1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Ragion Cagen's Baseball picks up a run rule victory over 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,439 Marshall to advance in the Sunbelt Conference Tournament. Let's recap 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:28,559 it here on Raging Rundown. What's good, ladies and gentlemen, 4 00:00:28,559 --> 00:00:30,960 and welcome to another episode of Rage and Rundown, the 5 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,320 show where you will know all things ul sports. I'm 6 00:00:33,359 --> 00:00:35,679 your guy, JaMarcus Fitzpatrick, but you know you can always 7 00:00:35,679 --> 00:00:38,200 call me fits. And on today's episode, we will be 8 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,320 recapping Louisiana Baseball's run rule victory over Marshall in the 9 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,320 Sunbelt Conference Tournament as they played in the single elimination 10 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:47,640 portion and now they are from here on out are 11 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:51,399 part of the double elimination part of the tournament. We'll 12 00:00:51,439 --> 00:00:54,719 talk about how Noah Lewis shined in this matchup, and 13 00:00:54,759 --> 00:00:57,079 then we will look ahead to the Cajuns rematch with 14 00:00:57,159 --> 00:01:01,399 Coastal Carolina here in the Sunbelt Conference Tournament. Coming into 15 00:01:01,439 --> 00:01:04,439 this one, Louisiana was thirty four and twenty one, and 16 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,599 a lot of projections D one Baseball Baseball America and 17 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,079 other ones that I've seen online actually had the Cajuns 18 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,480 in a regional I think I saw one. 19 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: Of them in Auburn. 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,159 Speaker 1: Maybe another one was in Tallahassee, but they were in 21 00:01:18,359 --> 00:01:21,439 last week. They were the last four teams out, so 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,920 they are right there on the bubble and they needed 23 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,480 to continue to win, not just to say that we 24 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:29,480 won the conference tournament, but to potentially still have that 25 00:01:29,599 --> 00:01:34,319 opportunity to win or get that automatic at large Berth 26 00:01:35,599 --> 00:01:38,920 Regional bid that you would want towards the latter part 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,239 of the postseason. And they were definitely able to do 28 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,400 that as they pick up the eleven to one run 29 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,079 roll victory over Marshall. 30 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,159 Speaker 2: When you look at the game. 31 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: Flow of things, initially Louisiana came out and they suffered 32 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:51,920 an error. 33 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,719 Speaker 2: Marshall would. 34 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: Cody Brash started on the bump, he would hit a 35 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:02,000 batter that got him on that eventually led to a 36 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,280 single and then a throwing era happens. The runner gets 37 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:08,280 all the way around and comes home. And mccaguns had 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,479 three errors in this game. But they were able to 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,840 out hit their mistakes, which is great, but in a 40 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:18,039 lot of instances or other instances, you're not always going 41 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,240 to be able to overcome that, and so they're going 42 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,039 to have to understand that they cannot make those type 43 00:02:23,039 --> 00:02:26,960 of mistakes, because that can get you sent back home. Luckily, 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,319 they were able to overcome it in this game because 45 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:31,599 they had a little bit of a different mentality coming 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,800 into this one. Head coach Matt Diggs talked about that 47 00:02:33,879 --> 00:02:37,319 before the game, how the team was coming into this 48 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:40,319 matchup against Marshall, and how he felt that they were 49 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,080 able to respond. 50 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: He talked about it after the game. 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 3: Just overall, it was a businesslike attitude by us. We 52 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,840 weren't thrilled to be in that playing game. It was 53 00:02:49,879 --> 00:02:52,199 a nerve wracking last three days. I just wouldn't have 54 00:02:52,199 --> 00:02:54,400 been able to live with myself if this team didn't 55 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,639 get to keep playing. I just love coaching them, they 56 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,560 love playing together, and so you know, we started off 57 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:04,479 gray in the top twenty five and then hit a 58 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,199 speed bump there for four weeks and then finished up 59 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:09,879 is in my mind, one of the better ball clubs. 60 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,360 And I just wasn't gonna be able to stomach it 61 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,319 if we didn't get that game today. And I didn't 62 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:16,879 say a whole lot before the game, and they were ready. 