LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) –Gavin Galy and a pair of relievers combined on a four-hit shutout while Patrick Engskov and Ashton Quiller each hit home runs to lead Arkansas State to a 3-0 Sun Belt Conference win over the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns on Thursday at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field at Russo Park.
The win by Arkansas State (25-26, 13-15 SBC) inched the Red Wolves closer to securing their first berth in the Sun Belt Conference Championships for the first time since 2021. Louisiana, which remained in a fourth-place tie with Old Dominion in the league standings, fell to 25-28 overall and 15-13 in SBC play.
Galy (3-1), who previously played at Nicholls before transferring with first-year coach Mike Silva to Arkansas State, allowed one base runner through the first 3.2 innings before Conor Higgs doubled for the Cajuns’ first hit of the game. The right-hander would retire the next seven batters before being chased when Caleb Stelly led off the seventh with a single through the right side…