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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – University of South Alabama left-hander Tyler Lehrmann and right-hander Miles Smith combined to shut out Southern Miss 4-0 Tuesday at Pete Taylor Park.

Lehrmann (2-2) tossed a career-high seven shutout innings and allowed five hits while striking out five with two walks. Smith pitched two scoreless innings, and allowed one hit with a pair of strikeouts and one walk.

Jaguar first baseman Kaleb DeLaTorre homered and drove in three runs, and Ethan Wilson finished with one RBI.

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., April 16, when it hosts Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field to open a three-game Sun Belt Conference weekend series.

GAME FACTS
- Michael Sandle drew a one-out walk in the top of the first, stole second and scored on a one-out RBI single to right field by Ethan Wilson for a 1-0 Jaguar lead. Wilson then stole second before Reid Powers drew a one-out walk. Kaleb DeLaTorre then lifted a 1-0 pitch from Southern Miss right-hander Gabe Shepard over the left field wall for a three-run home run that extended the USA lead to 4-0. 
- Southern Miss loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the third on three consecutive singles by Blake Johnson, Dustin Dickerson and Gabe Montenegro. Jaguar left-hander Tyler Lehrmann struck out Reed Trimble for the first out of the inning, followed by a popup into foul territory behind third base off the bat of Slade Wilks for the second out of the frame. Lehrmann then induced an inning-ending popup to third by Christopher Sargent.

NOTES
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to seven games with a one-out walk in the top of the first inning.
- Lehrmann tossed a career-high seven scoreless innings, and allowed five hits with five strikeouts against two walks.
- DeLaTorre finished 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and one run scored to lead the Jags at the plate.
- Wilson added two hits, one RBI, one run scored and one stolen base.
- DeLaTorre's home run, his first since March 9 at No. 23 Alabama, marked the fifth consecutive game the Jags have homered.
- The shutout marked South Alabama's first over Southern Miss since a 10-0 victory in Mobile in 
  1983.

QUOTES    
Head Coach Mark Calvi 
- On the win: 
"(Tyler) Lehrmann was the story of the ballgame tonight. He got seven out of seven lead outs, and Miles (Smith) got both of his lead outs. They were both outstanding. Lehrmann pitching through the bases-loaded jam with no outs was the ballgame right there. We know how good Southern Miss' pitching is and knew we couldn't afford to give up too many (runs) with as good as those guys are. Those are some midweek relievers who are 90 to 95 (mph) – they are outstanding. Ethan (Wilson) had a good night, Mike (Sandle) taking a walk early and (Kaleb) DeLaTorre with a big blast – he drove in three runs and was huge for us. We played very good defense. I thought it was a complete ballgame tonight. Everything was right. Our mindset was outstanding and that's the key.

- On the upcoming weekend series:
"These guys are very capable. If they have their minds right, there's no telling what they can do and I've been telling them that all season long. But this is about them and what they believe, not what I tell them. Hopefully, mental energy is contagious as well. They look at Southern Miss and see they are having a good year, and the best version of themselves showed up tonight and it has against them (USM) all year long. If we can take that mental framework into the rest of the season, I like our chances no question about it."

LHP Tyler Lehrmann
- On his performance:
"I just wanted to throw a lot of strikes and get all of my pitches working. I didn't have many curveballs or changeups, I just had to work a lot of fastballs and locate. I located a lot better than I have all year, and that was the key for me tonight. I just tried to go out there and get as many outs as I could. Once they (USM) got the bases loaded with no outs and we got three straight outs, that is really when I settled in. That really fired me up."

- On the four-run first inning:
"That was awesome. Having a long inning like that, I just went down to the bullpen to stay loose. But it's great to always pitch with a lead, especially in the first inning. It allows you to go out there with confidence and let them hit it and let the defense work."

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