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MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama right-handers JoJo Booker and Jase Dalton combined to shut out Troy 8-0 in Saturday's series finale at Stanky Field, sponsored by Hampton by Hilton "Providence Park."

Booker (3-0) tossed six shutout innings and allowed just one hit while tying his career high with 10 strikeouts against five walks to earn the win. Dalton tossed three scoreless relief innings and struck out five without issuing a walk or allowing a hit to record his second save of the season.

Jaguar shortstop Santi Montiel doubled and drove in three runs, and Reid Powers finished with one hit and two RBIs.

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., April 9, when it opens a three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Little Rock at 6 p.m.

GAME FACTS
- USA jumped out to a two-run lead in the bottom of the first. Cameron Tissue led off the inning with a single through the right side of the infield, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI double down the left field line by Michael Sandle. A wild pitch from Troy right-hander Garrett Gainous allowed Sandle to move to third before Ethan Wilson drew a walk to put runners at the corners with no outs. Wilson stole second with one out following a strikeout of Balgaard by Gainous. Reid Powers then delivered a one-out RBI single to right field to plate Sandle for a 2-0 Jaguar advantage.
- South Alabama loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth on a leadoff walk by Tissue, intentional walk to Ethan Wilson with one out and Balgaard reached on a hit by pitch from Gainous. Powers followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to score Tissue for a 3-0 Jaguar lead. Hunter Stokes drew a walk to load the bases with two outs for Santi Montiel, who delivered a three-run double to left field to clear the bases for a 6-0 USA lead. 
- The Jags extended their lead to 7-0 in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff solo home run to left field by Richard Sorrenti on a 1-2 pitch from Troy right-handed reliever Lance Johnson.
- USA added the game's final run in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI groundout to shortstop by Balgaard.

NOTES
- Montiel extended his on-base streak to nine games with a two-out, three-run double in the bottom of the fifth.
- Stokes extended his on-base streak to six games with a two-out walk in the bottom of the fifth. 
- The sweep marked the Jaguars' second straight three-game weekend sweep, and marked the first three-game sweep of Troy since 1976 when USA won three from the Trojans at Jaguar Field. 
- The shutout marked the second of the series and the third on the season for the Jaguars.
- Eight Jaguar starters hit safely in the game, led by Kaleb DeLaTorre who finished 2-for-4.

QUOTES    
Head Coach Mark Calvi 
- On the pitching: 
"JoJo (Booker) was really good. He got four out of six leadoff outs, and (Jase) Dalton got all three of his leadoff outs. Pitching and defense are two things you can't win without. We did enough today offensively. We had some really good at-bats, but our pitching and defense was solid. Our pitching was really good this weekend, and it keeps the game flowing and keeps the infielders on their toes. Our guys have been really good this year on the mound."

- On winning five of six SBC games to start the conference season:
"A sweep is huge in this league, especially with a shortened conference schedule. Every win counts, I'm just really proud of our guys this weekend especially against Troy; they were a very good club coming in here hitting close to .300, and our guys did a really nice job."

RHP JoJo Booker
- On his performance:
"We needed a big sweep of Troy, and it's always nice to do that. We just have momentum as a team right now. I knew I would have them behind me and they were going to score some runs, and I just had to do my job. I wanted to do better, but I will take that. We just had a really good weekend, and that's always nice to start conference like this."

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