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Cesar Rivera hitting
David Campbell
Cesar Rivera had two hits and an RBI Tuesday vs. South Alabama.
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Winner South Alabama USA 5-3
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Alabama St. ALST 3-4
Winner
South Alabama USA
5-3
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Final
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Alabama St. ALST
3-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Alabama USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 8 1
Alabama St. ALST 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 2

W: McKinley, Shane (1-0) L: Pantoja, Jorge (0-1) S: Taylor, Ben (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hornets Fall To South Alabama; UAB Game Postponed; Harris Earns SWAC Honors

The Alabama State baseball team lost 6-3 at home Tuesday to South Alabama at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
 
The Hornets (3-4) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Waldyvan Estrada singled to lead off the inning, and scored on a double to center field by Chris Biocic for the early advantage.
 
Alabama State extended its lead in the fifth inning with two outs. Joseph Estrada's double to left center field scored P.J. Harris, who walked with one out. Cesar Rivera then singled to left field, scoring Estrada for a 3-0 Hornets' lead.
 
However, South Alabama (5-3) scored one run in the seventh, three in the eighth, and two in the ninth for the final margin.
 
Rivera went 2-for-5 with an RBI to lead the seven hit-attack for Alabama State.
 
"I was very happy with our performance at the plate in getting some good at-bats," Alabama State head coach Mervyl Melendez said. "Starting pitcher Hunter McIntosh did a good job on the mound (4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 Ks). It's rare our relief pitching gives up five runs in the last two innings. That's not a typical occurrence. For whatever reason, we didn't make quality pitches. South Alabama had better at-bats as the end of the game, and you have to give them credit."
 
UAB Game Postponed Wednesday's scheduled home baseball game vs. UAB has been postponed due to weather. The tentative makeup date is May 6. The Hornets will play a three-game series at The Citadel beginning Friday at 4 p.m. All games of the series will be broadcast live on bamastatesports.com.
 
Harris Earns SWAC Honors 1B P.J. Harris earned SWAC Player of the Week honors after his performance in games last week against Auburn. The freshman from Frisco, Texas hit .727 (8-for-11) with three doubles, two home runs, five runs scored and five RBI in the first three starts of his career last week.  Harris went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI against Auburn last Wednesday. In a doubleheader vs. Florida A&M Saturday, he combined to go 5-for-7 with a home run, three doubles, three runs scored and three RBI.
                               
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