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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Crimson Tide shortstop Jim Jarvis scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch to lift UA to a 5-4 win over the University of South Alabama baseball team Tuesday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Jarvis led off the ninth with a double down the right field line, and moved to third on a groundout to second by Tommy Seidl. The Jaguars intentionally walked Zane Denton and Owen Diodati to load the bases with one out before a wild pitch from Jaguar right-handed reliever Jackson Boyd allowed Jarvis to score the decisive run.

UP NEXT
South Alabama (16-7) will return to action Friday when it opens a three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Georgia State at 5 p.m. (CT) in Atlanta. 

GAME FACTS
- Alabama (15-11) loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first when Jarvis reached on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, Seidl followed with a walk and Denton singled to right field. Jaguar right-hander Tyler Lehrmann struck out Diodati for the first out of the inning, then rolled a 6-4-3 double play to escape the jam.
- Diego Altamirano led off the bottom of the third with a walk, and scored when Will Turner lifted an 0-1 pitch from UA right-hander Ben Hess over the right field wall for a 2-0 Jaguar lead. 
- Andrew Pinckney drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the fourth, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI single up the middle by Drew Williamson to cut the USA lead in half at 2-1. Bryce Eblin delivered a two-out, three-run home run to right-center field later in the inning for a 4-2 Crimson Tide advantage.
- Turner and Miles Simington drew consecutive walks to start the top of the fifth. A groundout to shortstop by Charles Middleton moved both runners into scoring position with one out. Hunter Stokes followed with an RBI groundout to second to plate Turner and cut the UA lead to 4-3.
- Santi Montiel singled to second base with one out in the top of the eighth, and moved to second on a groundout to first by Hunter Donaldson. Landon Jordan drew a pinch-hit walk before Kasey Donaldson delivered a pinch-hit RBI double to left field to plate Montiel and tie the score 4-4. Jordan was put out 7-6-2 on the relay from the outfield attempting to score for the final out of the inning. 
- Jarvis led off the bottom of the ninth with a double down the right field line, and advanced to third on a groundout to second by Seidl. Consecutive intentional walks to Denton and Diodati loaded the bases with one out. Boyd struck out Dominic Tamez for the second out of the frame before a wild pitch allowed Jarvis to score the game-winning run. 

NOTES
- Simington extended his on-base streak to 21 games when he reached on a hit by pitch with two outs in the top of the first. 
- Altamirano extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a leadoff walk in the top of the third. 
- Turner extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a one-out, two-run home run to right field in the top of the third.
- Orbeta extended his hitting streak to seven games with a leadoff single to left field in the top of the seventh. 
- Orbeta went 2-for-5 to lead the Jags at the plate, and Turner added a home run, two RBIs and one run scored. Kasey Donaldson finished with a double and one RBI, and Stokes added one RBI.
- Alabama extended its series win streak to six with the victory.
- USA fell to 15-3 this season when allowing five or fewer runs.

Assistant Coach Alan Luckie
- On the loss:
"There was no problem with the energy or the effort. Every one of our pitchers tonight did a good job to keep us in the game. We had a ball we lost in the lights, and had a bad-hop double that started off the bottom of the ninth. We just got a couple of bad breaks, but defense played well and the pitching was very good; we just didn't score enough runs offensively when we had chances to knock them in. I'm very proud of the guys and their effort and energy. We haven't gotten any breaks in the last week-and-a-half, but they're coming and this team is plenty good enough."    

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