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TULSA, Okla. – University of South Alabama baseball left-hander Tyler Lehrmann tossed a career-high six scoreless innings in his first career start to lead the Jaguars to a 7-1 series-opening win over Oral Roberts Friday at J.L. Stadium.

Lehrmann (1-0) struck out three and issued four walks while allowing two hits to earn the win. The Jaguar offense produced three runs in the top of the first inning, and added four more in the top of the seventh en route the team's second straight win.

 GAME FACTS
- South Alabama took a three-run lead in the top of the first inning. Ethan Wilson reached on a hit by pitch with one out in the top of the first, and advanced to third on a one-out double to left field by Caleb Balgaard. Michael Sandle followed with an RBI single to left field to score Wilson for a 1-0 lead. Sandle then stole second to put two runners in scoring position with one out. Hunter Stokes later delivered a two-out, two-run single to left field to score Balgaard and Sandle for a 3-0 USA lead.
- The Jags added to their advantage in the top of the seventh. Hunter Donaldson drew a leadoff walk then stole second before ORU intentionally walked Wilson with one out. Balgaard followed with an RBI double to right center field to score Donaldson for a 4-0 Jaguar lead. Reid Powers later delivered a two-out, two-run double to left center field to score Wilson and Balgaard for a 6-0 USA advantage. Stokes followed with an RBI single to left field to plate Powers for a 7-0 Jag lead.
- ORU scored its lone run of the game on a one-out solo home run to right field by Caleb Denny in the bottom of the ninth inning. 

NOTES
- Lehrmann (1-0) tossed six scoreless innings in his first career start, and struck out three with four walks while allowing two hits to earn the win. He did not allow a hit over his final 3 1/3 innings pitched. 
- Jaguar left-hander Andy Arguelles allowed one run on three hits and issued a pair of walks in three relief innings to earn his first career save.
-  Balgaard recorded a career high in hits, finishing 3-for-5 with one double, one RBI and two runs scored.
- Stokes tied his career high in RBIs, and finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
- Powers added two hits, two RBIs and one run scored, and Sandle finished with one hit, one RBI, one stolen base and one run scored. 

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On Tyler Lehrmann:
"(Tyler) Lehrmann was great. He just threw strikes and his changeup was good. He didn't throw many breaking balls. It was fastball command with a good changeup. Lehrmann just competes; he makes pitches. He had a pretty good fastball today, but he just changed speeds and made pitches when he had to and kept them (ORU) off balance. And pitching with a three-run lead doesn't hurt either. I am so proud of Lehrmann's effort today."

- On the offense:
"We put three (runs) on them in the first (inning). We got a couple of big two-out RBIs. The three-spot was big, and then the seventh was an outstanding inning. Hunter Donaldson leading it off, down 1-2 (in the count) and worked a walk, Reid Powers, Mike Sandle and (Caleb) Balgaard had big hits. I told the guys we capitalized, but we still left a few too many runners in scoring position with less than two outs. That's something we need to clean up. Lehrmann and (Andy) Arguelles were really good, we played solid defense and got enough hits. We're still waiting for a few guys to heat up. We hit eight or nine balls really hard today to go along with the eight hits, but as some guys start to feel more comfortable in the early going of this season offensively, hopefully we'll see some guys start to heat up a little more at the plate."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it faces Oral Roberts in a doubleheader beginning at noon in Tulsa, Okla.

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