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Speaker 1: Ragon Cagen's baseball seas their twenty twenty six campaign come

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to an end in the Starkville Regional. Let's recap it

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here on Raging Rundown's. Good ladies and gentlemen, and welcome

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to another episode of Raging Rundown, the show where you

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will know all things U O Sports. I'm your guy,

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JaMarcus Fitzpatrick, but you know you can always call me fits.

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And on today's episode we will be talking about Louisiana

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baseball and putting a bow on the season that was

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for the Raging Cagens as they fall in the Starkville

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Regional to the host of Mississippi State. But before we

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get into that, let's look back at the Sunday that

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they had to play the game. First. At the beginning

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of the day, they had to play against Cincinnati just

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to make it to the regional final. The Cajuns would

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go down two to nothing to the Bearcats. In the

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first inning, they would go down to to nothing. Drew

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Marco had a response in the bottom of the second

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with a solo home run. After that, Blade Rodriguez had

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an RBI on a fielder's choice situation where Donovan Lasal

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would be able to score. Right after that, Mark Collins

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hits an RBI single and the Cajuns are up three

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to two. They would later extend their lead in the

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bottom of the third to five to two, as Donovan

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Lasal hit one of two home runs that he had

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in this contest. So now it's five to two Cincinnati.

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We knew how powerful their bets were. They come back

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with a haymaker. They hit a two run bomb, they

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make it five four. Eventually as we go down to

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the top of the six they would tie it at

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five apiece, and then they went back in front and

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go up six to five going into the sixth inning.

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The bottom of the six once again Donovi Lasu comes

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with a response. He hits his second home run, a

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solo bomb. I believe it was this twelfth of the

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season that ties it up at six apiece, and then

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the Cajuns would take the lead. In the bottom of

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the sixth, Blais Reverrigquez comes up with another RBI, this

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time on a single, and it is seven to six

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at that point, and after that they would just be

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able to battle through this one and hold on to

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be able to win it eight to six. Coke Brown

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gave you an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh,

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and from there they were able to hold off the

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bear Catcher as they continue to be scrappy since he

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goes line out, flyout, lineout on the top of the eighth,

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and then in the night they go fly out, strike out,

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They get a single up the middle, Uo has a

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mountain visit, they have a single, and then they have

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a groundout to end the game. Cajuns win it eight

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to six, and it was really just a sign of

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how resilient this team was and how willing they were

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to not back down and not quit. Andrewman was a

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perfect example of that. He gets the start in this one,

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his final collegiate start. He goes five innings, he allows

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three hits and four earned runs. He strikes out eight

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batters and draws ninety eight pitches. So he just kept

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chipping away, finding a way to battle in this one,

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and offensively, they gave him run support to make sure

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that even though he gave up runs and even though

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Cincinnati got good hits and good contact against him, they

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were able to pull this. When Ale Tyler Papenbrock was

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able to get the win and slam the door shut

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as he went four innings, allowing four hits, one earned

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run on seventy seven total pitches, which I think may be,

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if not a season high for him, it may have

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been one of his longer outings, which we've talked about before.

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That's exactly what the Cagens needed because of the lack

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of depth that they had out of the bullpen, which

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we're going to get into that now. Talking about the

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regional final that the Cagns played in against Mississippi State,

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and it was a long night, to say the least,

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this game, I want to say, in right around four hours.

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The final out I think was recorded a little bit

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after eleven o'clock. And the team I would not say

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was tired, but you could sense the fatigue out of

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the bullpen. You are were about as just as then

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as you could have possibly been. You've played eleven games

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and thirteen days up until that point, and you played

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seven games and games in six days during the Sunbeill

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Conference tournament just to make it to a regional and

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this is where that where and tear finally reared as

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ugly head in the regional final agains Mississippi State. So

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the Cajuns they bust back to the hotel, and we

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were told that they would shower up, change uniforms and

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come back. I look across the field, they've changed dugouts

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and we're in the same white uniforms that they wore

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earlier in the day. Blaze Rodriguez, his was basically completely

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brown and had tip to him. Also on the defensive play,

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I forgot to mention that he had a great day

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at the plate, but he also had some huge diff

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defensive plays like some sports in the top ten defensive

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plays that he had in that matchup, And like I said,

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that was just a sign of how resilience some of

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those guys had been and how they had that no

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quit attitude. He was two for four, two RBI. Donovolosal

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was three for four and had three RBI. So those

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were kind of your main guys that stood out in

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the win over Cincinnati. But then you get to the

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night game against Mississippi State, and right out of the gate,

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it gets to be a home run party. The Bulldogs

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that is, would score three solo home runs between the

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first and second inning. They would take a three nothing lead,

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and then in the top of the or excuse me,

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the bottom of the third because they had the Cajun's

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batting as the home team in this one. Noah Lewis

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would hit a solo home run in the bottom of

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the third inning. Huge moment for the young freshman because

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he's not a power hitter, so that was just his

