MOBILE, Ala. – No. 9 Louisiana scored 11 runs on 11 hits to take the series Saturday afternoon as the Jaguars fell 11-2 to the Ragin' Cajuns in five innings at Jaguar Field.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama (11-17, 1-7 SBC) will close out the series versus Louisiana (25-4, 8-0 SBC) on Sunday with first pitch of the series finale set for noon at Jaguar Field

Date: 3/23
Place: Jaguar Field (Mobile, Ala.)

Box Score

Final Score: No. 9 Louisiana 11, South Alabama 2 (5 inn.)
Records: Louisiana (25-4, 8-0 SBC), South Alabama 11-17, 1-7 SBC)

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME
- Louisiana broke the game open in the top of the fourth as the Ragin' Cajuns scored six runs on three hits, one of which was a grand slam off the bat of Lexie Comeaux.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Lyric Cabral registered her second double of the season and Kennedy Cronan and Savanna Mayo drove in the two Jaguar runs, with a home run and a RBI-single, respectively.
- Victoria Ortiz extended her current hit streak to six games with a base hit.
- Comeaux and Raina O'Neal each had three hits apiece to lead Louisiana at the plate. Comeaux score twice and drove in four on the grand slam, while O'Neal scored once.
- Alissa Dalton also had a multi-hit outing going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI. Both Dalton and Bailey Curry homered for the Ragin' Cajuns.

GAME FACTS
- Louisiana had a scoring opportunity in the opening frame as the Ragin' Cajuns had two reach in the top of the first after a pair of one-out walks, but Alexis Reid (8-11) was able to turn the 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
- The Ragin' Cajuns put a pair of runners on their next time up after Comeaux and Kortney Gremillion both singled to start the frame. They both moved into scoring position two batters later after a ground out and then came around to score on Dalton's three-run home run – her third of the season – to right center (3-0).
- The Jaguars got a run back in the bottom of the second as Cronan lined a 1-2 pitch just over the wall in left to cut the deficit to 3-1. For Cronan, it was her seventh of the season, which leads the club.
- Louisiana answered back with a pair of runs, both coming with two outs. Curry homered to center for the first run of the inning on a high fly ball that went off Jaguar centerfielder MC Nichols' glove. Comeaux then recorded her second hit of the contest and Aeriyl Mass, pinch-running for Comeaux, then stole second and third before coming home on a wild pitch on ball four to Ko. Gremillion to extend Louisiana's lead to 5-1.
- Louisiana posted a six-run inning in the top of the fourth on three hits, two walks and a hit batter. The Ragin' Cajuns loaded the bases to start the fourth on singles by Dalton and O'Neal, and a four-pitch walk to Julia Rawls. Hudek then drew a walk of her own to plate the first run and Curry was hit by a pitch for the second of the inning. Comeaux then followed with a grand slam – her seventh home run of the season to cap off the inning.
- South was able to get another run in its half of the fourth as Katelyn Gruich reached on an infield single to begin the inning. Cabral then double to the gap in left center to put runners at second and third with two away in the inning, and Mayo lined a single to right on the first pitch of her at-bat to score Jordyn Calderon, pinch-running at third for Gruich (11-2).

NOTES
- The Jaguars wore custom First Responder jerseys versus the Ragin' Cajuns as part of the First Responders Day promotion. The jerseys will now be auctioned on-line beginning Sun., and close Sat., April 6.
- Game two of the series marked the 44th meeting in the all-time series and the 19th series meeting in Mobile.
- Ortiz extended her hit streak to six games with her one-out single in the first inning.
- Cronan's solo shot to left in the third marked the 19th game in which the Jaguars have recorded at least one home run this spring. It was also the 27th home run of the season by South, moving the 2019 club into a tie for ninth all-time at USA with the 2017 team.
- Of the 27 Jaguar home runs, 13 have been solo shots. The home run was the 15th of the month for South and the 14th at home.
- With her third-inning single, B. Reid extended her reached base safely streak to a career-best 21 games, which moved her into a tie with Tara Donaldson (2009) for sixth on the all-time list at South Alabama.
- The grand slam by Comeaux was the first given up to an opponent since Florida State's Jessica Warren recorded one on Feb. 21, 2018 in game two of a doubleheader.
- The six-run fourth by the Ragin' Cajuns marked the fourth time this season that South has allowed an opponent to score six or more runs in an inning.
- Kamdyn Kvistad had her streak of 11-game reached base safely streak come to an end.
- The back-to-back games of 11 runs allowed to Louisiana mark just the second time the Ragin' Cajuns have scored double figures in consecutive series meetings with the other coming during the 2011 season.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Becky Clark
- On the loss: "Today wasn't our day. I didn't really think we played well in any area. I would've liked to have seen us come back today and be sharper in all of those areas. I thought the pitching, defense and hitting were okay. Nothing really stood out to me in a positive way. If you want to get better results, then you have to play better."

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