South Alabama Jaguars (7-6)                                                                                                                                                         Game Notes
              at 
No. 25 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-0)

Tue., March 3 • 3 pm • Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Ala.


Media Information
TV/Live Stream:  The game will be broadcast live and available through SEC Network+, and can also be accessed via links through the Jaguar baseball schedule page at USAJaguars.com

On the Radio:  All Jaguar games are broadcast live on Sports Talk 99.5 FM in Mobile, and also available through the iHeartRadio app.

Live Stats:  Live stats for the game can be accessed through the multimedia page at USAJaguars.com, in addition to the Jaguar baseball schedule page.

Twitter:  Follow the official Twitter account of South Alabama baseball — @WeAreSouth_BSB — for news and updates.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Tue., March 3 | 3 pm
USA - RHP  Matt Boswell (1-1, 0.56 ERA)
UA - LHP  Garret Rukes (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

 All-Time Series
Alabama holds a 59-48 all-time lead over South Alabama in a series that began in 1967. The Crimson Tide swept a three-game series from the Jaguars at Stanky Field in Mobile last season. USA's last win over Alabama came in 2016 in Tuscaloosa, with the Jaguars picking up an 8-2 victory. South Alabama is 2-5 all-time against Alabama under head coach Mark Calvi.

Jag Rankings in Sun Belt Conference
• Left-hander Andy Arguelles ranks tied for second in the Sun Belt Conference in wins (2).

• Right-hander Matt Boswell ranks second in the conference in ERA (0.56).

• Right-hander Drake Nightengale ranks second in the league in strikeouts (30).

• Center fielder Michael Sandle ranks tied for third in the conference in stolen bases (6). 

• Shortstop Santi Montiel ranks tied for second in the Sun Belt in sacrifice flies (2). 

JAGS PLAYING DEFENSE
South Alabama ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference and 15th nationally in fielding percentage (.985) entering Tuesday's contest. The Jags have not committed an error in three straight games, and have committed just one in their last seven contests dating back to Feb. 22 versus Indiana.

HITTING STREAKS, ON-BASE STREAKS
Reid Powers and Michael Sandle each had a seven-game hitting streak snapped in Sunday's series finale with Gonzaga. Shortstop Santi Montiel enters Tuesday's game with the team's longest current hit streak at three games.

WILSON HOMERLESS IN 11 STRAIGHT
Ethan Wilson has not homered in 11 straight games entering Tuesday's game at Alabama, which marks the longest home run drought of his career. Wilson's last home run, and only thus far this season, came in game two of the Campbell series on Feb. 15 at Stanky Field. The longest Wilson had gone in consecutive games without a home run prior to his previous streak was eight games from March 20-21 last year.

JAGS LEAD SUN BELT IN STRIKEOUTS
South Alabama leads the Sun Belt Conference with 143 strikeouts offensively. The Jags struck out 10 or more times in the first seven games this season, and have stsruck out 10-plus times in nine of 13 contests this year. 

BOSWELL TOSSES COMPLETE-GAME SHUTOUT
Right-hander Matt Boswell tossed a complete-game shutout Tuesday against New Orleans, and allowed six hits while recording a career-high five strikeouts without issuing a walk. Boswell's nine innings pitched also marked a new career high. He was the first Jaguar hurler to toss a complete-game shutout since Kevin Hill on May 8, 2015, at Louisiana, and the first nine-inning complete game by a Jag since Jared Proctor on May 25, 2018, against Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

JAGS WHEN LEADING, TRAILING AFTER SIX FRAMES
South Alabama is 5-1 when leading after six innings this season, but is 0-5 when trailing after six frames and 2-0 when the score is tied.

69 AND COUNTING
Kaleb DeLaTorre, Santi Montiel and Ethan Wilson have each started in 69 consecutive games - every game since each has joined the program. They each started all 56 games last season, and have started every game of the 2020 season entering Tuesday's contest at Alabama.

JAGS SNAP LOSING SKID
South Alabama snapped a five-game losing skid with its first of two wins over Siena in the South Alabama Invitational two weeks ago. During its five-game skid, USA batted .151 with six doubles, one home run, 11 RBIs and 11 runs scored and committed four errors defensively.

JAGS SHUT OUT IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES AT NO. 4 VANDY
No. 4 Vanderbilt shut out South Alabama 3-0 and 4-0 in a pair of midweek games in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this week. It marked just the second time in the Mark Calvi era the Jags have been shut out in consecutive games, and the first since 2015 following an 8-0 loss to No. 13 Maryland and 7-0 loss to No. 15 Arkansas. 

WILSON NAMED TO GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WATCH LIST
Wilson was named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. He was the third Jaguar since 2008 to be named to the list, joining former outfielder Travis Swaggerty (2018) and right-handed pitcher Kevin Hill (2016).

JAGS WALK-OFF CAMPBELL IN SEASON OPENER
South Alabama defeated Campbell 1-0 in Friday's season opener after redshirt junior third baseman Hunter Stokes delivered a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. It marked Stokes' first home run since May 25, 2017, when he homered in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship game. 

WILSON TIES CAREER HIGH IN RBIs
Ethan Wilson homered and tied his career high with five RBIs in game two of the season-opening series with Campbell. Wilson's matched his career high in RBIs, which he set on April 19, 2019, against Georgia State.

JAGS PICKED TO WIN SUN BELT EAST DIVISION
The Jaguars were picked to win the Sun Belt Conference East Division, in a preseason vote by the league's head coaches. USA received six of 12 first-place votes in the poll, followed by Coastal Carolina (4) and Georgia Southern (2). 

NIGHTENGALE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
Right-hander Drake Nightengale was named Second-Team Preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball. Nightengale led the Sun Belt Conference in opposing batting average (.196), and ranked fourth in ERA (3.52) and strikeouts (91) last season. He went 4-0 with a 1.83 ERA and 49 strikeouts with seven walks in his final five starts of the season, which covered a span of 34 1/3 innings. 

WILSON NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
Ethan Wilson was named Preseason First-Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball, and Second-Team Preseason All-America by D1Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

JAGS NO. 23 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL
South Alabama opened the season ranked No. 23 in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll. The Jaguars were the highest-ranked Sun Belt program in the poll.

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