Jaguar baseball beat their in-state rival. South Alabama beat Troy on Sunday 9-4. In doing so, the Jags took the series two games to one. South Alabama has now won 5 straight Sun Belt Conference series, and 14 of their last 20 games.
How We Got Here
Friday Game One
The Jags played a doubleheader on Friday due to the threat of inclement weather on Saturday. In Game one. The Jags won 5-2, behind 6 strong innings from Leif Moore who improved to 3-0 on the year. Lied gave up 3 hits, no runs striking out 3 and walking 3.
Friday Game Two
In game 2, the Jags got beat, 8-1. Troy’s Grayson Stewart handcuffed the Jags for 6 2/3 innings, striking out 10 Jaguar hitters.
How It Happened
Sunday Game Three
Troy scored 1 run in the top of the first inning and led 1-0
In the bottom of the first the Jaguars would answer back. Erick Orbeta would walk to lead off the inning. JG Bell would reach on a fielders choice after a fielding error by the first baseman. That would bring up Will Turner, who would single to 2nd base, loading the bases with no body out. Trey Lewis would step up and ground out to third base, picking up the rbi. Joseph Sullivan and Tyler Borges would both strikeout to end the inning. In the inning the Jags picked up 1 run on 1 hit and tied the game 1-1.
In the bottom of the third inning, the Jags looked to get the lead. Bell would single up the middle. Turner would then double down the line in right. Bell would advance to third. Lewis and Sullivan would fly out, for two outs in the inning. Borges would reach base on an error by the third baseman. Bell would score on the play.
Diego Altamirano would come up next, and get hit by the pitch. That would brought Austin Thrasher to the plate. Thrasher would hit a 2 rbi single to left. That brought up Micah Morgan, who would smash the first pitch he saw, over the right field wall for a three run home run. Orbeta grounded out to 2nd base to end the the inning. In the inning the Jags would score 6 runs on 4 hits and led 7-1.
In the top of the 4th Troy 2 runs, but still trailed the Jags 7-3
Going into the bottom of the 4th The South wants to add to their lead. Bell flew out to center field. Turner would double to right center. After a Troy pitching change, Lewis would walk. Sully would get hit by the pitch to load the bases. Borges would then pick up an rbi after he walked. After another Troy pitching change, Altamirano and Thrasher both made outs to end the inning. In the bottom of the inning South Alabama would pick up 1 run on 1 hit and increase the lead to 8-3.
Moving to the bottom of the 5th The Jags will tack on another run. Morgan would lead off the inning with a single. Orbeta would fly out. Bell would hit an rbi double down the line. Turner would strike out and Ryan Story who pinch hit for Trey Lewis would strikeout. In the inning the Jags would score 1 runs on 2 hits, and led 9-3.
Troy would pick up 1 run in the top of the 7th. The Jags led 9-4.
That would turn out to be the final score. Jags won 9-4
Key Stats
Jeremy Lee pitched good. Going 4 1/3 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. Caden Homniok picked up his first win after a tremendous effort out of the pen. Going 2 2/3 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits walking 1 striking out 3.
Will Turner went 3 for 5 scoring 2 runs.
Austin Thrasher went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 1 run scored.
Next Up
The Jaguars Dont have a mid week game. They go to Southern Miss for another huge series. Southern Miss is top 25 in RPI and will be throwing there aces ag
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