Tigers stay perfect in district, stretch win streak to 7

The Hahnville Tigers remained perfect in district play after knocking off East St. John, H.L. Bourgeois, Central LaFourche and South LaFourche.

On Tuesday the Tigers defeated East St. John 7-2. Hahnville sophomore Waylon LeBlanc stepped up to the mound from his usual shortstop spot to hurl two and two thirds innings.

LeBlanc allowed no earned runs walked one and struck out five. Stepping up to the plate, LeBlanc tripled a line drive screamer to right field in the top of the third to score senior Mark Abate to put the first run the board.

One play later Junior Matthew Barbier banged a sac fly to score LeBlanc, Junior Braxton Dufrene singled to left field scoring sophomore Austin Perrin before innings close to take a 3-0 lead in the top of the third.

Even though ESJ put up two runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth, Hahnville scored four more runs in the top of the seventh to secure the win.

Hahnville Junior Logan Billingsley was the player of the day last Thursday hurling a great game but also delivering from the dish in Hahnville’s shutout win over H.L. Bourgeois.  Billingsley allowed no earned runs, walked three and struck out eight in six innings.

Putting down the ball and picking up the bat, the junior first baseman/pitcher hit a sac fly in the first to score LeBlanc and an RBI single in the second to score LeBlanc for the second time in two innings. It must have been a day for pitchers because sophomore Austin Perrin hit a ground ball single to center field scoring junior Kevin Cormadelle also in the second.

Senior Mark Abate also scored in the second inning.  Five more runs in the bottom of the bottom of the fourth and sixth put the game out of reach for ESJ.

Hahnville kept their win streak in tact by taking down Central Lafourche on Saturday 6-1 with a run in the bottom of the second, four more in the bottom of the third, and one in the bottom of the fourth. Perrin logged the win allowing no earned runs, walked two and struck out four in seven innings.

Hahnville picked up another victory on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over South LaFourche.