GAMETHREAD : The Death of Jean Lafitte - LSU @ UNO Privateers, 6:30pm
by PodKATT on May 17, 2011 12:00 PM CDT
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General Jackson discovered Lafitte's Baratarians to be excellent fighters and afraid of nothing
We arrive here at the end of the season to bid a fond farewell to the University of New Orleans, for it will be a very long time before we face them again in any type of competition. Aside from dropping to D-2 next season, the university it's self is about to be merged with SU-NO to form a new ULNO. From a sports perspective, this could mean the end of, in my opinion, one of the greatest mascots in all of the NCAA: the scalawag, neer-do-well, and American hero, The Privateer Jean Lafitte.
As for the baseball Privateers (3-47), life on the road without a conference and with a roster decimated by the free transfer waiver (It's how we got Kevin Berry) has been as tough as it could possibly be. With the worst record in all of college baseball, UNO will at least get to end the year with a homestand of us and Smoke Laval's North Florida squad this weekend.
Commenter 4.0 Point Stance brought up the fact that Mahtook by himself is equaling or surpassing UNO as a team in a few offensive categories.
UNO – .212/.285./277, 4 3B, 11 HR, 14 SB in 32 attempts
Mahtook – .370/.482./.691, 4 3B, 13 HR, 28 SB in 36 attempts
The fact is, UNO is a horrible team. No one is close to batting .300, they are fielding .943 with nearly 100 errors, and the lowest ERA in the pen is 5.26, with most of the staff in double digits. This should be a blowout to at least match the 13-0 win we had against them earlier this season.
And yet, something tells me it won't be. With a short week before the road trip to Starkville, Mainieri certainly isn't going to use much of the bullpen or risk any injuries before a must-sweep series. Add to that some leniency to the place he played for 2 years and I see this one turning out as a win, but probably closer than you would expect.
Tyler Jones returns to the midweek role after a few bad starts had moved up Ryan Eades into the spot. Jones was successful against UNO last time and hopefully he can go a long distance.
Weather: Perfect, aside form the flooding
No TV
PITCHING MATCHUP from LSUSports.net
LSU - Jr. RHP Tyler Jones (3-0, 6.75 ERA, 30.2 IP, 22 BB, 22 SO)
UNO - Sr. RHP Tyler Sanders (1-10, 8.45 ERA, 65.0 IP, 23 BB, 41 SO)
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Arrr, here be tonight's lineup.
LSU
1. Watkins LF
2. Rhymes DH
3. Katz 1B
4. Mahtook CF
5. Nola SS
6. Hanover 3B
7. Edward RF
8. Ross C
9. Jones 2B
Baratarians
. Beau Boudreaux SS (.229, 20 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBIs)
2. Jake Palmisano RF (.274, 5 R, 2 2B, 4 RBIs)
3. Nolan Church 1B (.223, 11 R, 9 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 22 RBIs)
4. Cameron Wheeless 3B (.256, 15 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBIs)
5. Andrew Garcia RF (.180, 11 R, 7 2B, 3 HR, 14 RBIs)
6. Michael Tedesco C (.210, 4 R, 7 2B, 10 RBIs)
7. Michael Ballero DH (.156, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI)
8. Zach Pohtho 2B (.210, 6 R, 2 2B, 5 RBIs)
9. Blake LeBlanc CF (.210, 12 R, 9 2B, 9 RBIs)
RH Tyler Sanders (1-10, 8.45 ERA, 65 IP, 41 SO/23 BB, .378 opponent BA)
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Mainieri was on the UNO team that played the 1st ever game at Maestri Field
Big night for him as it might be his last visit.
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Top 1
Sanders
Watkins grounds out to SS
Rhymes walks
Katz pops out to center
Mahtook lines into center, 2 on
Nola lines out to SS
0-0
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Bottom 1
Jones
Boudreaux lines into center single
Palmisano lines out to single, DROPPED, throw to 2B, DROPPED! 2 on
Church grounds to 2B, DP, runner on 3B
Wheeless K
0-0
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Top 2
Sanders
Hanover pops out to center
Edward grounds out to center
Ross grounds out to 3B
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Bottom 2
Jones
Garcia grounds out to SS
Tedesco K
Ballero K
0-0
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Top 3
Sanders
Jones K
Watkins K
Rhymes pops out to 1B
0-0
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Bottom 3
Jones
Pohtho grounds out to 2B
LeBlanc grounds out to 2B
Boudreaux K
0-0
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Top 4
Sanders
Katz K
Mahtook HBP
Nola up, Mahtook caught stealing, grounds into center, single
Hanover grounds out to 2B
0-0
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Bottom 4
Jones
Palmisano K
Church grounds out to 3B
Wheeless singles into right
Garcia K
0-0
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Top 5
Sanders
Edward pops out to center
Ross walks
Jones pops out to center
Watkins pops out to deep center
0-0
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Bottom 5
Jones
Tedesco K, but final pitch is wide, runner gets to 1B before the tag
Ballero walks, 2 on
Pohtho sac bunt, moves the runners
LeBlanc K
Boudreaux grounds out to the mound
KKKKKKKK
0-0
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Top 6
Sanders
Rhymes grounds out to 2B
Katz singles into left
Mahtook grounds to SS, throw dropped, single, 2 on
Nola K
Hanover grounds to 3B, OFF HIS GLOVE, scores 1, single, runners on the corners
Edward grounds out to 2B
1-0
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Bottom 6
Jones
Palmisano K
Church into the left corner, single
Wheeless K
Garcia grounds out to 3B
KKKKKKKKKK
1-0 LSU
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Top 7
Sanders
Ross walks
Jones grounds into left, single, 2 on
Watkins sac bunt, moves the runners
Rhymes ground ball to SS, runner thrown out at home, single, runners on the corners
Katz singles into right, scores 1, single, 2 on
Mahtook K
2-0 LSU
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Bottom 7
Jones (Berry warming)
Tedesco grounds out to 2B
Ballero grounds out to SS
Pohtho K
2-0 LSU
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Top 8
Landry
Nola lines out to center
Hanover pops out to center
Edward K
2-0 LSU
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Bottom 8
Jones
LeBlanc K
Boudreaux pops out to center
Palmisano K
KKKKKKKKKKKKK
2-0 LSU
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Top 9
Landry
Ross K
Jones pops to right, ball hits the ground, Jones runs all the way to 3B
Watkins pops to SS, DROPPED, throw to 3B Wide, scores 1, Watkins to 3B
Rhymes doubles into right, scores 1
Katz pops out to center
Mahtook lines into center, scores 1, Mahtook guns all the way to 3rd
Nola grounds out to 1B
5-0 LSU
Ott warming now
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Bottom 9
Jones
Church grounds out to 3B
Geronimo HBP
Heltz K
Tedesco K
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
5-0 LSU FINAL
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