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MOBILE, Ala. – No. 17 Auburn scored four runs through the first two frames en route to a 6-2 win over University of South Alabama baseball Tuesday at Stanky Field.

The loss snapped the Jaguars' four-game win streak, while Auburn extended its winning streak to 10 games.

USA (8-6) will return to action this weekend when it hosts Texas State in a three-game series to open Sun Belt Conference play. The series opener is scheduled for Fri., March 15, at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Auburn loaded the bases in the top of the first inning on a leadoff single by Will Holland, walk by Steven Williams and a one-out walk by Edouard Julien. Conor Davis followed with a two-run single through the left side of the infield for a 2-0 Tiger lead. 
- The Tigers extended their lead to 3-0 in the top of the second inning on an RBI groundout to shortstop off the bat of Williams. Auburn doubled its lead to 4-0 later in the inning when Rankin Woley stole second, and Matt Scheffler scored on the play when Carter Perkins' throw to second sailed into center field.
- USA answered in the bottom of the fourth when Wells Davis lifted a 1-1 pitch from Auburn left-hander Garrett Wade over the left field wall for a solo home run, his fourth of the year, to cut the Tiger lead to 4-1.
- Auburn responded with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth on a sacrifice fly to left field by Howell and an RBI triple from Judd Ward for a 6-1 advantage.
- USA scored the final run of the game on a leadoff solo home run to right-center field by Ethan Wilson, his fourth of the season.

NOTES
- Ethan Wilson extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a walk in the first inning, and Felix Aberouette extended his on-base streak to seven games with a two-out walk in the first frame.
- Right-hander Jase Dalton tossed a career-high 4 2/3 relief innings, and allowed two runs on three hits while tying his career high in strikeouts (4) against one walk.
- Wilson extended his hitting streak to five games with a leadoff solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
- Jaguar left-hander Jared Proctor (0-2) allowed three earned runs on three hits with one strikeout and three walks in one inning pitched in the loss.
- Wade (3-0) allowed one run on two hits while tying his career high in strikeouts (8) against four walks in five innings pitched.
- Davis finished 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI and one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate.
- South Alabama's all-time series lead over Auburn fell to 50-27 with the loss.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the game:
"Auburn played better than we did in all facets. We made four errors, and very rarely will you beat an average team with four errors; you're not going to beat a good team like that with four errors and a bad start. We need to pitch better and play better defense. Every now and then you're going to get stuffed a little bit, but you have nine innings. We pushed and had some opportunities, but credit Auburn which did a very nice job pitching. We let some opportunities slide by, and we won the last three innings of the ballgame. It was the first six (innings) that we didn't play well enough." 

- On right-hander Jase Dalton:
"Jase was outstanding. He was a candidate to start, but he has been so valuable and good for us out of the bullpen since week one at Clemson. I fully anticipated the effort he gave us. He comes in and competes, and we had a couple of defensive miscues behind him but it just doesn't faze him. He competed really hard, and he is huge for us moving forward."

NEXT UP
USA (8-6) will return to action this weekend when it hosts Texas State in a three-game series to open Sun Belt Conference play. The series opener is scheduled for Fri., March 15, at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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