6:45 LRN Sportscast April 19

What a finish last night to the four game series between 13th ranked Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss as first baseman Manny Garcia launched a walk-off, two-run homer over the left-field wall to give the Bulldogs a seven to six win over the Golden Eagles as the two Conference USA opponents ended up splitting the four-game series. The four games were decided by a total of five runs.

The Ragin Cajuns scored one run in a four-to-one loss to South Alabama yesterday. The two teams will play a doubleheader in Mobile today. ULM defeated Little Rock five to three to improve to four and ten in the Sun Belt.

LSU is four and eleven in the SEC after losing a series to 11th ranked South Carolina. Coach Paul Mainieri says losing the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader was tough…
cut 16 (11) “…for us”

LSU’s four quarterbacks combined to throw for 512 yards and four touchdowns in Saturday’s spring game. Coach Ed Orgeron liked what he saw….
Cut 18 (24)”…lot better.”
Orgeron also says the defense played solid football on Saturday as the first and second-team defenses produced five interceptions, 13 pass breakups, and five sacks.

Southern crushed Grambling 49-7 in the Bayou Classic but did not make the F-C-S playoffs. The same for Southeastern Louisiana as they lost Southern Illinois on Saturday.

And the Pelicans blew another late lead and lost to the Knicks in overtime 122 to 112 yesterday as New Orleans has lost three straight.