63 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,319 Just took care of business. Cody said a great tone, 64 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,960 and then Hitters went out and executed our approach from 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,960 jump Street just from the first batter on and we 66 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:33,919 competed real well at the dish today. 67 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: So as you heard from head coach mad Diggs there, 68 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,159 the team was just out on. 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: A different level. 70 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: They knew that they shouldn't have or potentially didn't want 71 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,240 to be playing in his playing game, and they didn't 72 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,400 waste any time. So after the error happens that scores 73 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,120 a run by Marshall, Louisiana continues to apply pressure. They 74 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,840 scored three runs in the bottom of the first as 75 00:03:57,039 --> 00:03:59,960 leading off Blaze Rodriguez. He was phenomenal from the leadoff position. 76 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:02,479 He was actually walked three times as well, but he singles. 77 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,199 Noah Lewis comes back, he singles, and then Leamede singles 78 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,560 as well. He gets on with this single that scores 79 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:13,360 Blads Rodriguez. Noah Lewis gets to third, and then Cole 80 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,480 Brown reaches on a throwing era that scores Noah Lewis. 81 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,600 Liamede gets the third. Drew Marco comes in and singles. 82 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:23,920 So now you're up three to one and you continue 83 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:27,600 to just steamroll all the way through. Then you come back, 84 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:30,759 you score three more there in the third, you score 85 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,920 three more in the fifth, and then two in the. 86 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 2: Bottom of the seventh to get the run rule victory. There. 87 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: In the third, Donovan Lasal got a single, and then 88 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,480 Steven Spalita got a single, and then after that Owen Galt, 89 00:04:43,519 --> 00:04:47,160 who has stepped in for the injured Rigoberto Hernandez. They're 90 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,319 the second base position. He goes ahead and he hits 91 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:52,519 a deep one that bounced off the top of the wall, 92 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,319 maybe a couple more inches or feet, and it would 93 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,720 have been home run. It would have been the second 94 00:04:57,759 --> 00:05:01,439 one of the day outside of Noah Lewis's. And then 95 00:05:01,519 --> 00:05:05,600 right after that, Mark Collins, the Opolusis Catholic former star, 96 00:05:06,079 --> 00:05:09,120 comes in and he doubles and that draws in both 97 00:05:09,399 --> 00:05:12,879 Owen Galt and Steven Spalita as well. So you have 98 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,839 three runs that you scored there. So now you're up 99 00:05:15,879 --> 00:05:18,639 six to one. You'll just continue to apply pressure in 100 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,040 a lot of instances to make it difficult for the 101 00:05:22,079 --> 00:05:26,319 Thundering Herd. They threw out their best picture and Bryce 102 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:29,040 Blevins I believe was his name. They called his name 103 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,600 quite a bit. I'm trying to pull it up so 104 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:34,079 I can give him his credit, is what Bryce Blevins? Yes, 105 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,079 But he goes in and he gets stumped around. He 106 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,079 goes three innings, he gives up ten hits and six 107 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:43,160 earned runs. The Cajuns just continue to apply pressure and 108 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:45,160 it made it really hard for Marshall. But we had 109 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,240 talked about how the Thundering Herd had been kind of 110 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,959 struggling from a pitching standpoint here in the back half 111 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,560 of the season, and you were able to exploit some 112 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:57,920 of those things that they had been struggling with. And 113 00:05:57,959 --> 00:06:01,040 like I mentioned, you just continue to apply a lot 114 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,319 of pressure. But I also have to give a lot 115 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,000 of credit to Noah Lewis. Really this freshman class as 116 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,319 a whole, We've talked about it multiple times on this show, 117 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:14,279 but you have to give credit to Noah Lewis. He 118 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:19,600 has continued to be consistent throughout the year. He is athletic, 119 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,600 he has great speed, he has great size, and when 120 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:26,279 he has the right approach behind the dish, he is 121 00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:29,079 as elite as any player that we have seen in 122 00:06:29,079 --> 00:06:31,600 the Vermilion in White. He goes four to five on 123 00:06:31,639 --> 00:06:34,439 the