A Bitter Sweet Weekend

There’s only one word to summarize the past week for the Southern University men’s baseball team and that is bittersweet.
On April 19, the baseball team took on Loyola New Orleans at Lee Hines Stadium. Coming off of a three game win streak from beating Prairie View in their last outing, the boys prepared themselves for this game. The game took a slow pace with Loyola scoring first in the top of the second with a single run. Before Southern could put up any points to cut into the lead Loyola built, the score was 7-0 before the Jaguars could even boast at catchup.
The Jags were able to score only once to bring them to within six points. In the bottom of the fifth inning, freshman outfielder Jacob Juge scored an RBI after a wild pitch hit junior infielder/pitcher Troy Lewis.
Southern then corralled in the seventh inning with another run when Lewis nailed a home run.
The Jags made a final push in the last inning coming close to winning the game. They managed to score four more runs in the final inning. However, the late game outburst proved to not be enough as Southern fell to Loyola by a score of 6-7. The game against Southern Alabama took place on April 22 at Stanky Field in Mobile, Alabama.
The men at South Alabama had a strong start when they were able to score two runs in just the first inning after a wild play that led to two RBIs.
The score was 2-0 with South Alabama in the lead. Junior outfielder, Robinson Mateo sailed a home run over the fence in the top of the fourth inning to crease the score
The Jags scored once more before Southern Alabama was able to get on the board once again, however, the score was 1-3.
In the last inning, Southern showed their moxie such as they did in the previous game in the last inning when they sparked four runs with only two hits. As miraculous as this inning was for the Jagaurs, it constituted their only win in the series.
Southern Alabama, with the close game that ended with a score of 5-4. The Jags were able to take the weekend opener, however they lost to Southern Alabama on the next games on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday the Jags lost by a score of 2-12, and then again Sunday by a score of 1-7. The Jags stay at home this week when they take on the University of New Orleans at 6pm.