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South Alabama USA 31-20, 15-12 SBC
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Winner Troy TROY 26-26, 15-12 SBC
South Alabama USA
31-20, 15-12 SBC
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Final
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Troy TROY
26-26, 15-12 SBC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Alabama USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Troy TROY 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 X 8 10 0

W: Smith, Hayden (3-0) L: Gonzalez, Daniel (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

South Alabama Falls to Troy in Rubber Game

TROY, Ala. - South Alabama (31-20, 15-12 SBC) fell to Troy (26-26, 15-12 SBC) in the rubber game on Sunday afternoon by a score of 8-1 at Riddle-Pace Field.


PRIMARY THREADS
  • The Trojans broke the scoring open in the bottom half of the third when a two-run shot grabbed a pair of runs. Troy tacked on three more in the fifth that came on three hits to increase its lead to five runs after five innings, and added another pair bottom six.
  • Paxton Bigby got the Jags on the board in the seventh when he laced a sacrifice fly to the opposite field allowing Rett Johnson to score.
  • Troy added its eighth run of the afternoon when a jam-shot RBI single landed over the head of Jaguar shortstop Marc Stephens, who was playing in on the infield grass with a Trojan on third base.
  • Starter Daniel Gonzalez was strong despite the line of four earned through 4.2 innings pitched. He exited in the fifth responsible for two runners aboard that scored to add to his line in the earned run column.

KEY STATS
  • Rett Johnson had three of the Jaguars five hits in the finale. It is Johnson's fifth three hit day of the season.
  • Jacob Haley posted a scoreless inning in relief. Haley has not allowed an earned run since March 24 at Auburn (8.1 innings).
  • Mike Young recorded a base hit and went 7-14 in the series with a homer, triple, double, and five RBI.
  • Hayden O'Dell made his first appearance in relief this season when the southpaw went 1.1 IP and allowed an earned run.
  • Daniel Gonzalez went 4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K in the loss.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
"We had chances early and didn't execute offensively with runners in scoring position. We just didn't do enough today. I thought Gonzo was really good. We had two of our best arms down in the bullpen and guys that have been really good for us all year got knocked around a little bit today."


ON DECK
The Jaguars head home for the regular season finale hosting Arkansas State opening Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. First pitch on Friday is also a 6:30 p.m. start, while Saturday's season finale is slated for 1:00 p.m. (CT).


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