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The Bobcats nightmare weekend ended with a thud as South Alabama scored seven unanswered runs in a 7-4 loss for Texas State, completing the sweep.
Texas State falls to 2721 overall, 10-14 in conference and are now in danger of missing the conference tournament.
“You just have to keep playing, fighting and sticking together,” Trout said. “We talk about culture and family all the time. It’s what it needs to be. When you go through hard times it gets tested the most so that’s number one.
The other piece, we just need to have guys step up and go be who they are. I think they’re trying sometimes too hard to do too much and they’re not getting the results. So you just have to keep grinding away and believe in one another. We’ve seen this offense and this team, when we’re playing really well, we’re going to beat anybody. So you have to believe that’s gonna show up here in the last couple weeks of the season, and hopefully fight to go make the conference tournament.”
The Bobcats scored first on the leadoff home run from RaShawn Galloway in the bottom of the first.
Later, junior Justin Vossos connected with a two-run RBI single to make it a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth, junior Manny Salas hit an RBI single to make it a 4-0 Bobcat lead.
South Alabama cut into the lead with a fielder’s choice, scoring one run in the top of the fifth inning.
The Jaguars later tied the game in the top of the sixth with a three-run home run, making it a 4-4 game.
South Alabama later took a 6-4 lead on a tworun RBI double in the top of the eighth before tacking on another run in the top of the ninth.
Texas State is back home Tuesday against Baylor. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
WEEKEND NOTES After entering last week with an RPI of 37, the combination of the loss to Texas A&M Corpus Christi and being swept by South Alabama has sunk the Bobcats’ RPI to 56. Texas State’s at-large bid is likely over, with their only shot at making the NCAA Tournament is winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
The sweep also dropped Texas State into a fourway tie for tenth place in the conference. Only the top ten teams in the standings make the conference tournament.
The Bobcat offensive slump continues, as Texas State has failed to score more than five runs in 11 of their last 12 games.
Tensions over how the season has gone for the Bobcats seemed to reach a boiling point when Texas State players were seen getting into a visible argument that was so heated, coaches had to separate the teammates.
