Charpentier is solid in first start against Jackson State

Berwick High School alum Chris Charpentier hasn’t seen much action this season on the mound for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
But in two appearances in the last weeks, he has been in the middle of two of the Cajuns’ bigger games this season.
Most recently, on Sunday, he made his first-career start of the season in the Cajuns’ elimination contest against Jackson State in the NCAA Regional in Lafayette.
Charpentier, who received a no-decision after not returning to the mound following a more than three-hour rain delay, pitched four innings and surrendered an unearned run on four hits, fanned five and hit a batter.
“I stuck to our game plan, just tried to get ahead of hitters and pitch our system, and I did and it worked well,” Charpentier said in a ULL news release of his performance.
Teammate and ULL second baseman Jace Conrad said Charpentier did well.
“He’s someone we can count on,” Conrad said in a ULL news release. “We’ve been counting on him all season. He threw well for us. He’s a freshman, so he’ll have some experience for next year, and he deserved it.”
Sunday’s appearance was his second big performance in a week as on May 25, Charpentier came in and shut down the University of Texas-Arlington for most of his five innings of relief.
When he entered the contest, ULL trailed 3-0.
He held Texas Arlington off the scoreboard for the next five innings, allowing the Cajuns one point take a 5-3 lead.
Charpentier was relieved after UTA tied the game in the top of the seventh via a two-run home run.
The Cajuns, who have fought their way back from the brink of elimination after falling to the Lafayette Regional’s fourth-seed, Jackson State, Friday in their regional opener now will face Mississippi State in a winner-take-all game tonight to advance to face the winner of the Oxford, Miss., regional. ULL forced the deciding game after defeating Mississippi State 14-8 Sunday.