SATURDAY’S GAME PREVIEW: Alabama A&M at Southern

BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Southern hosts Alabama A&M on Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field in a Southwestern Athletic Conference matchup.

The Jaguars (22-21 overall) enter with momentum after a 9-8 win over the Bulldogs on Thursday in the series opener. Southern has won four of its last five games, including a three-game sweep at Mississippi Valley State from May 1-3. The Bulldogs (7-42) have lost 10 of their last 11 contests.

First pitch is scheduled for the afternoon. The forecast calls for 87-degree temperatures with clouds.

Players to watch

Southern infielder Glenn Green has been hot at the plate. In Southern’s 12-8 win at Mississippi Valley State on May 3, Green went 5 for 6 with three RBIs. In the series opener against Alabama A&M on Thursday, he went 1 for 4. Over his last three games, Green is batting .529 (9 for 17) with one home run and eight RBIs.

Alabama A&M outfielder Tervell Johnson has shown power in recent games. In a 3-10 loss to Florida A&M on May 9, he went 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. In a 7-8 loss at Prairie View on May 3, Johnson went 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI. Over his last 10 games, Johnson is batting .286 (8 for 28) with three homers and six RBIs.

Series notes

Thursday’s game was a back-and-forth affair, with Southern scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. The Jaguars have now won three of the last four meetings between the teams.

Projection

According to Interstat’s game simulator, Southern is projected to win 7-2 with an 80.8 percent probability of victory.

The game marks the second of a three-game series.