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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Southern Jaguars fall 5-1 to UC Irvine Anteaters
HOUSTON, Texas — Southern’s strong pitching continued Saturday afternoon in the MLB Urban Invitational. Unfortunately, the Jaguars offense and defense didn’t follow suit. Three key errors and only three hits on offense were too much for Southern to overcome as the Jaguars fell to UC Irvine 5-1 at Minute Maid Park.
Southern errors in the fourth, sixth and eighth inning led to three of the Anteaters’ runs, while the Jaguars were limited to just five baserunners.
“We made a couple mistakes, and we just didn’t hit the ball today,” Southern coach Roger Cador said. “We just need to concentrate and make better at-bats. Every chance you get, you have to make them work for it, and we didn’t do that today.”
Southern pitchers Jose De Leon, Daniel Garcia and Santos Saldivar did a good job limiting the damage on the mound. After two games, the Jaguars have given up only four earned runs. “I thought our pitchers threw the ball ...
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