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MOBILE, Ala. – Troy left-hander Max Newton struck out five in a season-high seven innings pitched, and the Trojans scored seven runs over the final three innings to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 10-2 in Saturday's rubber match at Stanky Field.

Newton (3-4) allowed two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts without issuing a walk to earn the win.
 
South Alabama (30-25, 16-14 Sun Belt) will return to action next week when it opens play in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Conway, S.C.
 
GAME FACTS
- South Alabama jumped out to a one-run lead in the bottom of the second inning. Dakota Dailey reached on a leadoff single through the left side of the infield, moved to second on a groundout to second by Carter Perkins and scored on a one-out RBI single through the left side of the infield by Santi Montiel for a 1-0 Jaguar lead.
- Troy (29-27, 16-14 Sun Belt) answered to tie the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth on a leadoff solo home run to left-center field by Drew Fredric. Sadler Goodwin followed with a single, and later scored on a one-out triple down the right field line by Dalton Sinquefield for a 2-1 Trojan advantage. Logan Cerny followed with an RBI single to center field to plate Sinquefield for a 3-1 Troy lead.
- Troy pushed its lead to 4-1 in the top of the seventh on a one-out RBI single to center field by Rigsby Mosley. Frederic followed with an RBI single for a 5-1 Trojan lead before Goodwin delivered a two-run single to left field for a 7-1 advantage.
- The Jags answered in the bottom of the seventh when Santi Montiel lifted a 2-0 pitch from Newton over the left field wall for a leadoff solo home run to cut the Troy lead to 7-2.
- Troy extended its lead to 8-2 in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI double down the left field line by Cerny. Austin Garofalo followed with a two-run pinch-hit home run for a 10-2 lead.

NOTES
- Dailey extended his on-base streak to nine games with a leadoff single in the bottom of the second. 
- Montiel extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to eight games with an RBI single in the bottom of the second.
- Right-hander Noah Michael tied his season high in strikeouts with three in 3 1/3 innings pitched.
- Montiel finished 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate.
- Frederic went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Trojans offensively.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"It was 3-1 in the seventh (inning), but we just didn't do a good job of winning the last nine outs. Troy played a better ballgame today from start to finish. We had some chances with some men on (base), but couldn't get the hit. We didn't have a great approach with (Max) Newton's changeup, and just didn't pressure it enough. We didn't pressure enough on offense, but we were still in position in the last-third of the game, and that's all you can ask. But we didn't play good enough baseball on either side of the ball."

- On the urgency of playing in the opening round of the Sun Belt Tournament:
"We've been playing with urgency for the last month. The guys have played extremely well, but this one is unfortunate to lose two in a row the way we did. Our back has been up against the wall. We were out of the tournament a month ago, and we were second (place) in the (Sun Belt) East (Division) coming into yesterday. You hate to have to play the play-in game; it's not the position we're used to, but it's the position that we are in and we'll make the most of it."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action next week when it opens play in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Conway, S.C.
 
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