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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team swept a Saturday doubleheader from Georgia State to secure the three-game series.

USA (18-20, 7-10 Sun Belt) took the series opener 9-7 by scoring eight unanswered runs over the final four-and-a-half innings, and clinched the series with a 4-2 win in game two.

South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Georgia State (12-27, 3-14 Sun Belt) at 1 p.m. in the series finale at Stanky Field.

Game 1 of Doubleheader
USA 9, GSU 7
GAME FACTS
- Georgia State jumped out to a two-run lead in the top of the first inning. Griffin Cheney drew a one-out walk, and later scored when Kaleb DeLaTorre's throw to second on a potential double-play ball on a grounder to third off the bat of Elian Merejo sailed into right field for the game's first run. Chase Frady delivered a one-out RBI single to center field to double the Panther lead at 2-0.
- South Alabama loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the first. Bennett Shell singled to center field to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a one-out single by Michael Sandle and a one-out walk by Carter Perkins loaded the bags. But Panther left-hander Seth Clark struck out Wells Davis for the second out of the frame, and induced an inning-ending flyout to left field off the bat of Felix Aberouette to escape the jam with a two-run GSU advantage.
- The Panthers added to their lead in the top of the second on an RBI sacrifice fly to center field by Daino Deas for a 3-0 lead.
- GSU extended its lead to 4-0 in the top of the third inning on a one-out RBI single by Luke Leonard, and pushed its advantage to 5-0 later in the inning on an RBI sacrifice fly to center field by Josh Smith.
- USA answered in the bottom of the fourth when Santi Montiel lifted the first pitch he saw from GSU left-hander Seth Clark over the left field wall to cut the Panther lead to 5-1.
- GSU responded with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth on a one-out, two-run single through the right side of the infield by Smith for a 7-1 lead.
- The Jags cut the Panther lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the fifth on a sacrifice fly to left field by Felix Aberouette that scored Michael Sandle, who led off the inning with a walk. 
- USA loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a leadoff single by DeLaTorre, double to left field by Dailey and a walk by Shell. Ethan Wilson then lifted a 2-1 pitch from GSU right-hander Ryan Watson over the center field wall for a grand slam, his 10th home run of the season, to cut the Panther lead to 7-6.
- South Alabama tied the game at 7-7 in the bottom of the eighth when Wilson lifted a 2-2 pitch from GSU right-hander Trey Horton over the right field wall. Sandle followed with a double off the left-center field wall, and later scored on a safety-squeeze bunt by Aberouette for an 8-7 Jag lead. A walk by Montiel later in the inning loaded the bases with one out for DeLaTorre, who delivered an RBI bunt single up the third base line to score Wells Davis with the game's final run.

NOTES
- The game was delayed for one hour and 10 minutes due to rain.
- Montiel extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to six games with a leadoff solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
- Wells Davis extended his on-base streak to seven games with a one-out infield single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- DeLaTorre extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to nine games with a leadoff single in the bottom of the sixth inning.
- Wilson extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to nine games with a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning. The home run marked his 10th of the season, which are the most by a Jaguar freshman since Tim Merritt hit 11 in 1999.
- Wilson finished with a career-high five RBIs in addition to recording the first multi-home run game of his career.
- Jaguar right-hander Chase Lambert struck out a career-high nine batters against two walks in 4 1/3 relief innings, and allowed two runs on two hits.
- Right-hander Nick DeSantis (3-2) tossed one scoreless relief inning, and struck out one with one walk to earn the win.
- Right-hander Zach Greene tossed one scoreless relief inning with two strikeouts to record his eighth save of the year.

Game 2 of Doubleheader
USA 4, GSU 2
GAME FACTS
- USA jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a two-out RBI single to right-center field by Carter Perkins.
- GSU answered in the top of the fourth on a two-out RBI single up the middle by Smith to tie the game at 1-1. Dalton Davies followed with an RBI single to left field for a 2-1 Panther advantage.
- South Alabama responded with a pair of runs to take a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh. Reid Powers led off the inning with a double to left-center field, advanced to third on a groundout to second by Dailey and scored on a wild pitch from GSU right-hander Joseph Brandon to tie the game at 2-2. Eddie Paparella drew a pinch-hit walk before Wilson delivered a one-out RBI single through the right side of the infield for a 3-2 Jaguar lead.
- Montiel led off the bottom of the eighth with a triple to right field, and scored one batter later on a sacrifice fly to left field by Davis with the game's final run.

NOTES
- DeLaTorre extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a two-out walk in the bottom of the first inning.
- Montiel extended his on-base streak to seven games with a two-out walk in the first inning.
- Davis extended his on-base streak to eight games with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth.
- Wilson extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
- Right-hander Tyler Perez tossed a career-high 5 2/3 innings, and allowed two unearned runs on six hits while tying his career high with six strikeouts against one walk.
- Right-hander Joel Cheatwood (2-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings, and recorded a pair of strikeouts to earn his second win of the season.
- Greene tossed two scoreless relief innings, and struck out one while allowing one hit to record his ninth save of the season.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the doubleheader sweep:
"Doubleheaders are tough. At the time, the rain delay in the first game was painful, but our guys came back with a little different energy and juice. Chase Lambert held it right there and gave us a chance to come back in the ballgame, and (Zach) Greene did his thing at the end and did it again in the second game. We haven't had as many come-from-behind wins that we have had in the past, but we got two of them in a doubleheader today and we needed it. I'm just proud of our guys' effort. They've been through the ringer a little bit, but they are starting to put some games together. We have some guys stepping up who are starting to look a little bit better at the plate, and some guys pitching well. I just like the way we competed; we competed all day long on a long day with some rough weather. All the credit to our guys."

- On Tyler Perez:
"I take my hat off to (Tyler) Perez. He has gotten better and better; he picked us up big time. He worked right through an error and just kept pitching. He really gave us what we needed. And Joel Cheatwood was outstanding coming in behind him (Perez), and then to Zach Greene again."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Georgia State at 1 p.m. in the series finale at Stanky Field.

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