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Mr. Hunter "Hunter" Moody
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Home Phone: 225-719-2911 A memorable night Moody, who earned no-decisions in his first two pro outings, has been stellar so far for the Blue Jays. In 10.2 innings he’s allowed six hits and two runs – both unearned – to go with 12 strikeouts and only two walks. The Silliman Institute graduate capped his Cajun career by going 9-2 with a 3.26 ERA as a senior, earning first team all-conference, all-Louisiana and all-South Central region honors. He finished as the program’s winningest pitcher with a 31-7 career record. Joshua Parrott � jparrott@theadvertiser.com � July 4, 2008 * * * * * * * * * Baseball: Moody Named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week Chris Whitehead, Sports Information – The award is the second Pitcher of the Week award for Moody. NEW ORLEANS-The Sun Belt Conference announced on Tuesday, March 14, that The sophomore lefthander led the Ragin’ Cajuns to a victory over No. 15 Moody relied on excellent defense for outs. The southpaw threw 133 pitches This is the second time this season Moody has been honored as SBC Pitcher of Against the Indians, Moody pitched six innings allowing just one unearned March 14, 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * Baseball: Moody Pitches Cajuns Past #15 Texas A&M Chris Whitehead, Sports Information – Hunter Moody pitched a complete game three-hitter to lead the Cajuns to a 7-1 victory. SAN ANTONIO, Texas-Sophomore pitcher Hunter Moody threw a complete game three- Moody threw his first complete game of his young career. The left-hander Moody relied on excellent defense for outs. The southpaw threw 133 pitches The Ragin� Cajuns batters picked up where they left off against Illinois. UL John McCarthy led off the game with a single to right field. The senior Following Lucroy�s single, the Aggies switched pitchers. A&M brought in Matt The Cajuns continued to struggle against Ueckert. UL managed only two hits Texas A&M was able to put a run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth In the top of the sixth inning, Lucroy hit his team leading fourth homerun of Matt Hicks walked to start the ninth inning. Preciado laid down a bunt to The Ragin� Cajuns will continue play in the Collegiate Baseball Classic on March 11, 2006 * * * * * * * * Chris Whitehead, Sports Information – Hunter Moody is 1-0 on the season with a 0.00 ERA. NEW ORLEANS-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns starting pitcher Hunter Moody was Moody, a sophomore from Clinton, La., earned a victory in the Cajuns season Moody pitched six innings allowing just one unearned run. He allowed five The sophomore pitched his way out of two jams with runners in scoring Opponents are batting just .227 against Moody and his earned run average is Hunter Moody is 1-0 on the season with a 0.00 ERA. NEW ORLEANS-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns starting pitcher Hunter Moody was Moody, a sophomore from Clinton, La., earned a victory in the Cajuns season Moody pitched six innings allowing just one unearned run. He allowed five The sophomore pitched his way out of two jams with runners in scoring Opponents are batting just .227 against Moody and his earned run average is February 24, 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * Lucroy’s hit also key in Opening Day victory. Dan McDonald Most of the 2,295 fans at Moore Field Tuesday credited catcher Jonathan Lucroy with breaking open the University of Louisiana’s 8-2 Opening Day baseball win over UL Monroe. “The only reason we won is because Hunter Moody kept us in the game,” Lucroy said. “He kept us right there.” Moody, who took on a pivotal mound role as a freshman last season, picked up where he left off with six solid innings against the Indians (0-4). The sophomore lefthander scattered five hits and fanned five while allowing one unearned run, but more importantly for the hosts he pitched out of trouble twice early in the game. “We didn’t lose the game in the fifth inning,” said ULM coach Brad Holland. “We lost it in not pushing across those runs. We preach touching the ball in those situations, and we go punch-out, punch-out. “We had the punch-outs, and their veteran guys put it in play with runners on. That was the whole difference.” The Cajuns (1-0) scattered three singles off Indian starter David Mixon (0-2) through four innings, but an error and back-to-back walks loaded the bases with one out in the fifth. Leadoff hitter John McCarthy drew a walk from reliever Jared Jennings to tie the game and a wild pitch put UL in front 2-1. After Jameson Parker’s infield grounder loaded the bases again, Lucroy swatted an 0-1 pitch from Jennings into the right-field gap to score three runs. “I like hitting against soft-throwing lefties,” said Lucroy, who led the Cajuns in hitting (.379) as a freshman. “It’s easy for me to pick up. Against a guy like that, you want to stay back and go to the opposite field.” “Who knows who will be the one to get the big lick,” said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. “Lucroy got it tonight, but we also had some quality at-bats from a couple of freshmen before that and got some key walks to set that up.” ULM had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth when Steve Lawler doubled down the third-base line and scored when Dexter Fontenot’s two-out ground ball was