SU splits two with Grambling
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Southern?s Michael Gavion, left, reaches first base as Grambling?s Joseph Sam is unable to handle the ball during the first inning of Saturday?s first game at Lee-Hines Field.
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Apr 27, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.
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Saturday, for Southern, was about answering.
After Grambling?s Mario Jefferson pitched a first-game gem, blanking SU 5-0, the Jaguars had to answer, and did so, 11-9, in a second game that ebbed and flowed at Lee-Hines Field.
When Grambling took the lead, SU?s bats had a reply both times. And when Grambling made the game close again with a five-run sixth, closer Cody Elliott stood tall, with two strikeouts in a shutout seventh.
?That?s really what it?s about: answering challenges,? Southern coach Roger Cador said. ?We did that (Saturday). We?ve just got to keep doing it. I told those kids this team would be difficult, and they proved that today.?
Southern (22-14, 14-6 Western Division) and Grambling (18-19, 15-8) meet in the series finale ? a single, nine-inning game ? at noon today. The game will be televised on KPBN (Cox Cable Ch. 113).
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