MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / June 6, 2000

DESTREHAN – Cretin Homes coach Paul Waguespack has been trying to find a way this spring to get Andrew Revall’s bat into the lineup.

Waguespack found a way Saturday afternoon and Revall delivered, driving home five runs in Cretin Homes’ 7-6 victory over East St. Charles Post366/195.

Cretin Homes improved to 1-1 both overall and in Second District play. It wasWaguespack’s homecoming to Destrehan where he coached for five seasons.

East St. Charles Post 366/195 fell to 1-2 overall and in district.Revall rallied Cretin Homes from a 6-1 deficit with a grand slam in the top of the third. After Cretin Homes tied the game in the sixth, Toby Jacob brokeout of a slump with a single to center field off East St. Charles starterRandy Roth (0-1). One out later, Revall lined a single to right. The ball skippedpast right fielder Josh Johnson, allowing courtesy runner Jason Rauch to come around to score the go-ahead run.

Roth prevented further trouble by striking out Randy Madere and getting Matt Arceneaux to pop up to him in foul territory.

Jason LaPorte (1-0) retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning, getting Roth, who already had three hits in the game, to fly out to right for the third out. LaPorte relieved starter Michael Bonura with two outs in thesecond inning and allowed two hits and a walk while striking out two in 5 1/3 innings.

“I’m proud of the kids for not quitting,” Waguespack said. “Down 4-0 and 6-1, they could have given up. Revall’s hit was the key. Suddenly, we’re back inthe game. He hits the home run and it’s 6-5. And I can’t say enough aboutthe job LaPorte did. He threw strikes and that was the difference.”East St. Charles jumped out to a 4-0 lead off Bonura in the first inning. LarryMcVay led off with a walk and went to second on a wild pitch. MartyBoudreaux followed by reaching on an error by Jason Waguespack at short.

After Boudreaux went to second on a passed ball, Roth lined a double to left field, scoring both runners for a 2-0 lead.

Following a walk by Larry Matherne, courtesy runner Rustin Rebowe stole third and scored as Jeremy Triche’s throw bounced off Chris Cancienne’s glove. Two outs later, Brian McNulty lined a single to center, scoring courtesyrunner Keith Grubbs to make it 4-0.

Cretin Homes got a run back in the second as Madere lined a two-out home run over the center field fence.

East St. Charles increased its lead to 6-2 in the bottom half of the inning.With one out, Shane LeBoyd walked, stole second and went to third on a passed ball. McVay also walked and stole second before Boudreaux popped upto short for the second out. Roth kept the inning alive by lining a double intothe right-center field gap, scoring LeBoyd and McVay for his third and fourth RBIs of the game.

LaPorte came in to pitch after Matherne walked and got Donnie Hollis to ground out to second to end the inning.

Waguespack led off the third with a double to left and went to third on a wild pitch. Jacob walked and Cancienne beat out a grounder down the third baseline to load the bases. Revall, pinch hitting for Triche, then lined Roth’s firstpitch over the center field wall, bringing Cretin Homes to within 6-5.

East St. Charles had chances to pull further ahead in the fourth and fifthinnings but LaPorte was helped out by double plays in each inning. CretinHomes threatened in the fifth as Cancienne singled to third and went to third on a wild pitch with two outs. Roth came back to get Madere to ground out toshort to end the inning.

Cretin Homes tied the game in the sixth. With two outs, Mike Mustian walkedand stole second. Justin Chauvin then reached on a throwing error by McNultyat third, allowing Mustian to come in to make it 6-all.

“We had a chance to put it away and we didn’t,” East St. Charles coach MarkWilloughby said. “They did what they had to do and they did a good job ofputting the ball in play. I just thought we should have put it away earlier.”

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