day, he's three RBI and he hits a three 124 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:38,399 run jack. That's as phenomenal as you can get. He 125 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,519 set the table for you get in on base. He 126 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,680 scored runs for you, and he drove in runs as well. 127 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:44,639 Speaker 2: That is what you need. 128 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,959 Speaker 1: And then not to mention and he's a great defensive 129 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,680 weapon for you in center field, and he's just going 130 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,439 to continue to get better. The main thing is going 131 00:06:51,519 --> 00:06:53,560 to be in the future being able to make sure 132 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,160 that you keep him in the Vermilion in white. The 133 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,920 supporting cast around him as well was really really good. 134 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,000 Mark Collins delivered quietly a three hit day and two 135 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,160 RBI blaze. Rodriguez continued to get on base four times, 136 00:07:07,319 --> 00:07:09,639 the single and then being walked three times. Like we said, 137 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,120 Liamede was really good for you as well. And Cody 138 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,360 Brash set the table for you early. He didn't get 139 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,079 a lot of strikeouts, but he worked through traffic and 140 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,879 he was able to make sure that Marshall never really 141 00:07:21,879 --> 00:07:24,399 had a chance. Once they scored that one run, he 142 00:07:24,439 --> 00:07:28,079 slammed the door shut and made sure things were limited. 143 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:31,879 And after Cody Brash came out because he went five 144 00:07:31,879 --> 00:07:34,399 and a third, Parker Smith comes in and goes one 145 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:36,839 and two third innings. He doesn't give up a hit, 146 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:39,079 doesn't give up an earned run, and only walks up batter. 147 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,600 He faced six batters and did it with twenty total pitches. 148 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:45,759 Cody Brash, then maybe the last time we see him 149 00:07:45,959 --> 00:07:48,720 here in the conference tournament unless you get deep enough, 150 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,839 maybe towards the semi finals or even the championship game 151 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:54,079 where you maybe have to throw him out there as 152 00:07:54,079 --> 00:07:57,759 he went eighty three total pitches, And that's exactly what 153 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,519 you needed with the type of performance he had. You 154 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:05,120 had a lot of success behind the dish, and then 155 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,240 you had a lot of success there on the bump 156 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:09,360 as well, and so that puts you in a position 157 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:12,279 now where you're gonna have to look ahead and you're 158 00:08:12,279 --> 00:08:15,079 gonna have to play against Coastal Carolina once again. We're 159 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,480 gonna talk a little bit about what the Cajuns need 160 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:19,759 to do to make sure that they don't lose to 161 00:08:19,839 --> 00:08:22,439 Coastal and that they can continue to play. We'll discuss 162 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:29,959 it all when we come back here on Rage and Rundown. 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So with the victory, the Cajuns will move 175 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:04,279 on to the next round in the Sunbelt Conference tournament 176 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:07,120 and they will take on Coastal Carolina as the two seed, 177 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:09,320 a team that they literally just played last week and 178 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,240 they won two of three against, to give them the 179 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,840 opportunity to beat in this position, to have a solid 180 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:20,480 RPI and to potentially be able to get in on 181 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,240 a deep postseason run if things continue to fall in 182 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:27,200 their favor. As I'm pulling up Warrennolan dot com and 183 00:09:27,279 --> 00:09:31,559 looking at how the RPI rankings are falling, Louisiana did 184 00:09:31,639 --> 00:09:35,159 receive a plus three bump at thirty seven in the 185 00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:38,879 RPI rankings and Coastal Carolina is twenty four, So they 186 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:41,399 are both quad two teams. But if you get a 187 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,159 victory over them, I believe that she definitely get an 188 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,559 opportunity to get an at large bid. But you know 189 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,840 how my opinion is and where I stand on that. 190 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,720 I believe that you're gonna have to win the whole thing, 191 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:55,039 or that you should be focused on winning the whole thing, 192 00:09:55,279 --> 00:09:58,440 so you don't leave any doubt, don't count what games 193 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,559 you need to do, how you strategize to make sure 194 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,159 that you make it happen, win it all, leave no doubt, 195 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:06,720 and you don't have to worry about whether or not 196 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,960 you don't have to sweat when it comes time for 197 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,480 the selection show. But just a few things that the 198 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,200 team needs to do. They have to play cleaner defense. 