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MOBILE, Ala. – ULM used a seven-run second inning to defeat University of South Alabama baseball 12-6 Sunday at Stanky Field.

ULM (11-8, 1-2 SBC) avoided the series sweep with the win, and also snapped an eight-game losing skid to the Jaguars.

South Alabama (11-9, 2-1 SBC) will return to action Tue., March 20, when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- ULM loaded the bases in the top of the second on a pair of walks and a one-out single to center field by Joey Jordan. Pierce Khan followed with a walk to score Spencer Hemphill with the game's first run. Turner Francis drew a walk to score Braedon Barrett and double the Warhawk lead at 2-0. Johnny DeLaCruz then delivered a one-out, two-run double down the left field line later in the inning for a 4-0 ULM lead. Francis later scored on a wild pitch with two outs to extend the Warhawk lead to 5-0. Peyton Lacoste followed with a two-run home run to left field for a 7-0 ULM advantage.
- Carter Perkins led off the bottom of the third with a double to right-center field, and advanced to third with no outs on a wild pitch. Will Luft reached on a hit by pitch to runners at the corners with no outs before Dylan Hardy delivered an RBI double down the left field line to score Perkins with the first Jaguar run of the game. Brendan Donovan delivered a one-out, two-run single to right-center field later in the inning to score Luft and Hardy to cut the ULM lead to 7-3.
- The Warhawks answered in the top of the fourth on a one-out, two-run home run to center field by Chad Bell for a 9-3 advantage.
- USA loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth, but did not produce a run. Hardy led off the inning with a single to left field, and moved to third with no outs on a double to left-center by Travis Swaggerty. Donovan followed with a walk to load the bases with no outs. ULM right-hander Miles Dunn struck out pinch-hitter Hunter Stokes for the first out of the inning, and got Wells Davis to pop up to shortstop for the second out of the frame. Dunn then struck out Micahel Sandle to escape the jam and preserve a six-run ULM lead.
- Khan extended the ULM lead to 10-3 with a leadoff solo home run to left field in the top of the sixth inning.
- The Warhawks took an 11-3 lead in the top of the seventh when Barrett reached on a fielding error by Donovan at third with two outs that allowed Hemphill to score from third.
- A two-out RBI single to left field by Lacoste in the top of the eighth scored Khan for a 12-3 ULM lead. 
- USA added the game's final runs in the bottom of the eighth. Sandle tripled to right-center field with one out, and scored when Perkins lifted a 3-2 pitch over the center field wall for a two-run home run, his second of the season, to cut the ULM lead to 12-5. A two-out RBI single to right field by Swaggerty scored Luft with the final run of the contest.

NOTES
- Hardy extended his on-base streak to 20 games with a first-inning single, and finished 3-for-5 with a double, one RBI and one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate. Donovan went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Perkins finished 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored.
- ULM right-hander Miles Dunn (2-0) allowed three runs on four hits with five strikeouts in 3 2/3 relief innings to earn the win.
- Jaguar left-hander Zach Melton (0-2) allowed five runs on two hits with two strikeouts against four walks in 1 1/3 innings in the loss.
- DeLaCruz went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Warhawks offensively.
- The loss snapped the Jaguars' eight-game winning streak against ULM.
- The game was officially called after eight innings due to inclement weather.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"We got off to a bad start. They (ULM) scored seven runs in the second inning and that's hard to come back from, I don't care who you're playing. If you get down like that in Division I baseball, it's hard to climb back in it. I give ULM credit, they played much better than us and pitched better than us. Their starter didn't do a good job, but the difference was they pulled him out and their relievers came in and did a nice job for them. Give them credit, they outplayed us today. We need to play better in all aspects of the game moving forward; I told our guys that we need to pitch better. We have some guys who are doing well, but we don't have enough – we need to find two or three more. Our at-bats weren't good enough today. We got some hits, but the at-bats weren't good enough. The bottom line is we need to play better in all facets of the game, and put the uniform on to win. ULM wanted to win worse than we did today. I give them credit; they played better in all aspects and won the ballgame."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Tue., March 20, when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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