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MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama baseball left-hander Thomas Huston tossed six scoreless innings and the Jaguars pounded out 15 hits en route to an 11-0 series-clinching win over Evansville Saturday at Stanky Field.

Huston (1-0) allowed just three hits and struck out three against two walks in six innings of work to earn his first career win at USA. 

"I thought he was pretty good," head coach Mark Calvi said of Huston. "On the critical side, he was behind too many guys and had too many walks in there but he seemed to come up and make a pitch when he had to. His changeup was pretty good when he needed it. Moving forward and when we get into conference play, he is going to have to be better than that. But I am proud of the way he worked today; he gave us a chance to win and that's what we did."

Right-handers Harrison Spruiell, Jordan Schmits and John Barr each tossed one scoreless inning to combine with Huston in the shutout.

South Alabama (2-0) spotted Huston a four-run lead in the bottom of the first inning. Travis Swaggerty and Jared Barnes reached on consecutive singles to start the inning before Danny Martinez lifted a 2-2 pitch from UE right-hander Patrick Schnieders over the right-field wall for his first home run of the year and a 3-0 Jaguar lead. Ben Gann then reached on a fielding error by UE third baseman Jonathan Ramon before advancing to third on a double down the left field line by Carter Perkins. Brendan Donovan followed with an RBI single to right field to score Gann for a 4-0 USA advantage.

USA extended its lead to 5-0 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single to right field by Donovan, which plated Gann who reached on a single earlier in the inning.

The Jags added their sixth run of the game in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI groundout to second by Martinez that scored Swaggerty, who reached on a leadoff walk.

South Alabama tacked on three runs in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Ryan Raspino, an RBI double from Swaggerty and a wild pitch by Schnieders that plated Raspino to push its lead to 9-0.

The Jags added the final two runs of the game in the bottom of the seventh on one-out RBI singles by Adam Wolfe and Barnes.

"We had multiple guys with RBI and (Danny) Martinez, Brendan Donovan and (Travis) Swaggerty each had really good days," Calvi said. "It was good to see those guys get out there and perform. We have a bunch of new guys, and we have some moving parts in the outfield that allows us to interchange; we can move some guys around and that's what we're going to do. We have two wins and we've been able to get some guys in there and move some around, so I have been pleased with that."

Schneiders (0-1) allowed nine runs on 11 hits with three strikeouts and a pair of walks in the loss for the Purple Aces.

Donovan finished 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate. Barnes went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run, and Swaggerty finished 2-for-3 with a double, one RBI and a pair of runs scored. Martinez added a home run and four RBI. 

South Alabama will go for the series sweep in Sunday's series finale, which is set for a noon first pitch. Right-handed senior Austin Bembnowski is scheduled to start for the Jags.

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