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Southern Travels to Incarnate Word for Weekend Series

3/9/2023 2:58:00 PM

SAN ANTONIO The Southern University's baseball team will travel to the University of the Incarnate Word for a three game series from March 10-12 at Sullivan Field in San Antonio.
 
Friday's contest starts at 6:30 p.m., while Saturday's game is scheduled for 2 p.m. and Sunday's first pitch will be at 1 p.m. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+
 
Southern (4-8) is coming off a heartbreaking loss to UNO, 10-9, on Wednesday.
 
The lone game between the two programs went Incarnate Word's way 6-4 in 2018.
 
Jaylen Armstrong and Khyle Radcliffe continue to lead the Jaguars at the plate. KJ White, Rashard Grace and JJ Rollon are also contributing with averages over .300. Armstrong is leading the team with a .419 average, four doubles, one triple and two home runs. Radcliffe is hitting .345 with two doubles, a triple and a team high of nine RBIs. Armstrong and Radcliffe both have four stolen bases on the year.
 
Jalon Long has been the Friday night start this season. Long is 1-1 on the year with 16 strikeouts and 10 walks in 13.2 innings. Nicholas Wilson got the start in the first two Saturday games and came in relief in the other. Wilson is 0-1 on the year with 16 strikeouts to only six walks in 14 innings. Christian Davis has started the last two Sunday matchups. Davis is 0-1 on the year with eight strikeouts and just one walk in eight innings of play.
 
Incarnate Word is 6-7 on the season, coming off a 13-5 loss to Texas A&M on Tuesday.
 
Hernan Yanez and Jimmy De Leon are batting identical .333 to lead UIW. Yanez has a team high five doubles, while De Leon has three doubles, five home runs and 12 RBIs.
 
Kayden Cassidy has been the Friday night starter for the Cardinals. Cassidy is 1-1 on the season with a 3.55 ERA, striking out 13 and walking 12 in 12.2 innings of work. UIW Saturday starter has been Isaiah Zavala who is 2-0 with a 4.41 ERA and 23 strikeouts to five walks in 16.1 innings. The Cardinals have used a mixture of pitching on Sundays.

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