winningest coach in UL history. Robichaux has guided the Cajuns to 14-4 mark at "The On-Base Percentage .341 .323 Tigue" against his former ball club. Walks 144 110 The McNeese Series (UL leads 85-62): Series has been an annual recurrence since 1988. In fact, 1973, 1985 and 1987 are the only three seasons that programs Hit by Pitch 26 40 didn’t meet since 1972 (span of 41 seasons).UL holds a 22-16 edge during the Tony Strikeouts (Batting) 289 262 Robichaux era. UL has won 10 of the last 12 meetings, overall. Wednesday’s contest marks Innings Pitched 344.0 332.0 the 19th meeting in Lafayette in the Tony Robichaux Era with Louisiana holding a 14-4 edge. Runs Allowed 178 195 Schools were Southland Conference foes from 1973 through 1982 and Louisiana posted a 23- 19 series record during that time frame. Team ERA 3.72 4.45 Quick Reset: The Cajuns were dealt a Sun Belt series loss for the second straight Strikeouts (Pitching) 265 197 weekend as South Alabama took 2-of-3 at Stanky Field in Mobile, Ala. USA rallied in the Saves 10 8 seventh inning on Friday with three runs off of Caleb Kellogg to post a 7-5 win. In the sixth, Errors 49 55 the Cajuns had a three-run rally of their own keyed by a two-RBI double from Jace Fielding Percentage .968 .963 Conrad. On Saturday, Chris Griffitt and Cord Cockrell limited the Jags’ bats to one run and the offense strung together five runs from the second through fourth inning to build a Double Plays 26 37 comfortable lead. On Sunday, USA had eight consecutive batters reach base in the fourth inning which led to a four-spot that put the Jaguars up 5-2 and reliever Kyle Bartsch ended a Louisiana: Tony Robichaux (626-430-1 at UL, 18th) Cajuns rally in the eighth inning with a bases-loaded strikeout. (889-607-1 overall, 26th) Sweepstakes: Louisiana attempts to post a season series sweep of McNeese State for the fourth time in the past six seasons. The Cajuns swept the Cowboys three straight McNeese: Terry Burrows (108-149 at McNeese, 5th) seasons from 2007-09. MSU picked up wins in Lake Charles in 2010 and 2011 to earn a split. th (108-149 overall, 5 ) Another Robichaux Era Milestone: Saturday’s 6-1 win over South Alabama marked the 300th Sun Belt victory of the Tony Robichaux era. UL is currently 300- 181 in SBC play in 18-plus seasons under Robichaux. On Deck for Louisiana Freshman Phenom: Dylan Butler is on pace to become the first Cajuns freshman to FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 27-29 lead the team in RBI since the program moved to Division I status in 1972. Butler’s 36 RBI are well ahead of the team’s second-leading run producer (20 by Chase Compton/Ryan Leonards) with 15 Opponent: UALR regular season games remaining. Site: Little Rock, Ark. | Gary Hogan Field Freshman Phenom, Part 2: Dylan Butler needs four (4) more RBI to become Game Times: 6 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 1 p.m. the first freshman with 40 RBI since Les Smith tallied 41 in 2009. He’s on pace for 50 RBI which would mark the most RBI by a true freshman since Jonathan Lucroy tallied 48 in 2005. FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 