May 12, 2005

Rams falls to Lee, 6-3 in Region XIII Tournament action

SHREVEPORT, La. -- The University of Mobile baseball team (39-24) dropped their first game of the Region XIII Tournament after falling 6-3 to Lee University Thursday night in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The game, which was delayed nearly three hours last night due to having to play the third game of a scheduled tripleheader, began just before 10 p.m. CST time and ended just after 1 a.m.  The Rams now must turn around less than 12 hours later and face LSU-Shreveport in an elimination game this afternoon at 12 p.m. noon.

The Rams got off to a good start by taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.  Carnell Parker led off the game with a walk and advaned to second base on a passed ball.  Josh Banashak moved Parker to third base with a sacrifice fly and Parker eventually scored on a J.C. Santana ground out.

Mobile would take a 1-0 lead into the fifth inning when the Flames scored two runs to take a 2-1 lead.  Lee added three more runs in the seventh and another in the eighth to take a 6-1 lead.  Mobile would get two runs back in the bottom of the eighth inning but could not complete the comeback as the Rams would fall 6-3.

Starting pitcher Jason Regan was credited with the loss after pitching seven complete innings and allowing five earned runs on seven hits.  Regan walked fived and struck out seven.  Relief pitcher Chris Copeland pitched the eighth inning allowing one run and John Kalb pitched a perfect ninth.

The Rams must now face LSU-Shreveport in an elimination game as a result of the Pilots 14-13 win over North Georgia in 11 innings.  The game lasted four and a half hours and resulted in the delay of the final two games of the day.

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