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NEW ORLEANS – The University of South Alabama baseball team fell to New Orleans 7-5 Tuesday at Maestri Field.

UNO (12-7) scored a pair of runs in the second inning and four runs in the fourth while three Privateer relievers combined for five scoreless innings from the bullpen. South Alabama (10-8) will return to action Wednesday when it hosts New Orleans at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- South Alabama jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Ethan Wilson led off the game with a solo home run over the center field wall on a 3-2 pitch from UNO right-hander Bailey Holstein.
- UNO answered in the bottom of the second on a one-out pinch-hit RBI single to center field by Jorge Tejeda to tie the game 1-1. A bunt single by Antonio Gauthier loaded the bases with one out before Darren Willis delivered a sacrifice fly to center field for a 2-1 Privateer advantage.
- UNO pushed its lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the third. Salo Izo led off the inning with a triple to left field, and scored one batter later on a sacrifice fly to right field by Pearce Howard. An RBI double to left-center field by Tresten Kennard extended the Privateer lead to 4-1 before a two-run single to right field by Gauthier pushed the UNO advantage to 6-1.
- USA answered in the top of the fifth. Brandon Auerbach led off the inning with a walk, advanced to second on a single through the right side of the infield by Wilson and scored on an RBI single through the left side of the infield by Santi Montiel to cut the UNO lead to 6-2. Kaleb DeLaTorre followed with a three-run home run over the right field wall on a 2-2 pitch from Holstein to cut the Jaguar deficit to one run at 6-5.
- UNO scored the game's final run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Kennard reached on a fielding error by Montiel on a grounder to shortstop that allowed Howard for a two-run advantage.

NOTES
- Wilson led off the game with a home run to center field, which marked the first time a Jaguar has led off a game with a home run since Travis Swaggerty on April 6, 2018, at Coastal Carolina.
- DeLaTorre extended his on-base streak to nine games with a three-run home run in the fifth inning.
- Jaguar right-hander Patrick McBride (0-1) allowed six runs on seven hits with one strikeout and one walk in 2 2/3 innings pitched in the loss.
- UNO right-hander Matthew Oset (3-1) tossed two scoreless relief innings, and struck out one while issuing two walks and allowing one hit to earn the win.
- Wilson, Montiel, Carter Perkins and Wells Davis each finished with two hits for USA.
- Jaguar relievers Chase Lambert, Tyler Perez, Joel Cheatwood and Jared Proctor combined to limit UNO to one run on four hits with six strikeouts and one walk in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
- Seven Privateer starters hit safely in the game, led by Kennard who finished 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"Our guys kept fighting. The bullpen was good, but we left too many men on base, had too many popups and too many backward strikeouts. We put too many at-bats in the umpire's hands with the backward strikeouts, and we had too many lazy at-bats. Some guys had some good at-bats; Eddie Paparella took some good swings and Colton Thomas lined out twice tonight. It was good to get him back in there swinging the bat. But we need some more production out of the bottom of the order – bottom line."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Wednesday when it hosts New Orleans at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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