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third home run of the season, but to see him

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be able to get that one was big in that moment,

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and you felt like it was a window of opportunity

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where if the Cajuns could have gotten things going, because

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by no means were the bats not in a position

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where they couldn't hit. They got thirteen hits on Mississippi State,

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but they just weren't able to drive in some of

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the runs. I'll look back to see how many they

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left on base, but I know that it was quite

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a few guys that they left on base. We get

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to the fourth inning and we see Mississippi State just

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extend their lead. They go up four to nothing after

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an RBI single, five or excuse me, four to one

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after an RBI single, five to one after another RBI single,

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and then a two run bomb makes it seven to one,

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and the fifth they would extend it to eight to

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one after an RBI single and then a double steal

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kind of happens where the Kajuns are able to score

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another run that makes it eight to two. Cole Brown

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would hit a solo home run to make it eight

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to three in the bottom of the sixth, and then

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from there that's when the floodgates started to open up

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even more, as the Bulldogs had a five spot in

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the seventh, a fourth spot in the eighth, and they

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also had a fourth spot there in the fourth, and

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they just continued to run away with things. The lead

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a mass scene and ballooning to as large as nineteen

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to five with that being the final score. Even a

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Grand Slam happening, I think in the in the in

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the top of the ninth, if I'm not mistaken, it

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was one of those instances that I want, Yeah, in

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the top of the ninth, the Grand Slam happens. And

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it was just a long night. It was absolutely long night,

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and you could tell that these guys were worn out.

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They were in a position where they just simply ran

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out of bullets in this one, you know, looking at

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the amount of times that guys were left on base,

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you had eleven base runners that you left on. Mark

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Collins was left on four times. Marco was left on

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three times. Donavolasu and Madix Mendino will both left on twice,

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and if I'm not mistaken, there was an instance where

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they left the bases loaded in this one. So that

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was something that had happened quite a few times, not

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just in this postseason, but throughout the season, was stranding

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base runners in key situations. And you know, once again

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you combine that with the pitching depth being just worn

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down at this point, it was a recipe for disaster.

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As Mississippi State took advantage of it fully, the Cages

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would end up pitching nine guys. Saw your crew it

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got the start, but he only lasted one in a

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third inning. After that, Ty Roman goes two and a third.

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They are to let goes two in a third. Heaton

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Pearson does not last an inning, even through Landon Victorian

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in there at that point, they're just putting arms out there,

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letting guys get opportunities. Landon Victorian goes an inning called

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Flannigan goes two thirds him Ryland does not last in

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any He throws eleven pitches. Your carter throws eleven pitches

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and last two thirds. And Andrew Herman in a kind

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of Kodek moments or a hallmark type of moment, gets

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a final bow as he goes to third innings and

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tosses ninety or excuse me, twenty three pitches. He threw

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ninety eight earlier in the day, so well over one

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hundred in that same day for the lefty. I think

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even Jose Torres got in and got his final at

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bat into a groundout. So you saw a lot of

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fight in this team. But like I said, the arms

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out of their bullpen were just worn down at this

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point and the battle that they had to face was

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just an uphill climb. Mississippi State was well rested and

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you could tell by the way that they were able

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to dominate this one. Mississippi State ends up scoring nineteen

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runs on twenty hits, and like I said, you have

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to tip your cap to them. They were a well

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battle tested team and the way that they were able

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to compete throughout this regional they did not lose a

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single one and everyone one of the games that they

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played in they dominated them. So kudos to the Bulldogs

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for making it to the super Regional. They will take

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on Georgia this next weekend, and now Louisiana will have

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to look ahead towards the future and try to see

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what they can do to not just be able to

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get back to a regional, but potentially be able to

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host one. Head coach Mad Diggs actually talk about that

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in post game, and we're gonna break down some of

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what he said when we return right here on Raging Rundown. Hey, guys,

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thank you so much for tuning into another episode of

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Raging Rundown. We're gonna get back into the action in

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of more Raging Cajun fans just like yourself. So, the

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twenty twenty sixth season is officially over for Louisiana Baseball,

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and now you have to look towards the future. The

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Transfer Portal has already come into effect. Jas Lecava has

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announced his intentions to enter the portal an outfielder for

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you and Cohen Alfonso A Picture has already announced his

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departure from the program as well. Both of those guys

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were not with you here in Starkville. So you've lost

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two guys to the Portal. Murphy Brooks announced that he

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would medically retire. So those are three guys that you

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no longer have on your team. And then you're gonna

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lose five seniors. So when we're looking at your roster,

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you've got two cornerstone guys and Jose Torres and Andrew

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Herman and also Liamede. So three cornerstone guys that have

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been a part of this program and have seen it.

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Liamede obviously being there all four, and then Jose and

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Andrew Herman are Herman, I'm hearing Coach Diggs say it

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in my head, and there was actually a time when

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I was saying his last name like that. But Andrew Herman,

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those were two guys that transferred into the program as well,

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Tyler Papenbrock Giberto Hernandez as well. So you're gonna lose

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those five guys. That's what's gonna be leaving your program.

