Moody Shuts Down South Alabama 9-3

Louisiana senior Hunter Moody tossed eight effective innings to earn his sixth victory this season Friday night over South Alabama. Moody (6-2) allowed only three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts, while walking two batters.

Eight of Louisiana’s nine batters registered a hit, while six more drove in at least one run as the Ragin’ Cajuns pummeled the South Alabama Jaguars 9-3 Friday night in the series opener at Stanky Field.

Louisiana (19-18, 9-10 Sun Belt) bettered its record to above .500 while winning its seventh straight series meeting with South Alabama (21-17, 8-8 Sun Belt).

Four different Ragin’ Cajuns recorded two hits – Nolan Gisclair, Scott Hawkins , Chance Harst and Jordan Poirrier. Matt Hicks added a three-run bomb in the sixth. Two of the Cajuns’ five errors were catcher’s interference calls charged to Blaine LaFleur.

Sean Laird paced South Alabama with three hits in five at bats while belting a solo home run.

South Alabama’s Eric Gonzalez (5-4) was rocked for six runs – five earned – on eight hits with a game-high eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

Buddy Glass pitched in relief of Moody and closed the door on the Jaguars in the bottom of the ninth striking out two to seal the six-run win.