Jaguar baseball gets shut out at home versus #24 Alabama, on Tuesday night. The final score was 4-0. The Jaguars could only muster three hits all night against Tide pitching. JG Bell, Joseph Sullivan, and Micah Morgan each had one hit a piece. On what was clearly a bullpen night, the Jaguars used 10 pitchers. Eight pitchers went 1 full inning. Sam Knowlton went 0.1 of an inning and Zach Willingham came in for the final two outs in the inning. The Jaguar staff would record a total of 13 strikeouts.
Alabama scored 2 runs in the top of the third and 1 run in both the top of the fourth and 5th innings.
Mitchell Heer got the start for the Jags. In his one inning of work he had 3 strikeouts and 1 walk. Danny Diaz would pick up the loss.
The Jaguars record drops to 8-9 overall.
Inside the numbers
South Alabama is only hitting .256 as a team this season, while opponents are batting .272
The Jaguars have only hit 11 home runs and driven in 90, while opponents have 17 home runs and 97 rbi’s
The Jags have taken themselves out of promising innings by hitting into 9 double plays
South Alabama pitching has a team era of 5.64 with opponents batting .272 against them.
South’s defense has 21 errors so far for a .966 fielding percentage
Next up
The Jaguars open Sun Belt Conference play this weekend on the road at Georgia Southern. The Eagles are 7-10 on the season. Their last game vs Kennesaw St ended in a 4-3 loss. That extended the Eagles losing streak to 6 straight. There is a threat of bad weather in Statesboro this weekend so these game days and times may move around some.
Game times (subject to change) central
Game one Friday @ 5:30 pm
Game Two Saturday @ 1 pm
Game Three Sunday @ Noon
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