Southern baseball can’t complete sweep of UAPB

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas  — The Southern baseball team came up a few timely hits shy of a sweep to open Southwestern Athletic Conference play, falling 5-4 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday afternoon.

The Jaguars (5-5, 2-1) matched UAPB (3-9, 1-2) with 11 hits but stranded 12 runners, including two apiece in the second, fourth, fifth and seventh innings.

“We had multiple opportunities from an offensive standpoint, and we weren’t able to cash in,” coach Roger Cador said. “You have to hit with runners in scoring position, and we just didn’t do it. We left a lot of guys standing out there.”

Southern entered the ninth trailing by two, but Jose DeLa Torre opened the inning with a double, and Darryl Wesley singled him to third. Brian Rowry struck out, but a wild pitch by Pine Bluff’s Redmond Floyd let DeLa Torre score and moved Wesley to second base.

Floyd settled down from there, striking out Brian Ortiz and getting Harley Wiltz to fly out to right field to end it.

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