CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston (3-5) walked-off South Alabama (5-2) in the bottom of the ninth to take Sunday's series finale by a score of 6-7, after the Jaguars took the first two games of the series.

PRIMARY THREADS

• The Cougars took their first lead of the series off of Jaguar right-hander Daniel Gonzalez in the third inning of Sunday's contest, when a wild pitch and Cougar catcher Dylan Johnson single brought home two.
• Gonzalez would battle through five innings and 93 pitches to give the Jags a great effort in his outing only allowing those two earned runs and five hits.
• The Jaguar half of the fifth would see a four-spot all with two outs, starting with Marc Stephens who singled home teammates Ethan Melton and Brennon Wright, who also reached on singles of their own. Stewart Puckett reached on a Cougar center fielder error that plated Stephens before Paxton Bigby singled home Puckett to make it a 4-2 game.
• Puckett would hit a solo homer for his second of the series in the seventh, but the Cougars answered with an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning.
• Blake Guerin scored on a balk from Cougars pitcher Kaden Myers in the eighth before the Cougar offense plated two in the home half of the inning to make it a 6-5 Jaguar lead heading into the ninth.
• Dylan Johnson doubled to lead off the bottom of the ninth, which brought up left-handed hitter Braeden Smith who hit a walk-off homer into right field to win it for Charleston.

KEY STATS

• A three-hit effort from Jaguar leadoff hitter Brennon Wright tallied six hits in the weekend series, and pushed his hitting streak to four games.
• Five Jaguars collected two hit games in the setback, highlighted by a Puckett homer and a double and a run scored from center fielder Ethan Melton.
• Mike Young singled on Sunday to extend his hitting streak to five games.
• Cougar reliever Kayden Myers (W, 1-1) earned the win will Jaguar righty Andrew Floyd (L, 0-1) took the loss.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
On the weekend positives:
"Our guys competed really hard. Went on the road, really good energy, really good baseball. We got beat today, but super proud of the body of work."

ON DECK
The Jags complete the five-game road stint at Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The contest is slated for a 6:00 p.m. first pitch.

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