gameLOUISIANA notes BASEBALL RECORD: 13-3, 0-0 SBC Week No. 5 / March 15-17, 2013 Day Date Opponent Time/Result Fri. Feb. 15 Central Michigan W, 12-6 Sat. Feb. 16 Central Michigan W, 5-3 THIS WEEK IN RAGIN’ CAJUNS BASEBALL Sat. Feb. 16 Central Michigan W, 5-4 Sun. Feb. 17 Central Michigan L, 2-10 Date ..........Opponent (Location), Time .....................................................................Media Coverage Wed. Feb. 20 Northwestern State W, 12-3 Mar. 15 ......vs. ULM (M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field), 6 p.m. ...................1420 AM & 96.5 FM/Live Stats/RCN Fri. Feb. 22 UTSA W, 18-6 Sat. Feb. 23 UTSA W, 9-6 Mar. 16 ......vs. ULM (M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field), 2 p.m. ......................96.5 FM/Live Stats/RCN/MyKLAF Sun. Feb. 24 UTSA W, 2-1 Mar. 17 ......vs. ULM (M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field), 1 p.m. .....................................96.5 FM/Live Stats/RCN Tues. Feb. 26 LSU L, 2-11 Live Stats = available at RaginCajuns.com Wed. Feb. 27 Nicholls State W, 5-1 RCN = Video on Ragin’ Cajuns Network All-Acess (RaginCajuns.com) Fri. Mar. 1 Sacred Heart W, 4-2 = live telecast on MyKLAF (Cox cable 13, DirecTV 62, LUS Fiber 13) Sat. Mar. 2 Sacred Heart W, 8-2 MyKLAF Sun. Mar. 3 Sacred Heart W, 4-3 Tues. Mar. 5 New Orleans ppd. Fri. Mar. 8 at Southern Miss L, 2-9 LOUISIANA ULM Sat. Mar. 9 at Southern Miss W, 13-4 2013 Record _____________________13-3 2013 Record _____________________ 8-9 Sun. Mar. 10 at Southern Miss W, 9-1 2013 Sun Belt Record ______________ 0-0 2013 Sun Belt Record ______________ 0-0 Fri. Mar. 15 ULM* 6:00 PM Current Streak __________________Won 2 Current Streak __________________Lost 4 Sat. Mar. 16 ULM* 2:00 PM Sun. Mar. 17 ULM* 1:00 PM Last Weekend ___March 8-10 at Southern Miss Last Weekend ______ March 8-9 vs. NW State Tues. Mar. 19 Southern 6:00 PM L, 2-9; W, 13-4; W, 9-1 W, 4-2 (10); L, 5-7; L, 3-4 Fri. Mar. 22 at Middle Tennessee* 6:00 PM Head Coach _____________ Tony Robichaux Head Coach ____________Jeff Schnexnaider Sat. Mar. 23 at Middle Tennessee* 4:00 PM UL Record ______ 644-442-1 (19th season) ULM Record ________176-186 (7th season) Sun. Mar. 24 at Middle Tennessee* 1:00 PM Tues. Mar. 26 at Southeastern La. 6:00 PM Career Record ___ 907-619-1 (27th season) Career Record _________________ Same Fri. Mar. 29 at WKU* 6:00 PM Series vs. ULM ______ Louisiana leads 66-52 Series vs. UL ____________ ULM trails 52-66 Sat. Mar. 30 at WKU* 3:00 PM Website ___________ www.RaginCajuns.com Website __________ www.ULMWarhawks.com Sun. Mar. 31 at WKU* 1:00 PM Up Next _____________Mar. 19 vs. Southern Up Next ________ Mar. 19 at Grambling State Tues. Apr. 2 McNeese State 6:00 PM Fri. Apr. 5 Troy* 6:00 PM Sat. Apr. 6 Troy* 6:00 PM Sun. Apr. 7 Troy* 1:00 PM PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Tues. Apr. 9 Tulane 6:00 PM Wed. Apr. 10 at Northwestern State 6:30 PM FRIDAY Fri. Apr. 12 at UALR* 6:00 PM Sat. Apr. 13 at UALR* 4:00 PM UL - Jr., LHP Ryan Wilson (1-1, 2.00 ERA) vs. ULM - Jr., RHP Carey Taylor (1-1, 3.26 ERA) Sun. Apr. 14 at UALR* 1:00 PM Tues. Apr. 16 at Nicholls State 6:30 PM SATURDAY Fri. Apr. 19 Florida Atlantic* 6:00 PM UL - So., RHP Austin Robichaux (2-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. ULM - Sr., RHP Cale Wine (2-2, 2.33 ERA) Sat. Apr. 20 Florida Atlantic* 6:00 PM Sun. Apr. 21 Florida Atlantic* 12:00 PM SUNDAY Tues. Apr. 23 at McNeese State 6:30 PM UL - Jr., LHP Cody Boutte (3-0, 5.59 ERA) vs. ULM - Jr., LHP Alex Dumaine (1-0, 2.40 ERA) Wed. Apr. 24 Southeastern La. 6:00 PM Fri. Apr. 26 at FIU* 5:00 PM (CDT) Sat. Apr. 27 at FIU* 3:00 PM (CDT) Sun. Apr. 28 at FIU* 9:00 AM (CDT) RAGIN’ CAJUNS AT A GLANCE Tues. Apr. 30 at Houston 6:30 PM Fri. May 3 Arkansas State* 6:00 PM Overall................................................................13-3 Extra Innings ........................................................0-0 Sat. May 4 Arkansas State* 6:00 PM Sun Belt Conference .............................................0-0 Scoring First .........................................................9-0 Sun. May 5 Arkansas State* 1:00 PM Midweek Games ...................................................2-1 Opponent Scores First ..........................................4-3 Fri. May 10 South Alabama* 6:00 PM Versus Ranked Opponents ....................................0-1 Scoring 5+ runs .................................................10-0 Sat. May 11 South Alabama* 6:00 PM Versus Louisiana Schools .....................................2-1 Scoring less than 5 runs ......................................3-3 Sun. May 12 South Alabama* 1:00 PM Thur. May 16 at ULM* 6:00 PM Home ..................................................................11-2 February ...............................................................8-2 Fri. May 17 at ULM* 6:00 PM Road.....................................................................2-1 March ...................................................................5-1 Sat. May 18 at ULM* 6:00 PM Neutral .................................................................0-0 April .....................................................................0-0 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Day .......................................................................7-1 May ......................................................................0-0 Wed.