Cajuns To Face New Orleans And McNeese In The Midweek

THE MID-WEEK GAMES
Dates: Tuesday, March 1, 2016/Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Location: Lafayette, La./ Lake Charles, La.
Site: M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field (3,755)/ Cowboy Diamond (2,200)
Times: 6:00 p.m./6:00 p.m.
Opponent: New Orleans (6-1)/ McNeese State (3-4)
Radio: ESPN 1420-AM
Television: none
Live Stats: www.RaginCajuns.com

STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday: LHP Hogan Harris (UL) vs. LHP Bryan Warzek (UNO)
Wednesday: RHP Evan Guillory (UL) vs. LHP Austin Sanders (MSU)

LAFAYETTE, La. – The 16th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team will face a pair of in-state foes in the midweek starting Tuesday at 6 p.m. as the Cajuns host New Orleans at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

The Ragin' Cajuns (4-3) will head to Lake Charles, La., on Wednesday to take on McNeese State in a 6 p.m. contest at Cowboy Diamond.

Both games can be heard live on ESPN 1420 AM. Live stats are also available on RaginCajuns.com.

Louisiana dropped in the polls this week falling to No. 16 in the Baseball America rankings and to No. 24 in the D1Baseball Poll. The Cajuns snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over Rice at the Shriners College Classic.

Freshman left-hander Hogan Harris will make his first career start for Louisiana against UNO (6-1). Harris has made two appearances in relief this season allowing just one run in 4.2 innings of work.

Sophomore right-hander Evan Guillory is scheduled to make the start at McNeese on Wednesday. Guillory is 0-1 on the year with a 6.23 ERA.

Offensively, the Ragin' Cajuns are hitting .269 as a team with Brenn Conrad, Kyle Clement and Joe Robbins each hitting over .400 through two weeks. Conrad has a team-best .455 average (10-for-22), while Conrad and Clement pace the team with five RBI.

Louisiana holds an 80-68 edge in the all-time series against New Orleans. The Privateers snapped a nine-game win streak in 2014, but the Ragin' Cajuns rebounded with a 6-3 win last year.

The Cajuns lead the all-time series with McNeese State holding a 91-63 edge. The two teams split a pair of games a year ago with the road team winning each time. The Cowboys won 5-4 in a 17 inning affair at "The Tigue", while Louisiana claimed a 6-5 decision at Cowboy Diamond.

New Orleans is coming off of a sweep of Valparaiso over the weekend. The squad's only setback of the season was at Southern Miss with a 7-4 loss. Left-hander Bryan Warzek will make the start on the bump for the Privateers. Warzek does not have a decision on the year with an 8.10 ERA going 3.1 innings in his only appearance this season.

UNO is hitting .345 as a team with 10 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 59 runs. Kyle Bracey leads the Privateers hitting .591 with a double, triple, home run and seven RBI.

McNeese State comes into the week having lost three of its last four contests including two of three games to USTA over the weekend. The Cowboys will start left-hander Austin Sanders on Wednesday. Sanders is 0-1 on the year with a 6.75 ERA.

Shane Selman paces a McNeese squad that is hitting .284 through seven games. Selman has a .348 average with a home run and three RBI. Connor Crane is second on the team in hitting with a .346 average and a team-best six RBI.

Following the midweek games, the Cajuns will host Sacred Heart in a three-game series at "The Tigue" starting Friday at 6 p.m.

For updates and info on Ragin' Cajuns baseball, follow the team on twitter @CajunsBaseball or check RaginCajuns.com.

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Cajuns To Face New Orleans And McNeese In The Midweek

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Kyle Clement

Brenn Conrad

Evan Guillory

Hogan Harris

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