4-6 Picking Up Steam: Dylan Butler’s five RBI last week marked his highest weekly Opponent: Troy total since tallying eight RBI the week of March 12-18 and upped his team-leading season total to 36. Site: Lafayette, La. | M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field Turning the Corner: The Ragin’ Cajuns bats posted double figure hits in three of Game Times: 6 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 1 p.m. four games last week, totaling 41 hits and a .295 average. Date Opponent Time (CT) Louisiana Quality Starts (At least 6 IP, 3 earned runs or less) 2/18 vs. Wichita State# W, 1-0 Date IP H ER K 2/19 vs. Santa Clara# L, 5-8 2/20 at Texas State# L, 5-9 Jordan Nicholson (2/19 vs. Santa Clara) 6.0 4 2 6 2/22 at Southeastern La. L, 5-6 Jordan Nicholson (2/25 vs. Towson) 6.0 2 0 4 2/24 TOWSON W, 6-5 (11) Jordan Nicholson (3/9 vs. Southern Miss) 6.0 6 3 5 2/25 TOWSON (MyKLAF) W, 11-1 Jordan Harrison (3/10 vs. Southern Miss) 6.0 7 3 4 2/26 TOWSON W, 6-2 Jordan Nicholson (3/16 at La.-Monroe) 9.0 4 0 6 2/28 ALCORN STATE W, 6-4 3/2 vs. Gonzaga$ L, 1-6 Jordan Nicholson (3/23 vs. Arkansas State) 6.0 6 2 5 3/3 vs. Kansas$ W, 8-6 Austin Robichaux (4/3 vs. Southeastern La.) 8.2 4 0 4 3/4 at Texas-San Antonio$ L, 2-5 Chris Griffitt (4/7vs. Western Kentucky) 6.1 5 0 8 3/6 HOUSTON W, 3-1 Jordan Harrison (4/8 vs. Western Kentucky) 9.0 1 1 11 3/7 at McNeese State W, 14-8 3/9 SOUTHERN MISS W, 12-5 Jordan Nicholson (4/13 vs. FIU) 7.0 5 2 2 3/10 SOUTHERN MISS (MyKLAF) L, 3-4 (11) Chris Griffitt (4/21 at South Alabama) 6.0 6 1 2 3/11 SOUTHERN MISS L, 3-11 3/13 SOUTHERN W, 6-5 3/16 at La.-Monroe* W, 5-0 ` 3/17 at La.-Monroe* W, 5-3 (10) 3/18 at La.-Monroe* L, 5-7 3/20 TULANE (MyKLAF) ppd. weather 3/21 at Northwestern State ppd. weather 3/23 ARKANSAS STATE* W, 9-2 3/24 ARKANSAS STATE* (MyKLAF) L, 4-6 3/25 ARKANSAS STATE* L, 7-8 Weekend Series Tracker 3/28 at #15 LSU L, 0-5 3/30 at Florida Atlantic* L, 3-7 Series G1 G2 G3 Result 3/31 at Florida Atlantic* L, 2-5 Towson (Feb. 24-26) W, 6-5 (11) W, 11-1 W, 6-2 3-0 (W) Southern Miss (March 9-11) W, 12-5 L, 3-4 (11) L, 3-11 1-2 (L) 4/1 at Florida Atlantic* L, 3-8 La.-Monroe (March 16-18) W, 5-0 W, 5-3 (10) L, 5-7 2-1 (W) 4/3 SOUTHEASTERN LA L, 1-2 4/6 WESTERN KY* L, 2-6 Arkansas State (March 23-25) W, 9-2 L, 4-6 L, 7-8 1-2 (L) Florida Atlantic (March 30-April 1) L, 3-7 L, 2-5 L, 3-8 0-3 (L) 4/7 WESTERN KY* (MyKLAF) W, 1-0 Western Kentucky (April 6-8) L, 2-6 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 2-1 (W) 4/8 WESTERN KY* W, 2-1 FIU (April 13-15) L, 1-2 W, 5-4 L, 1-2 1-2 (L) 4/10 at Southern L, 2-3 South Alabama (April 20-22) L, 5-7 W, 6-1 L, 3-5 1-2 (L) 4/13 FIU* L, 1-2 UALR (April 27-29) 4/14 FIU* (MyKLAF) W, 5-4 Troy (May 4-6) 4/15 FIU* (Sun Belt Network) L, 1-2 Middle Tennessee (May 11-13) 4/17 at Northwestern State canceled La.-Monroe (May 17-19) 4/18 NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 10-8 4/20 at South Alabama* L, 5-7 4/21 at South Alabama* W, 6-1 10 or More Run Games (4 Total; 4-0 record) 4/22 at South Alabama* L, 3-5 Game Runs Scored Result 4/25 MCNEESE STATE 6:00 PM Feb.