-Sun. May 22-26 (M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field) Night ....................................................................6-2 Tuesdays ..............................................................0-1 NCAA REGIONALS Versus Left-Handed Starter .................................. 5-2 Wednesdays .........................................................2-0 Fri.-Mon. May 31-June 3 (Campus Sites) Versus Right-Handed Starter ............................... 8-1 Thursdays.............................................................0-0 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Fri.-Mon. June 7-10 (Campus Sites) Game 1 of Weekend Series ...................................3-1 Fridays .................................................................3-1 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Game 2 of Weekend Series ...................................4-0 Saturdays .............................................................5-0 Sat.-Wed. June 15-26 (TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb.) Game 3 of Weekend Series ...................................4-0 Sundays ...............................................................3-1 One-Run Games ...................................................3-0 Weekend Series Wins-Loss ...................................4-0 * Sun Belt Conference game Two-Run Games ...................................................2-0 Series Sweeps/Been Swept ................................... 2/0 Dates and Times subject to change Home Games in BOLD 5+ Run Games .....................................................6-3 Longest W/L Streak......................... Won 4 (2x)/Lost 1 2013 RAGIN’ CAJUNS BASEBALL LOUISIANA BASEBALL GAME NOTES STATISTICAL COMPARISON PLAY BALL The Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team returns to M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field for the start of Sun Belt Conference play Friday-Sunday, March 15-17 meeting in-state rival ULM. The CATEGORY LOUISIANA ULM series with the Warhawks opens a 10-week stretch of conference battles to finish out Batting Average .308 .235 the 2013 season. At Bats 542 570 ROUND ONE Runs Scored 112 89 The Sun Belt Conference has continued the schedule model that features teams Hits 167 134 facing their geographic rival twice – at the start of league play and end of league play – to keep the league schedule at 30 games. Louisiana and ULM begin SBC play this Doubles 35 34 weekend at “The Tigue” and conclude league play May 16-18 in Monroe. Triples 6 2 YEAR NO. 22 IN SUN BELT Home Runs 10 10 The Cajuns are entering their 22nd season of competition in the Sun Belt Conference. RBI 100 74 Since joining the league in 1992, Louisiana has accrued a league mark of 344-212 Total Bases 244 202 (.619) and claimed six conference championships SB-SBA 14-of-23 23-of-33 PASSED THE TEST Slugging Percentage .450 .354 The Cajuns proved they could win away from “The Tigue”. After spending the first three On-Base Percentage .389 .330 weekends at home, Louisiana took in its first road series at Southern Miss last weekend and came away with a series victory, outscoring the Golden Eagles 22-5 after falling in Walks 57 67 the series opener. Hit by Pitch 21 17 4-for-4 Strikeouts (batting) 101 132 Louisiana’s series win at Southern Miss kept the team perfect (4-for-4) in weekend Innings Pitched 143.0 150.0 series, having earned the series win each weekend thus far in 2013. Runs Allowed 72 80 THE ULM SERIES (Louisiana leads 66-52) Earned Runs Allowed 70 70 Louisiana holds the all-time lead, but the series record has been even since the Team Earned Run Average 3.78 4.20 Warhawks joined the Sun Belt in 2007 with the teams splitting 24 meetings. The Hits Allowed 146 165 Cajuns are 2-7 against ULM at “The Tigue” in SBC play. The Warhawks swept the Cajuns in the 2012 season finale at “The Tigue” which prevented Louisiana from Strikeouts (pitching) 107 97 qualifying for the SBC Tournament. Louisiana had won three of the previous four series Saves 6 3 prior to the Warhawks’ sweep. Louisiana is 23-18 vs. ULM in the Tony Robichaux era. Errors 18 20 QUICK RESET Fielding Percentage .970 .970 After having a midweek game with UNO postponed due to the Privateers being unable Double Plays Turned 19 17 to travel (mid-term exams), Louisiana made its first road trip of 2013 traveling to Left On Base 128 136 Hattiesburg, Miss., to meet Southern Miss at Pete Taylor Park. USM built a 6-0 lead after three innings and followed the complete game effort from Andrew Pierce to a 9-2 series opener victory on Friday. UL drew even on Saturday, exploding for 11 runs over the middle innings to break open a 4-3 contest. Cord Cockrell held USM scoreless ON DECK FOR LOUISIANA and to just three hits over the final 4 1/3 innings as the Cajuns won 13-4. On Sunday, Austin Robichaux no-hit USM through four complete, then after USM scored in the fifth TUESDAY, MARCH 19 inning to cut the lead to 3-1 the Cajuns executed three straight bunts in the sixth to Opponent: Southern recapture the momentum in a 9-1 win.