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

USA (11-8, 2-0 SBC) took game one 5-3 from ULM (10-8, 0-2 SBC) before clinching the series with a 6-0 shutout in game two.

South Alabama will return to action Sunday when it hosts ULM at 1 p.m. at Stanky Field in the series finale.

USA 5, ULM 3  (Game 1 of Doubleheader)
GAME FACTS
- Dylan Hardy led off the bottom of the first with a walk, stole second and advanced to third with one out on a flyout to right field by Travis Swaggerty. Brendan Donovan followed with an RBI single through the right side of the infield to plate Hardy with the game's first run.
- ULM tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth inning on a one-out RBI single to center field by Joey Jordan. Cade Harper followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to score Turner Francis for a 2-1 lead. The Warhawks added their third run of the inning when Jordan scored on the throw down to second on a stolen base by Braedon Barrett. 
- The Jags responded with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game. Carter Perkins led off the inning with a double off the left field wall, and scored one batter later on an RBI double to left field by Will Luft to cut the ULM lead to 3-2. Donovan delivered a two-out RBI triple to center field later in the inning to tie the score at 3-3.
- USA rallied with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to take a one-run lead. Paul Russo drew a two-out walk, moved to second on a single to right field by Perkins and scored on an RBI single through the right side of the infield by Luft for a 4-3 Jaguar lead.
- The Jags added the game's final run in the bottom of the eighth when Luft reached on a hit by pitch with one out, and later scored on a wild pitch with two outs.

NOTES
- Donovan went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs, and Luft finished 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate. Perkins added two hits, including a double, and one run scored.
- Tyler Carr (2-2) allowed two earned runs on three hits with five strikeouts against one walk in six innings pitched to earn the win.
- Jaguar right-hander Zach Greene tossed three scoreless relief innings, and allowed just one hit while striking out three to record his first career save.
- ULM right-hander Cole Gray (1-1) allowed two runs on three hits with one strikeout and four walks in three innings pitched in the loss.
- Chad Bell went 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored to lead the Warhawks offensively.

USA 6, ULM 0 (Game 2 of Doubleheader)
GAME FACTS
- USA took a one-run lead in the bottom of the second. Brittain led off the inning with a walk, and moved to third on a one-out double to center field by Michael Sandle. Russo followed with an RBI groundout to second to score Brittain for a 1-0 lead. 
- The Jags loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fifth on a single to left field by Hardy and consecutive walks by Swaggerty and Donovan. Brittain followed with an RBI infield single to third to score Hardy and double the USA lead at 2-0. Hunter Stokes then delivered a three-run double off the right field wall on a 3-2 pitch from ULM right-hander Richard Hebert for a 5-0 Jaguar advantage.
- USA added to its lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hardy drew a leadoff walk, stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by ULM catcher Jacob Charron. Donovan followed with an RBI single back up the middle to plate Hardy with the final run of the game.

NOTES
- Jaguar right-hander Chase Shell struck out a career-high 10 batters against one walk, and allowed just three hits in six shutout innings to earn his second win of the year.
- JoJo Booker and Andy Arguelles combined for three scoreless relief innings, and allowed just one hit with four strikeouts.
- ULM left-hander Trey Jeans (1-1) allowed four runs on three hits with five strikeouts and five walks in 4 2/3 innings in the loss.
- Seven Jaguar starters hit safely in the game, led by Stokes who finished 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
- Turner Francis finished 2-for-4 with a double to lead the Warhawks offensively.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the doubleheader sweep:
"You hate to play doubleheaders at any time, but we won the series in one day. It wasn't easy and they (ULM) threw some pretty good arms at us, but our guys fought like crazy. We had some good at-bats, and I thought our guys pitched really well."

- On the pitching:
"Zach Greene was really good for us in the first game, and Chase Shell was phenomenal. He worked right through an error made behind him, and I thought he got tougher. He showed me something tonight. I liked the way he pitched; he moved his fastball around, used both sides of the plate and threw his offspeed for strikes. I was really pleased with Chase, and then JoJo Booker came in and it was good to get Andy Arguelles back out there for an inning."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Sunday when it hosts ULM at 1 p.m. in the series finale.

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