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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team swept a Saturday doubleheader against Tennessee Tech at Stanky Field.

USA clinched the series with the pair of wins in the twinbill, and will attempt to sweep the three-game series on Sunday.     

South Alabama (3-2) will return to action Sunday when it hosts Tennessee Tech (3-2) at 1 p.m. in the series finale at Stanky Field.

Game 1 of Doubleheader
South Alabama 8, Tennessee Tech 1
GAME FACTS
- TTU loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the first on a double by Kevin Strohschein, hit by pitch to Jason Hinchman and a walk by Anthony Carrera. But Jaguar right-hander Drake Nightengale induced an inning-ending popup into foul territory on the first base side to escape the jam and preserve a scoreless tie.
- The Jaguars scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning when Santi Montiel lifted a 1-0 pitch over the left field wall for a leadoff solo home run. Wells Davis doubled the USA lead to 2-0 later in the inning with a one-out solo home run to center field. Nick Lewis delivered a two-out RBI single up the middle later in the inning to score Carter Perkins, who reached on a one-out single to right field, for a 3-0 Jaguar advantage. 
- USA pushed its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second on a one-out RBI single to right field by Ethan Wilson to score Montiel, who reached on an error earlier in the frame.
- TTU loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the fourth on a pair of singles and a walk. Jaguar right-hander Drake Nightengale struck out the side to escape the jam and preserve a four-run South Alabama advantage.
- The Jaguars extended their lead to 5-0 in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out RBI single to right field by Wilson that scored Dakota Dailey, who reached on a one-out walk earlier in the inning. 
- TTU scored its first run of the contest in the top of the sixth on a two-out solo home run by John Elford to cut the Jaguar lead to 5-1.
- USA answered in the bottom of the seventh inning. Wilson led off the inning with a double, and scored on a one-out single to right-center field by Perkins for a 6-1 advantage. The Jags loaded the bases later in the inning, and Lewis followed with a hit by pitch to score Perkins for a 7-1 lead. Colton Thomas followed with an RBI groundout to third base to plate Kaleb DeLaTorre with the game's final run.

NOTES
- Davis extended his on-base streak to 23 games when hit a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the first inning. 
- Montiel extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to four games with a leadoff solo home run in the bottom of the first inning. 
- Wilson extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to four games with an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning. He collected a game-high three hits, and finished 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, one run scored and one stolen base. 
- Lewis collected his first career hit as a Jaguar with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning.
- Nightengale (1-0) struck out a career-high nine batters in a career-best five shutout innings pitched, and allowed four hits with a pair of walks to earn his first career win at USA.
- Right-hander Nick DeSantis tossed three scoreless relief innings, and allowed two hits with five strikeouts against one walk to earn his first save of the year.
- TTU right-hander Caleb Morgan (1-1) allowed five runs on six hits with two strikeouts and two walks in 3 2/3 innings in the loss. 

Game 2 of Doubleheader
South Alabama 7, Tennessee Tech 3
GAME FACTS
- TTU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a one-out RBI double to left field by Kevin Strohschein.
- USA answered in the bottom of the third when Bennett Shell lifted a 1-2 pitch over the right-center field wall for a solo home run, the first of his Jag career, to tie the game at 1-1. Perkins delivered a one-out RBI single to right field later in the inning for a 2-1 Jag lead. Felix Aberouette then hit a three-run home run over the left-center field wall, his second of the season, for a 5-1 Jaguar lead.
- Jason Hinchman delivered a one-out RBI single down the left field line in the top of the fifth inning to cut the Jaguar lead to 5-2. John Elford followed with an RBI single to right field to cut the USA advantage to 5-3.
- The Jags responded in the bottom of the fifth on a one-out RBI single to left field by Aberouette for a 6-3 lead. Montiel followed with an RBI single through the left side of the infield for a 7-3 Jaguar advantage.

NOTES
- Bennett Shell recorded his first career hit as a Jaguar with a leadoff bunt single in the bottom of the first inning.
- Davis extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a single in the third inning.
- Wilson extended his on-base streak to five games when he reached on a hit by pitch in the first inning.
- Jaguar right-hander JoJo Booker struck out a career-high 10 batters in 4 1/3 innings, and allowed three runs on four hits with five walks.
- Jag right-hander Tyler Trussell (1-0) allowed two hits in two-thirds of an inning to earn his first career win.
- TTU left-hander Nic Dye (0-1) allowed seven runs on seven hits with five strikeouts against two walks in 4 1/3 innings in the loss.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the doubleheader sweep: 
"When you play a good team, the odds are against you to sweep a doubleheader. But if there's any team you're going to spend a long day with, it's this team. These guys have a lot of fun, and are really great to be around; they go hard and are involved, paying attention and pulling for each other. I'm really proud of their effort today. We beat a good team twice, and we have to come back on a quick turnaround and try to do it again. Everyone chipped in with pitching and defense, we had some timely hits and ran the bases extremely well. These guys have game and situational awareness, and they have been a really good group since they got here in August. Tomorrow's a new day; we'll have to come out and be really good in the three aspects:  we have to pitch, play defense and score runs when the situations present themselves like we did today."

NEXT UP
South Alabama (1-2) will return to action Sunday when it hosts Tennessee Tech (3-2) at 1 p.m. in the series finale at Stanky Field.

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