Baseball falls in Southland Tournament to UIW

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball team fell to the University of the Incarnate Word, 5-4, on Friday at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas.
- The No. 8 seed Islanders end the season at 31-26 while the Cardinals improved to 37-21.
- Senior Enrique Sanchez Jr. went 4-for-5 with two runs scored along with a double.

Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders scored once in the first and three times in the third.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outhit the Cardinals, 9-7.
- Mike Williams went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Trevor Beard drove in a pair of runs, going 1-for-4.
- Drake Osborn was 1-for-4 on the day.
- Cole Fluta went 1-for-4.
- Itchy Burts scored a run after reaching on a fielder's choice in the third. He also stole a base.
- Nick Anderson drove in a run in the first and scored a run in the third after reaching on a fielder's choice.  He was also hit by a pitch to lead off the seventh.
- Thomas Jeffries IV reached on a walk after pinch hitting in the sixth inning.
- Leo Perez got the start and went 3.2 innings, allowing one earned run on two hits. he struck out one and walked one.
- A.G. Ayala worked a scoreless ninth inning, setting the Cardinals down in order.

Key Islander Innings
1st  |  Sanchez Jr. led off the first with a double to deep left center and moved up to third on ground out to the right side. Anderson hit a groundout to short but it allowed Sanchez Jr. to come home with the game's first run.

3rd  |  Fluta started the inning with a single to left center and went to third on a Sanchez Jr. single to right center. Burts laid down a bunt and the UIW pitcher was forced to look Fluta back to third as Burts reached safely to load the bases. Anderson reached on a fielder's choice but Fluta was forced out at home. After a strikeout, Williams hit an infield single to first, driving in Sanchez Jr. to tie the game, 2-2. Beard came up with a single to left to score Anderson and Burts to give the Islanders the lead again, 4-2.

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