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MOBILE, Ala. – Three Southeastern Louisiana pitchers combined to shut out the University of South Alabama baseball team 1-0 Tuesday at Stanky Field.

SLU right-handers Justin Simanek, Bryce Tassin and Jared Biddy combined to allow three hits with 11 strikeouts and one walk in nine innings to lead the Lions to the win. 

USA (12-11) will return to action this weekend when it travels to Arlington, Texas, for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series with UT Arlington, with game one set for Fri., March 29, at 6:30 p.m.

GAME FACTS
- SLU (12-12) pushed across the lone run of the game in the top of the sixth. Connor Manola reached on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, and advanced to second when Bryce Steckler reached on a fielding error by Jared Proctor on a sacrifice bunt to put runners at first and second with no outs. Cody Grosse followed with a sacrifice bunt to third to move both runners into scoring position with one out. Preston Faulkner then lifted a sacrifice fly to right-center field to score Manola with the game's first run.
- USA threatened in the bottom of the ninth by bringing the game-winning run to the plate with one out. Santi Montiel reached on a one-out single back up the middle, and advanced to second with one out on a wild pitch. But SLU right-hander Jared Biddy struck out Ethan Wilson for the second out of the inning, and induced a game-ending groundout to shortstop off the bat of Kaleb DeLaTorre to secure the SLU win.

NOTES
- Proctor retired the first 10 batters he faced in the game and 15 of the first 16, with the lone blemish coming on a one-out single in the top of the fourth inning.
- Proctor tossed a season-high 5 1/3 innings, and allowed one unearned run on one hit and tied his career high with five strikeouts in the loss.
- Right-hander Nick DeSantis tossed one scoreless relief inning and allowed one hit.
- Right-hander Zach Greene retired all eight batters he faced in relief, and finished with five strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings pitched.
- Tuesday's loss marked the second time in four games the Jaguars have been shut out.
- South Alabama fell to 42-23 all-time against Southeastern Louisiana.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the pitching performance:
"(Jared) Proctor was really good. We pitched well tonight. It was a very well-pitched college baseball game on both sides. I'm very proud of Proctor and the effort from all of our guys."

- On the offense:
"All you can ask is to put yourself in a position to win, and we had some chances. It didn't go our way tonight, but our guys fought hard. Their effort was great, it just didn't come out our way. I respect the effort, and I'm okay with that. Sometimes games don't turn out your way; unfortunately there's been a few games not turn out our way, but I think with that effort, focus and concentration, our guys will be just fine. You just have to keep plugging, grinding and working hard."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action this weekend when it travels to Arlington, Texas, for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series with UT Arlington, with game one set for Fri., March 29, at 6:30 p.m.

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