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MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama right fielder Miles Simington drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the Jaguars to a 3-2 win over Rhode Island Sunday at Stanky Field.

Simington tripled to right field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Will Turner, who reached on an error earlier in the inning, with the eventual game-winning run. South Alabama (5-2) secured the three-game series sweep with the victory, and extended its win streak to four games. Right-hander JoJo Booker turned in a quality start without factoring in the decision. Zach Harlan (1-0) earned his first career win, and Grant Wood recorded his first career save as a Jaguar. 

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., March 4 when it hosts Middle Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. to open a three-game weekend series at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Rhode Island scored the game's first run in the top of the second on a two-out RBI single to center field by Alex Ramirez for a 1-0 lead.
- Charles Middleton reached on a two-base error by URI first baseman Jordan Laske when the ball popped out of his glove while applying the tag to Middleton after third baseman Anthony DePino's throw across sailed wide of first. Hunter Stokes followed with an RBI single up the middle to plate Middleton and tie the score 1-1.
- Joseph Sullivan drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fifth, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Diego Altamirano. Turner was intentionally walked before a single down the left field line by Santi Montiel loaded the bases with one out. But URI right-handed reliever Zach Fernandez entered the game and rolled a 4-3 inning-ending double play off the bat of Miles Simington to end the threat.
- Middleton led off the bottom of the sixth with a double to left-center field, and scored one batter later on an RBI single through the right side of the infield by Landon Jordan for a 2-1 Jag lead. 
- DePino doubled down the right field line with one out in the top of the seventh, and scored on an RBI single through the left side of the infield by Rob Butler to tie the score 2-2. 
- Turner reached on a fielding error by URI second baseman Joe Fortin with one out in the bottom of the seventh, and scored on a two-out triple to right field by Simington for a 3-2 Jag lead.

NOTES
- Turner extended his on-base streak to seven games with a leadoff single in the bottom of the first.
- Simington extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh.  
- Jordan extended his on-base streak to seven games and extended his hit streak to five games with an RBI single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the sixth.
- Jaguar right-hander JoJo Booker turned in a quality start, tossing six innings with one run allowed on two hits with seven strikeouts without issuing a walk, but did not factor in the decision.
- Right-hander Zach Harlan (1-0) allowed one run on two hits and struck out one in one relief inning to earn his first career win.
- Right-hander Grant Wood tossed two scoreless relief innings and did not allow a hit while striking out four to record his first career save.
- Six Jaguars hit safely in the game, led by Turner who went 2-for-3 with one run scored and a stolen base.
- Simington finished with a triple and one RBI, and Stokes and Jordan had one hit and one RBI apiece.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the win:
"It was a big bounce back start from (JoJo) Booker, he was really good today. Our guys came in and got the leadoff out and forced them (Rhode Island) to rally with one out. That's tough to do when you're facing really good stuff, and (Zach) Harlan was really good as was (Grant) Wood behind him with the six-out save. When you have good stuff you have to limit free passes, play good defense and make the opponent earn every 90 feet. And when you do that in college baseball it is hard. That leadoff guy usually sets the tone defensively for us."

- On JoJo Booker:
"He was up a tick with his velocity. He did a really nice job adjusting to some things from a workload standpoint. Hopefully today is the jumping-off point for him. It certainly wasn't him last week for sure, but today was more like him. Credit him and the confidence he showed; he wasn't down, he came out there and did what he does. There is still another jump, his best fastball isn't back yet but he has that slider he throws in any count and he is a confident kid. He has pitched a lot of innings here against some really good teams."

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