NEW ORLEANS, LA. -- The Defending SWAC Champions opened the 2020 baseball season in the Andre Dawson Classic as they defeated New Orleans 9-3 on a cold Friday Night at Maestri Field.
The Jaguars went up to bat in the Top of the Seventh Inning down 3-1 when Senior outfielder
Brad Jenkins started the rally that led the Jags to pick up 6 runs and took the lead as they never looked back dominating the Privateers the last three innings of the game. Senior LHP and New Orleans native Jacob Synder picks up his first win of the season throwing 65 pitches with five strike-outs only giving up 2 runs. The Jaguars scoring came from
Hampton Hudson and
Brad Jenkins who picked up two runs each along with
Garrett Felix, Franky Montesino,
William Nelson,
Taj Porter,
Zavier Moore all whome had one run.
"It's a scrappy win," Southern head coach Kerrick Jackson said. "We were dismal at the plate for a while, but we got a spark going, and things snowballed from there. Once we settled in, we got a little confidence."
Up Next
Southern will face off with SWAC foe Alcorn State, Saturday at 1 PM. The game will be televised live on MLB Network. On closing day of the Andre Dawson Classic the Jaguars will play a double-header against Alabama State and Grambling State. First pitch for the Alabama State game is at 12 PM and first pitch for the Grambling State game will be at 3 PM.
The last time the Jaguars played Alabama State was in the SWAC Championship game where they dominated the Hornets for 9 innings beating them 15-0.
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