LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Cody Brasch pitched 6⅔ innings of one-hit shutout ball and the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Georgia State Panthers 5-1 on Saturday in the first game of a Sun Belt doubleheader at M. L. Tigue Moore Field.

Brasch struck out three, allowed no earned runs and yielded just a single hit before giving way to Tyler Papenbrock, who worked 2⅓ innings for the save. The Ragin’ Cajuns improved to 28-18, while the Panthers fell to 22-24.

Louisiana-Lafayette broke a scoreless tie in the third inning. Noah Lewis doubled to drive in one run and later scored on a single by Lee Amedee for a 2-0 lead. The Ragin’ Cajuns added a run in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk, then scored twice in the eighth on RBI singles by Mark Collins and Lewis. Lewis finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs.

Georgia State’s lone run came in the eighth on a groundout by Silas, scoring Killingsworth. Michael Caruso took the loss, allowing two earned runs over 5⅔ innings despite not giving up a hit, with three strikeouts.