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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama State scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 7-4 Tuesday at Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.

The score was tied 4-4 after 7 1/2 innings before a two-out RBI single by Kyler McIntosh gave the Hornets a 5-4 lead, and a two-run home run by Corey King gave the Hornets a three-run cushion.

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Thursday when it opens a three-game Sun Belt Conference series with Troy at 6 p.m. in Troy, Ala.

GAME FACTS
- Erick Orbeta led off the game with a walk, and scored one batter later on an RBI double to right-center field by Landon Jordan for a 1-0 lead.
- Jabronski Williams reached on a fielding error by Hunter Stokes on a grounder to first to lead off the bottom of the third, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a two-out single to right field by Corey King to tie the score 1-1.
- Cameron Tissue reached on a hit by pitch with one out in the top of the fourth, and moved to second on a walk by Orbeta. Jordan then delivered a two-out, three-run home run to center field for a 4-0 Jaguar lead.
- Alabama State cut the Jag lead in half at 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth on a one-out RBI single to center field by Trenton Jamison. Williams followed with an RBI single back to the pitcher to cut the USA lead to 4-3.
- Jamison led off the bottom of the sixth with a walk, and eventually scored on a wild pitch from right-hander Austin Mills to tie the score 4-4.
- Williams singled to second with one out in the bottom of the eighth, advanced to second on a walk by Luis Rodriguez and scored on a two-out RBI single to left-center field by Kyler McIntosh for a 5-4 ASU lead. King then delivered a two-out, two-run home run to left-center field for a 7-4 Hornet advantage.
-  Orbeta led off the top of the ninth with a single to left field, and advanced to third on a single to left-center field by Jordan, who moved to second on the play. Miles Simington followed with a walk to load the bases with no outs. Turner then lined out into an unassisted double play by McIntosh, who made a diving catch back toward the line and reached out to double-up Simington at first for the first two outs of the inning. Stokes then grounded out to first for the final out of the game.

NOTES
- Orbeta extended his on-base streak to 16 games with a walk to lead off the game.
- Turner extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a two-out walk in the top of the first. 
- Altamirano extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a two-out single to left-center field in the top of the sixth.
- Jordan went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBIs and one run scored to lead the Jags at the plate. Orbeta and Diego Altamirano added one hit apiece. 
- ASU's Payton Harris (2-2) tossed 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings with one strikeout and one walk to earn the win.
- Jaguar left-hander Eli Runyan (0-1) allowed two runs on one hit with two walks in 1 1/3 relief innings in the loss.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"The bottom line is we didn't play well enough tonight. We had situations early to do some small things – didn't get a bunt down, double sac and made a couple of routine errors today. We didn't play well enough tonight to win the ballgame, and that's what happens. You have to play well every single night, and we didn't play well enough. We didn't play poorly, we just didn't play our brand of baseball and we lost."

- On the upcoming Troy series:
"We'll need to play much better. The pieces are here, and guys need to play better when their number is up; we need to have better at-bats, field better and pitch better – we need to do everything better."

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