CONWAY, S.C. – No. 23 Indiana defeated the 17th-ranked University of South Alabama baseball team 8-4 Sunday in the 19th Annual Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach tournament at Springs Brooks Stadium on the campus of Coastal Carolina.

IU (2-1) center fielder Logan Kaletha hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tie and lift the Hoosiers over South Alabama (3-1).

The Jaguars will return to action Tue., Feb. 20, when they host No. 21 Southern Miss in the 2018 home opener at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Dylan Hardy drew a walk to lead off the game, advanced to second on a groundout bunt to second by Paul Russo and scored when Travis Swaggerty delivered a two-run home run over the right field wall on a 2-1 pitch from IU left-hander Andrew Saalfrank for a 2-0 Jaguar lead. Brendan Donovan followed with a single through the left side of the infield before Wells Davis laced a 3-2 pitch into the right-center field gap to score Donovan from first for a 3-0 advantage.
- Indiana responded with three runs in the bottom of the second on a two-run double by Jeremy Houston and an RBI double by Kaletha to tie the game at 3-3.
- Hunter Stokes led off the top of the sixth with a double down the left field line, and moved to third on a single to left field by Carter Perkins to put runners at the corners with one out. Michael Sandle followed with an RBI single through the left side of the infield to plate Stokes for a 4-3 Jaguar lead. 
- Indiana tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning on a one-out solo home run to left-center field by Luke Miller.

NOTES
- Left-hander Caleb Yarborough made his first career start at South Alabama, and right-hander Noah Michael made his first career appearance.
- David Silva made his Jaguar debut in a pinch-hit spot for Perkins in the top of the eighth inning.
- Swaggerty's home run in the top of the first inning was estimated to have traveled 464 feet by Coastal Carolina officials.
- IU's Elijah Dunham reached on a hit by pitch from Michael to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Laren Eustace. USA intentionally walked Colby Stratten with one out before a double steal by Stratten and Dunham put both runners in scoring position with one out. USA then intentionally walked Houston to load the bases for Kaletha, who delivered a walk-off grand slam to left field to clinch the game at 8-4.
- Swaggerty went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and one run scored to lead South Alabama at the plate, while Davis added a double and one RBI. 
- Kaletha finished 2-for-3 with a double, one home run, five RBIs and two stolen bases to lead the Hoosiers offensively.
- Indiana finished with eight stolen bases in the game.
- IU's Cal Krueger (1-0) struck out one in one scoreless relief inning to earn the win. Michael (0-1) allowed five runs on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks in 4 1/3 relief innings.
- Yarborough allowed three unearned runs on four hits with three strikeouts and a pair of walks in four innings pitched.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On Caleb Yarborough and Noah Michael:
"(Caleb) Yarborough and (Noah) Michael were really good today; they competed. It was Yarborough's first start, and it looked like he ran out of gas a little bit through four (innings). And Noah Michael has done nothing but compete and throw strikes during intrasquads. I knew he was going to follow up and give us a good effort. I though both of those kids today were really good, and Noah was outstanding. Indiana got in to one at the end and that happens, but he kept a really good team – a Power 5 team – Indiana is probably going to be top three in the Big 10. And he kept them at bay for four or five innings, so I am really proud of both of those kids. I'm proud of their effort. I hate that it didn't work out for us and for them, but we didn't swing the bats to our capability today. I thought we gave in some counts and rolled over some average changeups. We didn't handle Indiana's first reliever. We did a great job on their starter, but we didn't do a good enough job against a reliever with average stuff and that's our fault. We pitched well enough to win today. We shouldn't have even been in that situation late in the game. We should have had four or five more runs on them in my opinion. We pitched well enough to win the ballgame today, and I'm really proud of the two pitchers today and their effort."

- On the weekend:
"I'm proud of the overall body of work, and very proud of the competitiveness of the guys and the way they grinded through the weekend. Yesterday was really tough, and we had a quick turnaround today. So I'm really proud of the team. We're 3-1 and we'd love to be 4-0, but there are some things we can clean up. We got run on a little too much today; we gave up some jumps at second base where we needed to do a better job of stepping off. We threw some at-bats away and that's something we'll talk about."

- On the home opener against Southern Miss:
"We have a quick turnaround against one of the better teams in the country in Southern Miss. I know Coach (Scott) Berry is telling his team the same thing. We have a loose group, and they played hard today. It didn't work out for us, but we'll be ready to hit the field and go back to work Tuesday."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Tue., Feb. 20, when they host No. 21 Southern Miss in the 2018 home opener at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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