Former pitcher for the Ragin' Cajuns Baseball team, Spencer Arrighetti, has been taken #178 overall by the Houston Astros in this year's MLB Draft. A social media post shows the emotional moment between the former Cajun and his loved ones as he got the call from Houston.
Louisiana's pitching staff held App State to two runs, and an eighth-inning grand slam by Ben Fitzgerald helped lift them to a 7-2 win in an elimination game.
Texas State exploded for eight runs on nine two-out hits in the fifth inning to beat Louisiana 9-3 in game one of their three-game Sun Belt Conference series.
Louisiana gave up a game-winning two-out two-run home run home run in the top of the ninth and lost to UL-Monroe 7-6 in their midweek nonconference matchup.
Louisiana came back to beat the Trojans 7-4 in the series finale. The offense recorded 14 hits and four runs in the final five innings to secure the victory.