199 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,480 We talked about earlier the errors that they had in 200 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:21,320 this game. You have three errors against a really good 201 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,120 team and you're going home. Right Obviously you're the double 202 00:10:25,159 --> 00:10:28,879 elimination portion. But in a perfect world, you've used Cody Brash, 203 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:34,399 your Friday Night Guy Wednesday, which will be tomorrow. You'll 204 00:10:34,399 --> 00:10:38,159 probably see your Saturday guy and Andrew Herman, and then 205 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,600 after that you'll work your way through it and maybe 206 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,879 Ty Roman or you could be somebody else that you 207 00:10:42,919 --> 00:10:45,039 believe can be more of a bullpen day for you. 208 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,600 And then if you get through that you get a 209 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,480 dead rest and you kind of start things over. But 210 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:53,519 you want to be able to play clean defense, because 211 00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:56,200 that's what a good championship team does. 212 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:57,879 Speaker 2: They play great defense. 213 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,799 Speaker 1: They don't allow errors, they don't beat themselves mentally, and 214 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,679 all those things like that. So if that's the team 215 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,120 that you will wants to be going down the stretch 216 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,240 here in the postseason, they're gonna have to clean those 217 00:11:08,279 --> 00:11:11,720 things up. They're gonna have to continue to be aggressive 218 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,639 early offensively. And I even asked coach Diggs did he 219 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:18,519 believe was that gonna be the formula that this team 220 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:21,759 needs to have, which is early offense and then getting 221 00:11:21,799 --> 00:11:24,120 great pitching to be able to compliment that. 222 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: And here was his answer that he gave me. 223 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:31,879 Speaker 3: We've been fortunate, blest to win some tournaments and regionals whatnot. 224 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,240 The team that hits this time of year holds a 225 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,919 definitive advantage, especially if you've got guys on the bump 226 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,000 that are gonna throw strikes. But to make your way 227 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:44,759 through any regional or tournament, most times, not every time, 228 00:11:44,759 --> 00:11:46,480 but most times, you're gonna have to swing the bat. 229 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,480 And it usually is a team that gets the hottest 230 00:11:48,519 --> 00:11:49,360 that comes out on top. 231 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 2: So we'll see you heard him there, we'll see. 232 00:11:55,399 --> 00:11:57,759 Speaker 1: But typically the team that gets the bats going early 233 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,679 are the ones that are able to keep playing. And 234 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,440 they're not going to win every game in a run 235 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:04,679 roll fashion. They're not going to score eleven runs on 236 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,159 fifteen hits in every single game. But again, if you 237 00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:10,159 can win a game six to three, if you can 238 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,879 win it seven to two, if you can win it 239 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,279 five to one, all of those different things and factors 240 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,639 like that, where you're getting timely hits early and then 241 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,720 you're able to take pressure off of the guys in 242 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:24,279 the bullpen, that makes it a lot easier. Obviously, it's 243 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,200 easier said than done, and there are multiple ways to 244 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,440 be able to win games, but I do believe that 245 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,000 that is the formula that this team is going to 246 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,279 have to lean on in order to be able to 247 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,440 keep playing, not just in the Sunbelt Conference tournament, but 248 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,639 in the regional and if they keep going in the 249 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,279 Super Regional and so on and so forth, because that's 250 00:12:40,279 --> 00:12:45,159 what great baseball teams are able to do. So they 251 00:12:45,159 --> 00:12:49,120 have to continue to be aggressive offensively. From a pitching standpoint, 252 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,879 they can't give up freebiest. You can't make it easy 253 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:55,919 for them. Make them work to be able to score runs. 254 00:12:55,919 --> 00:12:57,600 If they just beat you because they out hit you 255 00:12:57,639 --> 00:12:59,679 and all those things like that, make them earn it, 256 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,559 make it any easier for them. Make sure that you 257 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,320 don't give it away for them. Make sure that they 258 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:09,879 earn it, and then just continue to win situational hitting moments. 