Box Score PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) baseball team suffered a 7-5 non-conference loss to the University of West Florida (UWF) Argonauts on Wednesday night at Jim Spooner Field.
 
SHC grabbed a 1-0 lead over the Argonauts (16-10) when freshman shortstop Daniel Rodriguez put his first collegiate home run out of the park in the 1^st inning, but UWF answered back in the 2^nd inning with a two-triple followed by a sacrifice fly to take a 3-1 lead.
 
Trailing 7-1 after five innings of play, the Badgers began to whittle away at the Argo advantage with a sacrifice fly by senior first baseman Michael Druhan in the 6^th inning, an RBI single by catcher Brennan Fontenot in the 8^th frame, a run-scoring single to left by Rodriguez followed by a run-scoring balk by UWF in the 9^th inning. Spring Hill would get no closer as JT Granat of UWF earned his second save of the year by ending the game on a strike out with a runner at 2^nd base.
 
Rodriguez had three hits with two RBI on the day as Fontenot added two hits and an RBI to the Badger totals. Austin Barrios (2-3) took the loss in five complete innings with eight hits, a walk and three strike outs.
 
The Badgers (13-13, 3-0 SIAC) will host Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) foes the LeMoyne-Owen College Magicians (1-11, 0-1 SIAC) in a conference doubleheader on Saturday at noon on historic Stan Galle Field.