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You've lost three, two to the Portal and then one

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to a medical retirement. So you're down eight guys, and

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I'm not sure if Coach Diggs was pointing to Cody

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Brash going into the MLB Draft, but I remember hearing

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him correctly. He said something about having to replace Cody Brash,

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So I'm assuming in that moment. I have not confirmed

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it with Cody yet, but I will reach out to

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him just to see if he does plan on having

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the intentions to enter the MLB Draft and if he

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gets selected, would he go ahead and take that opportunity

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to go to the big leagues. So you're talking about

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eight guys and potentially nine being out of the mix.

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So with that in mind, you would have twenty four

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guys coming back. Obviously, the big thing that you're gonna

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want to prioritize is the big four in your freshman class.

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Finding way to retain those guys. We know what that means.

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It's June first. The transfer portal is officially open and

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it will stay open for a thirty day window and

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close on June thirtieth. So the team will have to

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be able to hold the rope and find a way

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to retain those guys. We're talking about catcher Colt Brown,

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We're talking about picture Saw your pruit. We're talking about

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short stop Blaze Rodriguez, who was phenomenal throughout this regional

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and was the long Cajun to be named All Regional,

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and then outfielder Noah Lewis. All of those guys were

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all summed ult freshman team members and they will be

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foundational pieces to the success of what you can have

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toward the future. Head coach Matt Diggs said, and post

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how you know, you combine what they have would what

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they could potentially have come in And I'm not exactly

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sure about the signing class that they have. I know

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one of them is picture Evan Vincent because he's from

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Turlin's Catholic in the viewing area that I obviously cover.

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But he mentioned that he believes that what they have

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coming back, if they're able to retain the core group

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of these guys, he believes that this team is not

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just capable of making the original but hosting one n

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laugh yette, and he said that the main thing is

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going to be able to have and develop a lot

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of pitching depth. You know, you were in a lot

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of instances where you had to lean on maybe about

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four or five guys out of your bullpen and that

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finally caught up to you because of the number of

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games that you were playing in such a short amount

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of time. So the Big four is going to be

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a huge priority for you. Out of that freshman class,

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You're going to have guys like Mark Collins and Owen

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gal to be able to be huge pieces for you.

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Out of that sophomore class you talk about in your

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junior class, Donovan la South, we saw how big he was.

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He was your home run leader. Drew Marco had big

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moments throughout the season, Maddix Mendino being in and out

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of the lineup and coming up big and also playing

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on the defensive end, out in the outfield and being

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interchangeable for you with the way that he produced. And

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then a person that we did not see this season,

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but we know what he is capable of whenever he's healthy,

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and that's picture Chase Morgan. It's gonna be key to

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see if, first of all, if he's gonna be available

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going into what would be his senior season, and how

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productive they can be able to have him to be.

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That's gonna be the main thing that we're gonna have

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to see. Obviously, you're gonna have to go and recruit

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your butt off. You're gonna have to dip your hand

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into the portal and find out what guys are going

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to be the same type of guys that you need.

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You saw in post if you see it uploaded. At

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this point, I haven't had time to be able to

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chop it up. Got back to the room after twelve

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and stayed up to two o'clock to get stuff done

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for my job at KTC, so I have not had

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an opportunity to chop up any of the sound bites.

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But if you went back and watched it, there were

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moments in there where it was a little bit of

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cheer jerking moments. Andrew and Liamede were at the mic.

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They talked about how much coach Diggs meant to him

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to them, and then he turned around and said, last

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year when everyone was quitting on him, those guys didn't quit,

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and he talked about how much they meant to him,

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and then in his final statement he talked about you know,

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the portal and all of those things like that, and

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said that if the guys that are on this team

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are going to be willing enough to bet on themselves

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and be like the Cale Devarges and the lp Linger

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Evans and the Julian Bronx and the Carson Rocketfords, and

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he listed all of those guys, and you could tell

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that he's very passionate about making sure that they get

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the right guys into this program that believe not just

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in the vision of being a quality team that wins

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forty one games forty plus games in a season, but

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a team that can go to Omaha. And he truly

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believes that. And I would say to you that if

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they can add some quality arms, they can get Chase

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Morgan back on top of getting a high level of retention,

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I can see this being a very very dangerous team

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in twenty twenty seven. That is to be seen. The

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next step now will be keeping eyes on what happens

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to the transfer portal. What guys do you be able

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are you able to bring in? Well, there'll be guys

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that will depart from the program we will see in

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the coming weeks. Obviously we will be talking about it

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right here on Raging Rundown as things transpire over the

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next month. And then obviously you have the MLB Draft

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coming up in July, and we'll see what guys in

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the Vermilion in White will be selected in whether or

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not they will decide to return to the program. So

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that's going to wrap up this episode of Raging Rundown.

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