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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss scored five unanswered runs over the final four innings to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 7-5 Tuesday at Pete Taylor Park.

South Alabama (8-3) took a 5-2 lead in the top of the fourth on a three-run home run by Joseph Sullivan before Southern Miss (9-3) tied the score 5-5 with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. The Golden Eagles added a run in the sixth inning, and pushed across the game's final run in the eighth.

The loss snapped South Alabama's seven-game win streak, and snapped the Jaguars' win streak over Southern Miss at six games.

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South Alabama will return to action Friday when it faces Jacksonville State at 6 p.m. to open a three-game series in Jacksonville, Ala.

GAME FACTS
- Erick Orbeta led off the game with a double down the left field line, and moved to second with two outs following a groundout to second by Will Turner. A wild pitch by USM right-hander Tyler Stuart then allowed Orbeta to score the game's first run.
- USM loaded the bases in the bottom of the first when Christopher Sargent reached on a fielder's choice, Danny Lynch singled to center field and Slade Wilks drew a two-out walk, but Jaguar right-hander Jeremy Lee escaped the jam with an inning-ending flyout to right field off the bat of Will McGillis to preserve a 1-0 Jaguar lead.
- Santi Montiel singled to center field with one out in the top of the third, and advanced to second on the play on an error by Golden Eagle center fielder Gabe Montenegro. Turner then reached on a two-base throwing error by USM third baseman Lynch on a grounder to third, which allowed Montiel to score and double the USA lead at 2-0.
- Southern Miss tied the game 2-2 in the bottom of the third on a two-out, two-base throwing error by Jaguar left-hander Tyler Lehrmann on a grounder back to the mound off the bat of McGillis.
- Diego Altamirano and Hunter Donaldson reached on consecutive one-out hit by pitches in the top of the fourth before Joseph Sullivan lifted a 1-0 pitch from USM right-hander Matthew Adams over the right field wall for a three-run home run – his second of the season – for a 5-2 Jaguar lead.
- Southern Miss cut the USA lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI groundout to shortstop by McGillis. A two-out, two-run home run to right field by Carson Paetow later in the inning tied the score 5-5.
- Dustin Dickerson led off the bottom of the sixth with a single through the left side of the infield, moved to second on bunt single to third by Montenegro and advanced to third on the play on a throwing error by Cameron Tissue. Ewing followed with an RBI single to left field for a 6-5 Golden Eagle lead.
- Southern Miss loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth, and took a 7-5 lead when Montenegro scored on a wild pitch from USA right-hander Grant Wood.

NOTES
- Montiel extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a one-out single to center field in the top of the third.
- Stokes extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a single up the middle in the top of the fifth.
- Sullivan's home run marked his team-leading second of the season.
- Right-hander Jeremy Lee made his first start of the season, and tossed two scoreless innings and allowed two hits with one strikeout and two walks without factoring in the decision.
- Left-hander Eli Runyan tossed a career-high 1 2/3 perfect relief innings, and recorded two strikeouts.
- Montiel went 2-for-5 with one run scored, and Sullivan added a home run, three RBIs and one run.
- USM left-hander Dalton Rogers (1-0) tossed 3 2/3 scoreless relief innings, and allowed one hit while striking out six to earn the win.
- Jaguar right-hander Walker Johnson (0-2) allowed one earned run on four hits with two strikeouts in two-thirds of a relief inning in the loss.
- The loss marked the Jaguars' first to Southern Miss since the 2018 season, snapping a six-game USA win streak in the series.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"We showed up and played hard, but we didn't play well enough. Our guys competed, but we walked eight, hit a guy and made a couple of errors. We gave them (Southern Miss) nine free passes and we didn't handle the ball well enough. In the two phases that you have to be tight and clean in to win a lot of games and play championship-caliber baseball, we weren't good enough tonight. Sully (Joseph Sullivan) got into one and hit a three-run home run – that was good to see – and we scored some runs. As a unit tonight in all three phases, we didn't do all three well enough as a team. We win and lose as a team, and that's the bottom line. The two phases you have to play well in in order to play championship-caliber baseball, we didn't play well in those two phases tonight so we lost to a good team."

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