Wednesday night was a special night for Ragin’ Cajun baseball fans as UL Lafayette defeated second-ranked LSU 7-2 in front 5,700 fans, third largest crowd in school history. Coach Matt Deggs team scored three runs in the first and never trailed.
“I’m just so happy for our guys and the city of Lafayette and our university. It was such a special night,” Deggs said.
With the victory, the Cajuns improve to 10-3 on the season, while LSU fell to 11-3. Coach Jay Johnson started junior right-hander Gavin Guidry. Two errors in the first inning helped produce the three runs in the first inning.
“I thought he would get us off to a good start, and I don’t think he did anything not to get us off to a good start.
I think they played the game the way they wanted to play the game on us and did it. Like I said, I’m going to give them the credit,” Johnson said.
The Cajuns executed two hit-and-run plays successfully to spark the first inning rally. LSU was held to seven hits, and Cajuns freshman right-hander Sawyer Pruitt finished the game by throwing four scoreless innings. Deggs says he was not going to take Pruitt out of the game, because they wanted to win badly.
“This game meant a lot to a lot of different people that we don’t even know. Like, this is somebody’s bucket list tonight. And so to be able to have a performance like that means everything, and I’m proud of our guys,” Deggs said.
The Cajuns are in Texas for a three-game series at Dallas Baptist this weekend, while LSU hosts Sacramento State.
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