259 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,639 If you got two guys on and scoring position, got 260 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:14,399 to find a way to drive him in. If you 261 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,519 have an opportunity to steal, and you know that you're 262 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,679 able to get from first to second, you got to 263 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,759 be able to get down safely. 264 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:24,159 Speaker 2: And in my opinion, I know Coach. 265 00:13:24,039 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: Diggs is going to continue to work through the lineup, 266 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,879 but I feel like the position that Blaze, Rodrigaez and 267 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:32,120 Noah Lewis is in at the top of the lineup, 268 00:13:32,759 --> 00:13:35,759 that is a spot that they should stay in because 269 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:38,000 not only are they being table setters, but then when 270 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,399 you get to the bottom of the lineup, where guys 271 00:13:41,799 --> 00:13:44,600 may be normally not hitting as well there at the bottom, 272 00:13:44,639 --> 00:13:47,679 but if they get on and they're able to be 273 00:13:47,759 --> 00:13:50,559 in a position to be able to be on first, 274 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,240 be on second. Now you have a guy like a 275 00:13:52,279 --> 00:13:54,879 Noah Lewis or a Blaze Rodriguez that can drive in 276 00:13:54,919 --> 00:13:58,399 a run and can continue to create chaos and make 277 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,559 the innings more hectic for the opposing team's defense, and 278 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,360 that's essentially what you want to do. Trying to remember 279 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:07,639 who it was that was the nine hole hitter in 280 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,320 this game, so you had Mark Collins there and he 281 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:12,559 was coming back from injury, so he was able to 282 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,759 come out and. 283 00:14:13,759 --> 00:14:15,919 Speaker 2: Score runs for you and play extremely well. 284 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,639 Speaker 1: So I'm not saying that this exact lineup could be 285 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:23,879 the recipe for success. Maybe it is, but Blaze, Rodriguez 286 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:26,720 and Noe Lewis definitely need to remain there near the 287 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:31,159 top to give you the best opportunity. So the Cajuns 288 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,360 get past Marshall and now they are set up for 289 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,440 a rematch against Coastal Carolina. That game will be on Wednesday, 290 00:14:37,799 --> 00:14:41,279 made the twentieth, at twelve thirty pm. We'll be keeping 291 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:43,360 our eye on that one because it'll definitely be a 292 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,919 fun one. Like I said, I'm expecting to see Andrew 293 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:50,240 Herman being ran out for Louisiana. Not exactly sure what 294 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,639 Coastal Carolina may throw out, but it's a double elimination, 295 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,039 so there's no telling what we may see. I'm anticipating 296 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,279 for the Cajuns to see Andrew Herman coach Diggs very 297 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:03,759 well may surprise me. So credit to the Cajuns for 298 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,120 getting the job done, and a huge hat tip to 299 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,519 Noah Lewis for handling his business as such a young 300 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:11,720 player and just continuing to thrive in the position that 301 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:14,320 he is in. That's going to wrap up this episode 302 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:15,919 here on Rage and Rundown. If you've made it to 303 00:15:15,919 --> 00:15:18,120 this point in the video, thank you so much. Please 304 00:15:18,159 --> 00:15:20,159 do me a favor like it, share it, and leave 305 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:22,720 a comment down below, but most importantly, make sure you 306 00:15:22,759 --> 00:15:25,639 subscribe to the channel. And also, while I'm asking, tell 307 00:15:25,679 --> 00:15:27,679 me how far do you think the Cajuns can go? 308 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,399 Do they lose this game to Coastal and then bow 309 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,759 out gracefully in the double elimination round and the loser's bracket? 310 00:15:34,039 --> 00:15:35,279 Or do they go all the way and win the 311 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:38,320 Sun Belt Conference Championship, get to a regional and shock 312 00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:40,919 the world. I saw a simulation say that ul would 313 00:15:40,919 --> 00:15:43,399 make it to the College World Series, So who knows. 314 00:15:43,399 --> 00:15:46,600 Stranger things have happened, So let me know your thoughts 315 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:49,039 down in the comment. 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