BATON ROUGE, La. – The Prairie View A&M Panthers rallied late Friday but fell short in a 4-1 loss at Southern.
 
Southern's Daniel Franklin threw eight shutout innings while allowing only two hits and striking out nine batters to help the Jaguars (9-21) pull into a fourth-place tie with Prairie View A&M with identical 4-11 records in the Southwestern Athletic Conference's West Division.
 
Edgar Sanchez made his appearance in nearly three weeks for the Panthers, tossing eight strong innings and giving up only two earned runs in a losing effort. Sanchez threw 143 pitches and struck out five batters while lowering his ERA to 4.97.
 
Angel Avalos scored the only run for PVAMU (9-20) on Friday; he reached base on an error to lead off the ninth inning, and then scored when the next batter, Shannon Washington, knocked an RBI double to left field.
 
The Jaguars, however, got a bit of a break, as they were able to retire Washington as he tried to stretch his hit to a triple. Two batters later, Darrien Williams hit a two-out triple, but was stranded there as the reliever Troy Lewis got out of the inning without ceding another run.
 
Dondrayas Harris and Jose DeLa Torre knocked two base hits apiece for the Jaguars. Harris also had an RBI for the home team, as did Anthony Valdes and Franky Montesino.
 
The Jaguars and Panthers resume their series Saturday at Lee-Hines Field in Baton Rouge. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.