Southern baseball practice gets under way

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  With the playing surface at Lee-Hines Field receiving a much-needed makeover, the Southern University baseball team opened practice Friday with position players hitting balls in the batting cages and pitchers testing their arms with bullpen work.

This will be the scene for coach Roger Cador’s team the next two weeks.

“We’re going to be a little set back for a couple weeks where we won’t have use of the field,” Cador said. “But that’s OK. The money was available, so we’re taking a chance and making (the improvements) happen.”

Cador said when the $150,000 project is complete, Southern will have a new drainage system and a whole new infield.

The timing of the work will leave the Jaguars little opportunity to work on fielding grounders or turning double plays, and could leave their defense a bit shaky early in the year.

The ping of aluminum bats resonated from the batting cages as SU practiced Friday.


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