Game 2 Box Score (PDF)
Game 3 Box Score (PDF)

MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team swept a Saturday doubleheader from Appalachian State at Stanky Field to secure a three-game Sun Belt Conference series sweep.

USA (16-11, 6-2 SBC) secured the sweep with a pair of shutout wins Saturday, with a 2-0 win in game two of the series and a 5-0 victory in the finale. 

South Alabama will return to action Fri., April 6, at 4 p.m. (CT) when it travels to Conway, S.C., to open a three-game SBC series with Coastal Carolina.

GAME FACTS
USA 2, App State 0 (Game 1 of DH)
- South Alabama jumped out to a one-run lead in the bottom of the third. Deyvid Silva led off the inning with a single through the left side of the infield, and advanced to second on sacrifice bunt by Felix Aberouette. Michael Sandle and Travis Swaggerty followed with consecutive walks to load the bases with one out for Dylan Hardy, who delivered a sacrifice fly to right field to score Silva with the game's first run. Brendan Donovan then lifted a 1-0 pitch to deep right field, but App State right fielder Beau Myers made a leaping catch with his back against the wall to end the inning with a one-run Mountaineer deficit.
- Jaguar right-hander Tyler Carr pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the top of the fourth. Alex Leshock and Bailey Welch reached on consecutive singles to open the inning. Kendall McGown reached on a hit by pitch to load the bases with no outs. Carr struck out Drew Beck for the first out of the frame, induced a popup to second off the bat of Riley Smith for the second out and struck out Jason Avers to end the threat and preserve a one-run Jaguar lead. 
- South Alabama rallied for a run with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Hunter Stokes singled to right field with two outs, moved to second on a single to right-center by Silva and scored on an RBI single to left field by Aberouette to double the USA lead at 2-0.

NOTES
- Aberouette recorded his first career hit at USA with a two-out RBI single to left field in the bottom of the fourth inning. 
- Hardy finished 0-for-3 in the game, snapping his on-base streak at 25 games.
- Carr (4-2) scattered six hits and struck out five in six innings pitched to earn the win. Right-hander Zach Greene tossed three scoreless relief innings and struck out five to record his third save of the season.
- App State left-hander Andrew Vaccacio (1-6) allowed two runs on six hits with 10 strikeouts against two walks in seven innings pitched in the loss.
- Silva went 2-for-3 with one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate. 
- Beck finished 2-for-4 with a double to lead the Mountaineers offensively.

GAME FACTS 
USA 5, App State 0 (Game 2 of DH)
- USA jumped out to a three-run lead in the bottom of the first. Hardy singled with two outs and Donovan followed with a walk before Davis lifted a 2-1 pitch from App State right-hander Cameron Kepley over the right-center field wall for a three-run home run and 3-0 Jaguar lead. Carter Perkins then doubled to right field before Will Luft delivered an RBI single into shallow left-center field to score Perkins for a 4-0 lead. 
- The Jags loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the second after a one-out walk by Paul Russo, a hit by pitch to Donovan and a two-out walk by Davis. But App State left-hander Tristan Helms struck out Perkins to escape the jam and preserve a four-run Mountaineer deficit. 
- Luft drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the third, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Andrew Bates and scored on a two-out single to left field by Swaggerty to increase the USA lead to 5-0.

NOTES
- Jaguar left-hander Jared Proctor made his first career start in the series finale, and retired the final 11 batters he faced in the game. He tossed five shutout innings, and allowed just two hits with one walk and a career-high five strikeouts in a career-best five innings pitched to earn the win.
- Kepley (0-1) allowed four runs on five hits with three walks and one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings in the loss for the Mountaineers.
- Hardy went 3-for-4 with one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate, while Perkins finished 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored. Davis homered, drove in three runs and scored once.
- USA extended its winning streak to six games over App State with the series sweep.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the mound:
"I thought we did a really nice job on the mound. (Tyler) Carr was okay in the first game, and (Zach) Greene was really good behind him. (Jared) Proctor with his first start – five innings and we got nine leadoff outs in the second game. That's very important when you get your leadoff out and force them to get a couple of hits in an inning to score a run."

- On the series sweep:
"I thought our guys pitched well. We made some mistakes in there that we need to get better at, but all-in-all when you don't give up a lot of runs on the weekend then you usually win. That's what we did and I was proud of our guys' effort."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Fri., April 6, at 4 p.m. (CT) when it travels to Conway, S.C., to open a three-game SBC series with Coastal Carolina.

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