By T. Scott Boatright
Sometimes income can end up being more important than immediate outcome.
The Grambling State University baseball team hopes that pays big dividends in the future.
Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Grambling 12-4 in Saturday’s elimination game of the Texas A&M Regional at Blue Bell Park in College Station, Texas, but as much as falling stings, sometimes that only makes you get up stronger than ever.
“I’m proud of the way we competed throughout this tournament,” said GSU coach Davin Pierre. “This is high level baseball and we were in games with some of the best teams in the country.
We have a lot to grow from and we have put this program and Grambling State University on the map with baseball. We represented well — we showed them that, ‘Hell Baby, We Grambling!’ I’m excited about the future of this program. This is the beginning of something special.”
For the second day in a row, Grambling suffered a tough second inning, giving up four runs to the Cajuns before giving up four more in the third.
Grambling’s first run came in the bottom of the second as Murphy scored off a Vargas single.
After ULL added another four runs in the top of the third, Grambling scored its second run on a solo round-tripper by Cameron Bufford.
The Ragin’ Cajuns pushed it to 9-2 in the top of the sixth before Trevor Hatton smashed a two-run dinger to cut ULL’s lead to 9-4.