thrown away by freshman third baseman Grant Derouen. Other than that, Moody was under control in his third collegiate win. Brandt Sanders pitched the seventh and eighth, giving up a solo homer to ULM’s Todd Garvin, and new closer Chad Beck gave up one hit and fanned one in the ninth. “I felt sharp in the pen and I had pretty good command,” Moody said. “When we got that big inning, you can’t stop being aggressive, but it did provide some peace of mind.” “What he (Moody) did tonight was what Kevin Ardoin and Austin Faught did for us last year,” Robichaux said. “He let our hitters get the chance to see their guy for a couple of at-bats, and he made a lot of crucial pitches to get out of some jams.” Jefferies Tatford and Alex Preciado followed Lucroy in the fifth with RBI doubles of their own and freshman Scott Hawkins plated the final run with a single before reliever Ben Soignier recorded the third out. “Our guys have to understand momentum,” Holland said. “There are only so many times you have a chance to get momentum. We should have been up two or three runs going into the fifth, and then that inning might have been different.” Originally published February 15, 2006 * * * * * * * * Baseball: Moody paces young pitching staff Dan McDonald Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a series of preview stories on UL’s 2006 baseball squad. The Ragin’ Cajuns open their season Tuesday at home against UL Monroe. Today: Hunter Moody and the pitchers. “I’m sleeping like a baby,” Robichaux replied. “I’m waking up every hour crying.” Sleeping pills may not help here. Only five of UL’s 17 pitchers have major college experience, and of last year’s 48-19 final record the returning fivesome combined for only a 5-3 mark. “The big benefit is that the more these guys play like they’re going to play, the more they don’t want to surrender,” Robichaux said. “When you have guys coming in and out of the program it’s hard to build up enough sweat equity. Last year’s team had so much of that, and these guys will have the chance to build that.” He’s also not losing much sleep about Hunter Moody, who has the inside track on the No. 1 starter role after a credible freshman season. Moody, a product of Clinton and Silliman Institute, had a 2-0 mark and a 4.08 ERA as a freshman in 18 appearances and eight starts. He also had UL’s victory in the NCAA Regional. “I know I still have a lot to learn and I’m going to get a lot of chances to learn,” Moody said. “I picked up a lot of things last year that can help me out, and Coach prepares you so well that you can handle it.” “He came in with mound presence at an early age,” Robichaux said. “Most freshman can go in and out but not back and forth. You can’t succeed as a freshman without a good change-up, and most of them don’t have that because they didn’t need it in high school. “Guys like Andy Gros and Kevin Ardoin came in and could go back and forth at an early age. Hunter can do that, too.” That didn’t mean he wasn’t nervous his first time on the “Tigue” Moore Field mound, when he threw two scoreless innings against Nicholls State last February. “Sure, I had butterflies,” Moody said, “but what I’ve always done is try to stay calm and not let anything rattle me. You don’t want to lose your cool. After the first pitch instinct took over, but it was exciting.” Robichaux called it a growing-up experience, something that a lot of his staff will feel this season. “There’s a big difference from the freshmen that were here in the fall and the ones that came back from Christmas break,” he said. “The month of February is so important to us since the whole thing comes down to our experience on the mound and how mature we can get in February.” Senior lefthander Brandt Sanders (1-1, 5.23) and sophomore righty Buddy Glass (2-2, 6.18) are the other experienced hands. Moody and Glass will likely join with lefty Greg Wilborn and righthander Danny Farquhar in an early-season starting rotation that includes two sophomores and two freshmen. Because of that youth, Robichaux said that molding a bullpen from the inexperienced staff is a must. “With a quality bullpen you can shorten the game,” he said. “In our Omaha year our starters only had to go six innings and we were able to take over in the seventh reliably night after night. That’s important because every time hitters come back through, it challenges a freshman more to disguise what he’s doing.” UL RAGIN’ CAJUN PITCHING STAFF No. Name B-T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown 1 Brandt Sanders L-L 6-3 185 Sr. Patterson Greg Wilborn L-L 6-1 150 Fr. Albuquerque, N.M. 1 Jeff Martinez L-L 5-11 190 Sr. Baton Rouge 15 Jonathan Cottrell R-R 6-4 195 Sr. Niceville, Fla. 1 T. J. Gros L-L 6-1 179 Fr. Amelia 1 Hunter Moody L-L 6-2 195 So. Clinton 1 Gregory Harmon R-R 6-0 185 Fr. Crowley 2 Jason Fernandez R-R 6-2 175 Jr. Baton Rouge 2 Chad Beck R-R 6-4 235 Jr. Woodville, Texas 2 Andrew Laughter R-R 6-4 205 Jr. Longwood, Fla. 2 Danny Farquhar R-R 5-10 170 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. 2 Jonathan Smith L-L 6-1 185 Fr. New Iberia 2 Buddy Glass R-R 6-1 220 So. Clermont, Fla. 30 Justin Randa L-L 6-5 200 Jr. Hays, Kan. 31 Tim Beasley R-R 6-4 185 Jr. Glenwood, Minn. 39 Cody LeBlanc R-R 6-3 200 Sr. Lafayette 40 Matt Pilgreen R-R 6-1 165 Jr. Shreveport NOTE: Harmon is listed as a pitcher and an outfielder. Originally published February 11, 2006
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