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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team defeated Tennessee Tech 10-3 Sunday in the series finale at Stanky Field. USA (4-2) secured the three-game series sweep with the victory, and extended its win streak to four games.

South Alabama will return to action Tue., Feb. 26, when it travels to Baton Rouge, La., for a 6 p.m. contest against No. 1 LSU at Alex Box Stadium.

GAME FACTS
- The Jags loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first inning on consecutive singles by Bennett Shell and Ethan Wilson, and a walk by Wells Davis. Carter Perkins followed with an RBI single back up the middle to score Shell with the game's first run.
- USA loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the second after Sandle reached on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, and Shell and Wilson drew one-out walks. But TTU left-hander Alex Hursey escaped the jam by rolling a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play off the bat of Davis to preserve a one-run TTU deficit.
- Santi Montiel led off the bottom of the fourth with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Michael Sandle, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on an RBI sac bunt by Brandon Auerbach for a 2-0 Jaguar lead. Perkins delivered a two-out, two-run single to left-center field later in the inning to extend the USA lead to 4-0.
- TTU answered in the top of the sixth on a two-out home run to right field by Anthony Carrera to cut the Jaguar lead to 4-2.
- South Alabama responded in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI bunt single to second by Shell that scored Montiel, who led off the inning with a walk, for a 5-2 Jaguar advantage. Wilson delivered a one-out, two-run triple to right field later in the inning to push the USA lead to 7-2.
- USA scored the game's final runs in the bottom of the eighth. Kaleb DeLaTorre scored when Brandon Auerbach reached on a throwing error by TTU second baseman Nathan McMeans, a wild pitch from TTU right-hander Grant Phillips scored Montiel from third, and a one-out RBI double to right field by Shell accounted for the final runs of the contest.

NOTES
- Davis extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a walk in the bottom of the first inning. 
- Wilson extended his on-base streak to six games with a first-inning single.
- Perkins extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to three games with an RBI single in the bottom of the first.
- Montiel extended his on-base streak to six games with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth inning.
- Right-hander Zach Harlan tossed one-third of a relief inning his Jaguar debut.
- Jaguar left-hander Caleb Yarborough (1-0) tossed four shutout innings, and struck out two batters against one walk with two hits allowed to earn his first win of the season.
- TTU left-hander Connor Adams (0-1) allowed one run on three hits and issued one walk without recording an out in the loss.
- TTU left fielder Anthony Carrera hit for the cycle, finishing 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, one home run, two RBIs and one run scored.
- Shell finished 4-for-5 with a double, one RBI and three runs scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate.
- Right-hander Chase Lambert made his 2019 debut, while Zach Harlan and Hunter Phillips made their Jaguar debuts.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the series sweep:
"I'm very proud of the guys. I was extremely proud of them yesterday, and I am really proud of them today. You had a quick turnaround, but they approached it the right way. We have some good players. If they have the right approach mentally and physically, we've got a chance to win our share. This was one of those games, I told them, which are extremely important at the end of the year. Being able to finish off a good team and learning how to sweep, I think is very important and our guys approached it the right way."

- On Caleb Yarborough:
"Caleb has been really good. I thought he was better this weekend than he was last weekend. We extended his pitch count a little bit. We have a lot of faith in him. His fastball is sneaky and his secondary stuff is coming along. The kid has worked extremely hard to be where he is at, and I couldn't be more proud of him."

Bennett Shell, outfield
- On his performance:
"I just saw the ball a lot better today, and really the entire weekend. I was just thinking about seeing it deep, and thinking middle-away even on the inside pitch. It was a good weekend; I needed that."

- On the series sweep:
"This last game was very important. They (Tennessee Tech) are a heck of a team. We played great. I am proud of our team."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Tue., Feb. 26, when it travels to Baton Rouge, La., for a 6 p.m. contest against No. 1 LSU at Alex Box Stadium.

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