MOBILE, Ala. - South Alabama's offense drove the game with the pitching staff combining for a no-hitter through 7.1 innings.Â
Joseph Sullivan batted 4-4 today with a solo home run in the third inning. His total stat line included a run, a walk, and three RBI's.
Ethan Melton and
Duncan Mathews both scored two runs while
Tyler Borges logged a hit and an RBI on his lone hit.
Junior
Mitchell Heer debuted tonight for the Jaguars with solid support from relievers
Cooper Cooksey and Freshman
Jaxon Shineflew. Cooksey worked through 3.0 innings of work with five strikeouts and only two of his batters faced reaching base. Shineflew's collegiate debut went 3.0 innings with one strikeout and only one walk.
Zach Willingham and
Eric Lin closed out the game pitching an inning each to hold the Lions to only one hit on the night.
Winning Pitcher: Cooper Cooksey (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Hayden Robb (0-1)
QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi:
On tonight's pitching: Yeah, I thought Shineflew was good, clean, three innings, got three lead outs. I thought, I mean all of them, Mitch (Heer), coming off Tommy John here was really good. Got us off to a good start. Cooksey was really good behind him. They were nine for nine getting lead-off outs. Had nine punch outs and three walks. So I was very happy with our pitching tonight.
On the team's offense: Good to see Sully have a good night. We got to double digit hits, that was good. A couple other guys swinging the bat. Well, not a whole lot to show for Turner, (but) he swung the bat well tonight. Looks a whole lot more like himself so that's good. That's definitely good for us moving forward.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars take on a weekend series with Jacksonville State, starting Friday, Feb. 23 at 6:30 pm.
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