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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team used a nine-run seventh inning to defeat Arkansas State 13-2 Saturday at Eddie Stanky Field.

USA (26-19, 12-11 SBC) sent 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, and scored nine runs on nine hits for the final runs of the contest. Erick Orbeta recorded a career-high four hits, and tied his career high in RBIs with four, and Miles Simington tied his career high in hits with four, including two doubles and a home run, and finished with three RBIs.

Left-hander Tyler Lehrmann (3-2) allowed two unearned runs on five hits with five strikeouts against two walks in five innings to earn his third win of the season. Right-hander Jackson Boyd tied his season high in innings pitched with four scoreless, and also tied a season high in strikeouts with six without issuing a walk.

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Sunday when it will attempt to sweep the three-game series from Arkansas State (10-31, 5-17 SBC) at 1 p.m. in the series finale. 

GAME FACTS
- USA loaded the bases in the bottom of the first on a leadoff single to right field by Erick Orbeta, a one-out double off the right field wall by Miles Simington and a walk by Landon Jordan. Hunter Stokes followed with an RBI single to right field to score Orbeta, and Simington also scored on the play on a throwing error to the plate by ASU right fielder Cooper Tremmel for a 2-0 Jaguar lead.
- Simington led off the bottom of the third with a solo home run to right field for a 3-0 USA advantage. 
- Carter Sanford drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the fourth, and scored on a two-out RBI single to center field by Orbeta for a 4-0 Jag lead. 
- Jacob Hager reached on a three-base fielding error on a dropped fly ball in right field by Simington with one out in the top of the fifth, and scored on an RBI single to center field by Wil French to cut the South Alabama lead to 4-1. A two-out RBI double to right field by Jared Toler cut the Jag lead in half at 4-2.
- Cameron Tissue doubled to right-center field to lead off the top of the seventh, and scored on batter later on an RBI single up the middle by Orbeta for a 5-2 Jaguar advantage. Will Turner followed with a single to shortstop before an RBI single to center field by Simington scored Orbeta for a 6-2 lead. Hunter Stokes followed with an RBI single through the right side of the infield for a 7-2 lead. Hunter Donaldson later delivered a two-out, two-run triple to left-center field for a 9-2 advantage. Carter Sanford drew a walk, and Tissue followed with an RBI infield single to third that scored Donaldson for a 10-2 lead. Orbeta then delivered a two-run single to right field for a 12-2 advantage. Turner drew a walk before an RBI single through the right side of the infield by Simington scored Orbeta with the game's final run. 

NOTES
- Turner extended his on-base streak to 32 games with an infield single to shortstop in the bottom of the seventh.  
- Orbeta extended his on-base streak to 28 games with a leadoff single to right field in the bottom of the first.
- Montiel's on-base streak was snapped at 16 games.
- Simington recorded his third four-hit game of the season, finishing 4-for-5 with two doubles, one home run, three RBIs and three runs scored.
- Lehrmann and Boyd combined to allow two unearned runs on seven hits with 11 strikeouts and two walks.
- Tissue went 2-for-3 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored, and Stokes added two hits, two RBIs and one run scored. Donaldson added a triple, two RBIs and one run scored.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On Tyler Lehrmann:
"I thought (Tyler) Lehrmann was really good, and he showed poise. He was competitive, his changeup was good and he moved his fastball around. It's easy to be competitive when things are going your way. And Lehrmann just competed through some (defensive) mistakes, and just kept throwing."

- On the nine-run seventh inning:
"The game is cruel, but you just have to keep showing up and giving your best effort, and that's what our guys do. As long as we keep getting good pitching and defense, offense comes and goes. We have a very capable offense. Our guys get in there and give you some very professional at-bats. We have some veterans who have been around the block. I thought Arkansas State's starting pitcher (Will Nash) was pretty good. He had some spin rate to his fastball, he was up and down and you couldn't really fixate on a height. He pitched in a little on the lefties and did a good job. And then in the seventh (inning), that was one of their guys and Tish (Cameron Tissue) opened up the inning with a double and we were off and running. I'm proud of our guys' effort."

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