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Mitchell Heer
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Louisiana Tech LA TECH 8-7
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Winner South Ala. SOUTH AL 11-3
Louisiana Tech LA TECH
8-7
3
Final
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South Ala. SOUTH AL
11-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Louisiana Tech LA TECH 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
South Ala. SOUTH AL 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 9 13 0

W: Heer, Mitchell (3-0) L: Declan Dahl (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Young Grand Slam, Heer Career-High 11 K’s Power Jags in Series Opener

MOBILE, Ala. - South Alabama (11-3) powered past Louisiana Tech (8-7) in Friday night's series opener at Stanky Field, highlighted by seven strong innings from Mitchell Heer and a Mike Young first inning grand slam.


PRIMARY THREADS
  • The Jags wasted no time out of the gate in the first inning with two knocks from the top of the order in Brennon Wright and Duncan Mathews, who set up an RBI single from three-hole hitter Marc Stephens to plate the first run of the game. Stewart Puckett drew a walk to load the bases for Mike Young, who hit a grand slam to left field for an early 5-0 Jaguar lead. Rett Johnson kept the long ball active when he hit his first homer of the season when the Jaguars spotted six runs in the first frame.
  • Friday night arm Mitchell Heer posted a career-high 11 strikeouts and credited the win across a season-high seven strong innings. Heer would allow a three-run homer in the third but would shut down the Bulldog bats and record zero's in the following four innings for the win.
  • The home half of the fourth inning saw Brennon Wright and Duncan Mathews each grab RBI singles that plated both Blake Guerin and Ethan Melton who reached base on a double and a single respectively, to make it an 8-3 Jaguar lead.
  • The Jags would plate one more in the bottom of the eighth when Duncan Mathews drove home Ethan Melton on a sacrifice fly.
  • Jaxon Shineflew took the rubber in the eighth inning and would characteristically close the door in two scoreless innings.


KEY STATS
  • Brennon Wright came into the contest ranking in the top-5 nationally in hits, batting average, and on-base percentage. The second baseman's 3-4 night at the dish makes him 13 for his last 18 at-bats.
  • Catcher Duncan Mathews recorded a three-hit night of his own in four at-bats with two RBI.
  • Mike Young tagged the first grand slam of the season for the Jaguars and made an outstanding full-extension diving catch defensively.
  • Mitchell Heer (W, 3-0) earned his third win of the season with the following line: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, career-high 11 K, while Bulldog starter Declan Dahl (L, 2-2) recorded the loss.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
"Bunch of punchouts for Mitch (Heer) tonight. Really happy with his effort. (Jaxon) Shineflew came in and did what he does and was really good on the backend."

"Our guys jumped on a really good Friday night arm. Brennon Wright started it off, Dunc (Duncan Mathews) got a knock, and Mike hit a change-up out and we were off and running."

"We've been kicked in the mouth and we've had both pitchers and hitters get knocked to the mat. They keep getting up every time, and they keep going hard so that's all I can ask. They play really hard. They like each other. They're fun to be around. They enjoy the game and they're here to win, and not any other reason than to win. That's what I love about this group so far, still very early, but there's really good chemistry. And I can't ask for more than that."


ON DECK
The Jags are set for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch tomorrow, March 7. Junior right-hander Ryland Bozenhard (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will make his first start in a Jaguar uniform while Hudson Rowan (2-2, 3.45 ERA) is the probable for Louisiana Tech.


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