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HAMMOND, La. – The University of South Alabama baseball team scored nine runs over its final two innings to defeat Southeastern Louisiana 14-4 Tuesday at Alumni Field.

USA (26-22) hit four home runs in the game, led by Michael Sandle who went 2-for-6 with two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored. Nick Lewis and Wells Davis also added one home run apiece in the Jaguars' 16-hit effort.

South Alabama will return to action Fri., May 10, when it travels to Boone, N.C., for a 5 p.m. (CT) Sun Belt Conference East Division contest with Appalachian State to open a three-game weekend series.

GAME FACTS
- South Alabama jumped out to a three-run lead in the top of the first inning. Nick Lewis led off the game with a solo home run to left field, the first of his career, for a 1-0 lead. Ethan Wilson followed with a single before Michael Sandle lifted a 1-2 pitch from SLU left-hander Trey Shaffer over the left field wall for a two-run home run, his fifth of the year, for a 3-0 Jaguar advantage.
- USA extended its lead to 4-0 in the top of the third when Sandle lifted an 0-1 pitch from Shaffer over the left field wall to lead off the inning for his second home run of the game.
- Southeastern Louisiana (27-22) answered in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-out RBI single down the left field line by Brennan Breaud to cut the Jaguar lead to 4-1.
-  The Jags responded in the top of the sixth when Wells Davis hit the first pitch he saw from Lion right-hander Justin Simanek over the right field wall for a 5-1 USA lead.
- The Lions cut the Jaguar lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth on a one-out RBI single through the right side of the infield by Nathan Pilutti. SLU loaded the bases with two outs later in the inning following a walk by Jonathan Parker, but Jaguar right-hander Noah Michael entered the game in relief of Joel Cheatwood and struck out Nick Ray to end the inning and preserve a three-run USA advantage.
- SLU cut the Jaguar lead to 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning on a one-out, two-run home run to left field by Preston Faulkner. SLU loaded the bases with one out for Breaud later in the inning, but Jaguar right-hander Nick DeSantis recorded a strikeout for the second out of the frame and induced an inning-ending flyout to right field off the bat of Parker to escape the jam and preserve a one-run Jaguar advantage.
- Carter Perkins doubled to center field to lead off the top of the eighth inning and was lifted for pinch-runner Bennett Shell, who moved to third on a single to right field by Davis to put runners at the corners with no outs. Dakota Dailey followed with an RBI double to left-center field to score Shell for a 6-4 USA lead. Santi Montiel then delivered a two-run double up the middle to score Davis and Dailey to double the Jaguar lead at 8-4. Montiel scored when Lion right fielder Pilutti dropped a fly ball on an RBI sacrifice fly off the bat of Reid Powers for a 9-4 advantage.
- The Jags loaded the bases in the top of the ninth on a one-out single by Davis, a walk by Dailey and single to right field by Montiel. Kaleb DeLaTorre then reached on a hit by pitch to score Davis for a 10-4 Jaguar lead. Reid Powers followed with an RBI single through the left side of the infield for an 11-4 lead. Lewis then delivered a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Montiel for a 12-4 advantage. Wilson followed with a two-run triple to left-center field to score DeLaTorre and Powers with the final runs of the game.
 
NOTES
- Lewis' leadoff home run in the top of the first marked the first of his career, and the first time a Jaguar has led off a game with a home run since Ethan Wilson on March 19 this season at New Orleans.
- Wilson extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to 19 games with a single in the top of the first.
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 12 games with a two-run home run in the top of the first.
- Sandle's two home runs marked the first multi-home run game by a Jaguar since Wilson on April 19 this season against Georgia State.
- All nine Jaguar starters hit safely in the game, with five recording multiple hits, led by Wilson who finished 3-for-5 with a triple, two RBIs and one run scored.
- Jaguar left-hander Caleb Yarborough (3-5) allowed one run on three hits with two strikeouts and one walk in 3 2/3 innings pitched to earn his third win of the season.
- DeSantis tossed 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings with one strikeout against two walks to record the save.
- The win marked the Jaguars' first at Southeastern Louisiana since 2013, which snapped a five-game losing skid in Hammond.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the win:
"Nick Lewis and Michael Sandle got us off to a good start, and we had some really good at-bats early on in the first inning and jumped on them (Southeastern Louisiana). Then it turned into a ballgame until the eighth (inning). Carter Perkins, who wasn't having a great night, got us started with that opposite-field double in the eighth. A lot went on that inning, but we had some really good at-bats – guys getting hits with men on (base) and productive outs. I thought Noah Michael coming in with a 2-0 count and getting the strikeout was huge; that kid was big in a crucial time. Caleb Yarborough was outstanding. Coming off of the surgery, you can see he has around 50 (pitches) and he wants to keep going but it kind of tails off. He gave us everything he had tonight. My plan was to go with him for three (innings), but he was so good in that third inning and I wanted him to finish off that fourth inning just for himself. A bad start here never works out well for us, but Caleb Yarborough did exactly what we needed him to do and then some against a good ballclub. And Nick DeSantis looked as good tonight as he has in the last couple of weeks. He came into the game in a tight spot, and made some big pitches. I am proud of all of these guys and their effort tonight."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., May 10, when it travels to Boone, N.C., for a 5 p.m. (CT) Sun Belt Conference East Division contest with Appalachian State to open a three-game weekend series.

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