Box Score FAIRFIELD, Ala. | Junior left-hander Mitchell Wright registered his first win of the season on the mound and the UAH baseball team defeated Miles 8-3 on Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers improve to 16-6 overall while the Bears fall to 8-10.
 
UAH is now 14-2 this season when allowing just three runs or less and has won five of its previous six contests.
 
Wright (1-0) tossed three scoreless innings to record the victory in his first ever start for UAH, while Logan Crook, Brent Elder, Ricky Ray Clayton and Edwin Reyes pitched the final six innings and allowed just one earned run in the process.
 
Junior Ryan Barnes went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate with an RBI to lead the Charger offense, and Cody Burton finished the day going 2-for-4 with an RBI while Jud Sherrill contributed with two RBI of his own.
 
After a Barnes single to center field and a stolen base to advance to second, Ben Hall drilled a double to right field to score Barnes for the game's first run to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead in the second.
 
In the ensuing inning,  UAH reeled off five runs to take a commanding 6-0 lead as Chris Brown sent a single to center field with bases loaded to score Chase Handley, and Barnes drew a walk to bring in Burton in the next at bat. Austin Sanders then got on base with a fielder's choice to plate Chandler Brock while a Jud Sherrill walk kept the momentum going and scored Barnes before Handley's walk plated Sanders.
 
Miles would get on the board in the bottom of the fourth frame before UAH answered with two runs in the top of the fifth inning after Sherrill's sacrifice fly drove in Barnes and Burton's single scored Sanders from third to give the Chargers an 8-1 advantage.
 
The Bears made things interesting in the final inning by scoring two runs to cut the lead to five 8-3. However, the Chargers sealed the victory with a 5-4-3 double play to end the contest.
 
UAH will return to the diamond this weekend for a critical three-game series at Charger Park against No. 2 West Florida.