Box Score JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Wildcats dropped their first of two midweek contests this week, 14-4 at the hands of Jacksonville, Tuesday night at John Sessions Stadium.



The Wildcats (21-21, 12-7 SWAC) scored first in the top of the first inning as Garrett Chun opened the contest with a walk and came around to score on a Boris Pena RBI single. 

Jacksonville (26-18, 10-11 ASUN) quickly jumped on the Wildcats a half-inning later, plating six on four RBI singles to make it 6-1 in a hurry. 

The Dolphins added runs in the second, third, and fourth to make it 9-1 before B-CU grabbed one back in the top of the fifth on an Irvin Escobar RBI single that scored Jason Hodges.

Two more runs came around to score for B-CU in the sixth as Hodges cleared the wall in left center, his second homer of the season, to cut the deficit to 9-4.

From there, the Dolphins scored one in the seventh and four in the bottom of the eighth to finish off the 14-4 victory. 

Louis Lipthratt made the start and took the loss for B-CU. He finished two innings, allowing seven earned runs on eight hits with two walks and a strikeout. 

Gerald Bess, Santiago Gomez, Brian Pina, and Yoansell Diaz also appeared out of the bullpen for B-CU. 


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• Hodges finished the night 2-4 with two RBI, and a walk.
• The Wildcats left 10 men on base.

The Wildcats are right back to work Wednesday night as they return to "The Jack" to host FIU. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.



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