Box Score

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The University of South Alabama baseball team scored seven unanswered runs to defeat Texas State 9-4 Sunday at Bobcat Ballpark.

USA (26-17) avoided the three-game sweep and snapped a four-game losing skid with the win. Jaguar right-hander Jase Dalton tossed five scoreless relief innings, and allowed just one hit to earn the win.

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., May 14, when it hosts Coastal Carolina at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Texas State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI double to right field by Will Hollis. Hollis scored on a wild pitch from Jaguar right-hander JoJo Booker later in the inning to double the Bobcat lead at 2-0. 
- Reid Powers doubled to left field to lead off the top of the second, and later scored on an RBI groundout to shortstop by Cameron Tissue to cut the TXST lead in half at 2-1. 
- Hunter Donaldson led off the top of the third with a walk, and later scored on a two-out RBI single to right-center field by Ethan Wilson to tie the score 2-2.
- Texas State took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly to center field by Jose Gonzalez.
- The Bobcats doubled their lead at 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out RBI single to left field by Cade Manning.
- USA loaded the bases in the top of the fifth with one out on a walk by Alden Davis, hit by pitch to Hunter Donaldson and walk by Santi Montiel. Michael Sandle then reached on an RBI fielder's choice on a grounder to second that scored Davis. Donaldson also scored on the play on a throwing error by Shuffield to tie the score 4-4. Ethan Wilson followed with a single to right-center field before Kaleb DeLaTorre lifted a 3-2 pitch from Bobcat right-hander Matthew Nicholas over the right field wall for a two-out, three-run home run for a 7-4 Jaguar lead.
- Tissue and Alden Davis reached on consecutive walks to start the top of the sixth. Donaldson followed with an RBI double down the left field line to score Tissue and double the USA lead at 8-4. Montiel followed with an RBI bunt single back to the pitcher on a squeeze play to plate Davis with the game's final run.

NOTES
- Powers extended his on-base streak to 13 games with a leadoff double to right field in the top of the second inning.
- DeLaTorre extended his on-base streak to eight games with a three-run home run to right field in the top of the fifth inning. 
- Sandle extended his on-base streak to 12 games when he reached on a hit by pitch to lead off the top of the ninth, but had his hit streak snapped at 11 games.
- Right-hander Jase Dalton (5-3) tossed five scoreless relief innings, and allowed just one hit with three strikeouts and four walks to earn his fifth win of the season.
- Donaldson finished 2-for-2 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored, Wilson had two hits, one RBI and one run scored and Montiel added a pair of hits and drove in one run. 

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the win:
"It wasn't JoJo's (Booker) best day, but he hung in there. He avoided a three or five spot, hung in there and battled and got us to the middle of the ballgame. And Jase (Dalton) came in and was outstanding. Our guys battled like crazy, and we had some great at-bats especially in the fifth inning. We got a squeeze down and (Kaleb) DeLaTorre with the home run, but a couple of guys worked hard to get on (base). Alden Davis had a really good at-bat and (Cameron) Tissue had a good at-bat to get on. We had some traffic on the bases and guys got some big hits today. Jase Dalton was without a doubt outstanding today with a wind blowing out 15 miles per hour. He started off not so sharp as well. I thought the zone was a little tight. Jase doesn't usually walk guys, but he had to work around some traffic. I couldn't be more proud of our guys' effort today on a day yesterday that stung. Our guys could have been a little hungover, but winning matters to them; it was very important to them to win and play well today, and it showed on the field."

- On taking game three and avoiding the three-game sweep:
"We arguably could have taken two out of three here this weekend. Friday didn't go our way and yesterday you chalk it up and flush it down the toilet. Friday was a tough loss, but there was no hangover from Friday and Saturday. Our guys came out and addressed today like it was a totally separate day from the last two days, which it is. Otherwise, yesterday you would have to count it as two wins from them because it would have leaked into today. But our guys did a good job of compartmentalizing each game and playing today for what it was, and that was today's game and the most important game of the year."

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