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Winner South Alabama USA 31-18, 15-10 SBC
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Troy TROY 24-26, 13-12 SBC
Winner
South Alabama USA
31-18, 15-10 SBC
12
Final
1
Troy TROY
24-26, 13-12 SBC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
South Alabama USA 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 12 13 0
Troy TROY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2

W: Heer, Mitchell (5-2) L: Stubbs, Benjamin (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

South Alabama Run-Rules Troy in Series Opener

TROY, Ala. - South Alabama (31-18, 15-10 SBC) won its sixth straight with the run-rule series opener victory over Troy (24-26, 13-12 SBC) after a three hour rain delay on Friday night at Riddle-Pace Field, lifted by a hot Jaguar offense and dominant outing from Mitchell Heer.


PRIMARY THREADS
  • After first pitch was pushed back three hours from its originally scheduled start time due to a rain delay, the Jags were itching for offense and struck three times in the first frame. Brennon Wright singled himself aboard to lead-off the contest and scored when Robert Miranda laced a double off of the left-center field wall at 101 MPH off the bat. Blake Guerin followed suit when a double of his own splashed just inside the left field line and allowed Duncan Mathews and Miranda to cross and complete the three-spot.
  • Four more South Alabama runs crossed in the fourth and got started by way of a Robert Miranda two-run single to bring around Ethan Melton and Paxton Bigby. Blake Guerin matched Miranda for RBI's early when he plated his third of the night with a sacrifice fly. Mike Young would be responsible for the fourth run for the Jaguars when he doubled down the third base line to make it 7-0 Jags after four.
  • Duncan Mathews drew his fourth consecutive walk on an eight pitch at-bat with the bags full of Jags in the fifth inning earning an RBI. The Trojans would score its lone run of the game with a solo shot in the fifth.
  • Friday night arm Mitchell Heer was dominant in the win and cruised through six innings only allowing four hits and the one earned run.
  • The Jags tallied four more runs in the seventh, when Brennon Wright reached on an error on the infield and advanced to third base on a second error on the play, scoring Ethan Melton. Wright would score on a wild pitch, before Mike Young belted his seventh homer of the season in two-run fashion to increase the Jaguar lead to 11 runs.
  • Jaxon Shineflew entered in the seventh and closed the game out to secure the victory.

KEY STATS
  • The win improves the Jaguar win streak to a season-high six games and have won 12 of its last 15. The win streak marks the first time the Jags have won six straight since the first six games of the 2024 season.
  • Four Jaguars tallied multi-hit games, and three players recorded three RBI.
  • Mike Young notched a career-high four hits that included a homer, double, and two singles for three RBI.
  • Robert Miranda tagged two hits with an RBI double and totaled three RBI in a 2-5 effort at the dish.
  • Blake Guerin's two-RBI double tallied to the run column and added a sacrifice fly to total three RBI.
  • Paxton Bigby and Ethan Melton both posted two hit nights. Bigby scored once while Melton crossed twice in the win.
  • Duncan Mathews drew a career-high four walks and scored twice with an RBI.
  • Mitchell Heer (W, 5-2) was dominant for the Jaguars as the tone setter in the victory. Heer cruised six innings while allowing just four hits and one run for his fifth win of the season.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
"Mitch was our momentum. We went out there and jumped in the first and Mitch kept it in our dugout. He's done a great job of that while we've scored some for him on Friday nights and he has really responded by taking the momentum and getting us back in the dugout. Robert Miranda got us started and our walks are up making our OBP high against some really good arms. We talked about staying off the edges and forcing it over the 10 inches.

They have plenty left over there. They are a very dangerous offense. They've got two more really good starting pitchers and another four or five really talented relievers down there, so we've got our hands full the rest of the weekend. It was good to take Friday night, but we're onto tomorrow, and our guys know that."


ON DECK
The series continues on Saturday scheduled for 3:33 p.m. (CT). Ryland Bozenhard (2-2, 6.07 ERA) is slated to make his tenth start for the Jaguars while right-hander Tommy Egan (5-3, 4.34 ERA) is the probable for Troy.


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