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Joseph Battaglia vs TSU
Trevon Ware, 318 Photo
5
Texas Southern Uni. TSU 10-32
7
Winner Southern University SUBR 14-26
Texas Southern Uni. TSU
10-32
5
Final
7
Southern University SUBR
14-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas Southern Uni. TSU 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 11 2
Southern University SUBR 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 X 7 7 2

W: Battaglia, Joseph (5-3) L: MARTINEZ, Jo (0-2) S: Ozoa, Enrique (5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Rodney Kirschner Senior Associate Athletics Director | Sports Information Director

Southern defeats Texas Southern 7-5 to take game one of the weekend series

BATON ROUGE, LA. -- Southern (14-26, 12-10 SWAC) pounded out seven hits, taking game one of the weekend series 7-5 over Texas Southern at Lee-Hines Field on Friday evening.

TSU struck first on RBI fly out in the first inning taking the early 1-0 lead.

The Tigers responded again in the top of the 3rd after getting two hits for the 2-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the 3rd, Judah Wilbur got the bats going for SU when he singled to left field. O'Neill Burgos reached first on an error as Wilbur advanced to second. Next batter Taj Porter doubled to right field scoring both Wilbur and Burgos. Tremaine Spears singled and advanced to second on a wild throw as Porter scored extending the SU lead 3-2.  

The Jaguars would scored their fourth run in the bottom of the fifth after Wilbur got on base with his single to center field. He then stole second base. Porter RBI double to right center field scored Wilbur from second.

Southern added three more runs in the sixth to go up 7-2. Jonathan Evans started off the inning advancing to first when he was hit by a pitch. Zavier Moore single through the left side advanced Evans to second. Then on a sac bunt from Bubba Thompson, TSU catcher over threw first base for an error causing Evans to score, Moore to advance to third and Thompson to second. Isaiah Adams singled up the middle, scoring both Moore and Thompson.

The Tigers added two runs in the top of the seventh and one run in the top of the ninth. 

Both Wilbur and Porter recorded two hits on the day, with Porter also being responsible for three RBI and Wilbur with two runs scored.

Joseph Battaglia III (5-3) picked up the win for the Jaguars, working 4.2 innings and giving up two earned runs off five hits to go along with three strikeouts. Dimitri Frank pitched 2.1 innings in relief striking out four batters. Enrique Ozoa picked up his fifth save of the season pitching 2.0 innings and striking out one batter.
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will be back in action at home on Saturday when they host game two against Texas Southern, first pitch is scheduled for 2:00 pm.

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