BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern University pitcher Santos Saldivar had to fight back his emotions as he walked off Lee-Hines Field for the last time in his career.In a season filled with more downs than ups, Saldivar sent the Jaguars (17-22) out on a high note, throwing a complete game in Southern’s 5-1 win against Southeastern Louisiana (36-14) in the team’s final regular-season outing.
“I was just doing it for the team,” Saldivar said. “There’s nine seniors out here — I was doing it for them.”
The senior set a Southern single-season record with 104 strikeouts after retiring 13 Lions on Wednesday night. The total puts him one strikeout ahead of Jose DeLeon’s record set in 2012.
Saldivar allowed six hits and a walk.
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