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SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State avoided a three-game series sweep with a 5-2 win over the University of South Alabama baseball team in Sunday's series finale at Bobcat Ballpark.

Texas State (21-18-1, 9-9 SBC) used a two-out rally in the fourth inning to score three runs en route to the victory.

USA (24-14, 12-5 SBC) will return to action Tue., April 24, when it travels to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a midweek contest with Southern Miss at 6 p.m.

GAME FACTS
-  Hunter Stokes drew a one-out walk in the top of the second inning, and advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt at first by Bobcat left-hander Wes Engle. Hunter Brittain followed with a walk before a single to left-center field by Will Luft loaded the bases for Travis Swaggerty, who drew a walk to score Stokes with the game's first run. 
- Derek Scheible reached on a one-out bunt single up the third base line in the bottom of the second inning, and scored one batter later on an RBI double down the right field line by Jared Huber to tie the game at 1-1.
- Scheible led off the bottom of the fourth with a single back up the middle, and moved to second with one out following a sacrifice bunt by Huber. Mickey Scott drew a one-out walk before a sacrifice bunt by Dalton Shuffield advanced both runners into scoring position with two outs. Jonathan Ortega reached on a two-out walk to load the bases, and Luke Shereley followed with a walk to score Scheible for a 2-1 Texas State lead. Jaylen Hubbard then reached on second straight walk to score Scott for a 3-1 Bobcat advantage. Jaguar right-hander JoJo Booker entered in relief of starter Noah Michael, and walked Ryan Newman that forced home Ortega and pushed the Bobcat lead to 4-1.
- Stokes and Brittain drew consecutive two-out walks in the top of the sixth, and Deyvid Silva reached on a hit by pitch while pinch-hitting for Luft to load the bases. A failed pickoff attempt at second by Bobcat left-hander Anthony Pagano allowed Stokes to score from third and cut the Texas State lead in half at 4-2. 
- Ryan Newman extended the Bobcat lead to 5-2 with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh. 

NOTES
- Swaggerty extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and pushed his on-base streak to 20 straight contests after leading off the game with a single.
- Donovan extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to eight games each with a single in the fifth inning.
- The loss snapped USA's seven-game winning streak, and also ended an eight-game Jaguar win streak against Texas State. 
- Swaggerty had one hit and one RBI to lead the Jaguars at the plate.
- Huber finished 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI to lead the Bobcats offensively.
- Texas State left-hander Braden Pearson (2-2) recorded one strikeout and issued one walk in 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings to earn the win.
- Michael (1-2) allowed four runs on five hits with five walks in 3 2/3 innings pitched in the loss.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the series:
"When you look at the body of work, it was a good weekend. Our guys competed hard all weekend, we just didn't do enough to win the ballgame today. We swung the bats well, but didn't have much to show for it. We got four hits but we lined out 10 times. We made an error that cost us a run, and the walks got us today. I thought Texas State played better than us, pitched better than us and got some hits when it mattered. Today was just one of those days where we got outplayed."

- On the road trip:
"I am proud of the guys. We left on Wednesday and went 3-1 this week. Today wasn't our day, but our guys had a lot of concentration and focus over the last five days and really over the last two weeks. We've done some really good things on the mound and at the plate; we've played very sound team, winning baseball until today. But I have to give Texas State and their pitchers some credit. They did some things, made some pitches and made every single play. They botched two pickoff moves, and that was about it. We put the ball in play a bunch, but Texas State just played the game a little better than we did today."

- On Tuesday's game at Southern Miss:
"You shouldn't have to motivate these guys to play Southern Miss. Our guys and their guys know we've been neck and neck the last four or five years. Both programs have been very solid, and had solid years in terms of where we are at in the RPI and things of that nature. It's a big game for us. Southern Miss is an outstanding program. They'll have a great crowd, it will be a great atmosphere and we need to go play well."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Tue., April 24, when it travels to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a midweek contest with Southern Miss at 6 p.m.

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