Hayden Cantrelle was thrust into a big spot in the bottom of the tenth and the freshman delivered with a walkoff home run to give the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns (31-23, 16-12 Sun Belt) a 4-3 victory over UL Monroe (23-29, 10-17 Sun Belt).
How It Happened
The Warhawks got on the board early with a two-run single by Brendan Jordan. However, the Cajuns evened things up in the bottom of the second when Zach LaFleur scored off of a throwing error by the catcher and an RBI double from Kole McKinnon.
McKinnon struck again in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot out to left field to take a 3-2 lead. The Warhawks tied things up though in the fifth with an RBI single by Will Daniels.
The score remained that way until the bottom of the 10th when Hayden Cantrelle came up to bat with one out. With the count two balls and one strike, the Teurlings product hit an opposite field home run to give them the win.
Dylan Moore threw two shutout innings in relief of Colten Schmidt and improved to 4-3 on the year, allowing only two hits and striking out three on the evening.
Big Number: 9
After a rough first couple of innings, Colten Schmidt settled in and struck out nine batters on the evening.
Player of the Game: Hayden Cantrelle
The freshman not only gave them the win with a walkoff in the 10th, he went 3-for-6 on the evening, coming up short of
Next Up: Game Two; First Pitch 6 p.m.
-Clint Domingue