Granier nearly tosses no-no against ULL
Drew Granier was three outs away from tossing the first no-hitter by a ULM pitcher in 38 years. Former pitcher, Rickey Rockett, achieved the task in 1973, and on Friday night against the Ragin’ Cajuns, it looked like Granier would do it too.
But as he threw his first pitch in the ninth inning, the quest for history abruptly ended. Jordan Poirrier lined a triple to right field, and that was the end of that. Prior to the series, coach Schexnaider said that matching the Cajuns on the mound and getting timely hits would give the Warhawks a chance to win.
The team seemed to take that message to heart as they used both to defeat Lafayette. The hit by Poirrier would be the only one by ULL in game one as the Warhawks would win 2-1 off Granier’s one-hit complete game pitching effort.
On Saturday, clutch hitting in the top of the ninth inning would lead to another Warhawk win and clinch the series victory. With two outs and the team down 3-2, Joey Rapp smashed a two-run homer which led to a 6-3 win. In game three of the series the Hawks couldn’t find their offense as they lost 11-0 in seven innings. Les Aulds and Caleb Clowers managed to get the only two hits of the game for the Warhawks. While starter Brent Gay was dismissed after just one inning. The Warhawks have won 10 of their last 12 games and have a busy week ahead. There will be two mid-week non-conference home games with Southern Mississippi and Northwestern State before the team heads out to resume conference play against the South Alabama Jaguars over the weekend.
