Cajuns Score Late to Down Troy in Finale

Sunday, March 31

Troy, Ala.

1:00 PM

Troy University

13-14, 3-6

Louisiana

13-16, 4-5

Louisiana

Troy

3/31/2019 4:31:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. – Louisiana's Hayden Cantrelle picked up a two-out RBI in the top of the ninth to pull the Cajuns ahead of Troy, 4-3, in the series finale Sunday afternoon at Riddle-Pace Field in Sun Belt Conference action.

The Trojans (13-14, 3-6) and Cajuns (13-16, 4-5) were locked in a pitchers' duel for most of the game, as both starting pitchers were effective in their respective outings. Troy's Grant Stewart allowed two runs on four hits and fanned six through six innings for a quality start; while Louisiana's Jack Burk dealt five innings and scattered five hits around four strikeouts and allowed one unearned run.

Troy struck first in the fifth inning with an unearned run scoring on a passed ball. It then fell behind the Cajuns after a two-run homer from Handsome Monica in the top of the sixth. Rigsby Mosley came through with a big game-tying, RBI double down the left field line in the seventh – his 11^th double of the season.

Both teams went back-and-forth with run-scoring innings in the late goings. Troy tied the game with a two-out, solo jack from Cole Prestegard to straightaway center in the eighth inning. Cantrelle's ninth-inning heroics then iced it away, handing the loss to Rush Hixon (2-2).

The Trojans had a chance to tie things up with a runner at third and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. However, Gunner Leger (1) forced a groundout to earn his first save in his first relief appearance this season. Despite allowing the Prestegard homer, Connor Cooke (3-0) picked up the win in the contest.

Dalton Sinquefield kept up his hot streak at the plate, recording his ninth multi-hit game in conference play so far this season. Sinquefield leads all league players with 21 hits through the first three Sun Belt series of the year.

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For the second season in a row, Troy missed its chance to earn its first ever sweep of the Ragin' Cajuns by dropping the finale. Ironically, Louisiana won last year's game, 4-3, with a run in the ninth.

Notable
• Dalton Sinquefield once again tallied multiple hits in a Sun Belt conference games – extending his streak of such games to nine straight. Sinquefield is currently in the midst of a career-long 10-game hitting streak.

• With his double in the seventh, sophomore Rigsby Mosley has now reached base in 18 consecutive ballgames and hit safely in nine consecutive games – both career highs.

• Troy fell to 74-31 all-time under Mark Smartt when scoring first in the game, while Sunday's game marks the 18^th last at-bat loss in the Smartt era.

Up Next
Troy and Alabama will meet for their first of two games this season with a Tuesday-night showdown in Tuscaloosa; first pitch from Sewell-Thomas Stadium is set for 6 p.m.