The Ragin Cajuns took down the number one baseball team in the country last night as they defeated LSU eight to five at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers committed a couple of errors and their outfielders lost two balls in the twilight. Coach Jay Johnson says they gave U-L Lafayette opportunities to win the game…
cut 20 (10) “….did that”
David Christie threw a career-high six innings in relief for his first win of the season and Heath Hood and Conor Higgs each hit home runs for the Cajuns first win against a number number one ranked team since 2014.
Louisiana Tech won its fourth straight last night as the Bulldogs defeated Southern Miss three to one at J-C Love Field. Reed Smith was the winning pitcher as he allowed one run over five innings. Jorge Corona also homered for Tech.
At LSU’s Spring game. it will be offense versus defense and they will also feature special teams work and special teams struggled last season. John Jancek is the Tigers new special teams coordinator and Jancek has spent time looking at what went wrong last season…
Cut 18 (21) “…move forward.”
Jancek is a former defensive coordinator at Georgia and Tennessee and this is his first stint as a special teams coordinator.
LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon has signed another Baton Rouge native out of the transfer portal. Carlos Stewart who played at Dunham High School has signed at LSU after two solid seasons at Santa Clara. Stewart played averaged 15 points a game last season and was the team’s second leading scorer.