EUNICE, La. – It is estimated that the chance of a no-hitter being thrown in any game is around 0.05 percent. LSU Eunice did something that statistics would say is nearly impossible – the Bengals threw two in a single day.
No. 1 LSU Eunice (16-0) got sterling efforts from
Drew Lasseigne (Greenwell Springs, LA, Central HS) and
Jerry Couch (Bossier City, LA, Airline HS) as the Bengals notched back-to-back no-hitters in a Saturday doubleheader sweep of Kellogg CC at Bengal Stadium.
This, however, is not the first time LSU Eunice baseball has thrown consecutive no-hitters. The trio of LSUE hall of famer Kenny Plaisance, Damian Dalfrey and Blake Duhe logged three straight no-hitters in games against Spoon River during Jeff Willis's first year on campus in 2003.
Lost in the history of the no-hitters was an outstanding offensive day as LSUE took down No. 11 Kellogg by scores of 10-0 and 18-1, both in five innings.
LSUE and Kellogg will close out their four game series tomorrow at 1:00PM. The game will be live stream on Bengals All-Access.
LSUE freshman pitcher Drew Lasseigne
Game 1 vs. Kellogg CC – W, 10-0 (5 Innings)
Drew Lasseigne tossed LSUE's first no-hitter since 2009 as the Bengals used a five-run third inning to propel to a 10-0 win over Kellogg CC in five innings. The last Bengal to toss a no-hitter was Chance Mistric against Delgado CC in April 2009.
Lasseigne worked in traffic in the second inning, hitting two batters before inducing a strike out and pop up. The freshman would work two perfect frames in the game, including striking out the side in the fourth inning.
The Central HS product finished with seven strikeouts while walking three batters and hitting three.
Kole Myers (Jennings, LA, Jennings HS) would give LSUE the lead for good in the second inning off a sacrifice fly to score
Jarrett McDonald (Sterlington, LA, Sterlington HS). The Bengals would explode for five runs an inning later, headlined by
Peyton LeJeune's (Church Point, LA, Teurlings Catholic) two run double.
LSUE sophomore pitcher Jerry Couch
After a
River Town (Zachary, LA, Zachary HS) sacrifice fly made it 8-0 LSUE in the fourth inning,
Reed Babin's (St. Amant, LA, St. Amant HS) RBI double and a Kellogg error off a
Brady Hebert (Baton Rouge, LA, Catholic-Baton Rouge HS) fly ball to left field would seal the mercy rule win.
Game 2 vs. Kellogg CC – W, 18-1 (5 Innings)
The LSUE offense exploded for a 10-run third inning and Jerry Couch tossed a second straight no-hitter to deliver an emphatic 18-1 win over Kellogg CC in five innings.
Couch retired the first ten batters he faced before a throwing error put a Bruin runner on in the fourth inning. Another error in the inning would allow Kellogg to score its only run of the day, making the score 14-1 at the time. The sophomore would go on to retire the final four batters in order after giving up the run.
LSUE freshman catcher Ayden Makarus
Couch (W, 4-0) struck out six batters while not issuing a walk.
After a pair of runs in the first and second innings, LSUE exploded for 10 runs in the third including three home runs in the frame.
Scott Jones (Sulphur, LA, Sulphur HS) started the scoring in the inning with a solo home run.
Ayden Makarus (Okatoks, Alberta, Canada, Foothills Composite HS) would follow with a three-run blast, followed by a towering home run to left field by
Hunter Tabb (Scott, LA, Acadiana HS) in the next at bat.
Makarus would later score two more runs in the same inning on a bases loaded double to make it 14-0 LSUE. The freshman catcher went a perfect 4-for-4 with seven RBIs, a single-game best this season.
Javier Vaz (Huntsville, AL, Huntsville HS) enjoyed a 3-for-3 afternoon with two RBIs and two runs scored, joining Jones, LeJeune and Tabb with multi-hit games in the Bengals' 16-hit outing.
LSUE added four more runs in the fourth inning including another two run double by Makarus.