WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. | A late comeback fell short for The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team at Palm Beach Atlantic as the hosts won the nonconference tilt 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. UAH slips to 0-4, while PBA improves to 2-1.
 
Game Changer
- After UAH starting pitcher Ian McCoy was tagged for six runs in 2.2 innings pitched, senior Gabe Gunter provided a stellar long-relief performance with 4.1 shutout innings with one hit allowed and two strikeouts which allowed the Chargers to make the late comeback.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled 11 hits in the loss, led by Zach Duvall with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate.
- Justin Ware scored a team-high three runs in the game with one base hit and two walks as well in the contest.
- Ben Rhodes went 2-for-4 at the dish with a double and a triple in addition to a walk and two runs scored.
- McCoy's record dipped to 0-1 on the season after allowing five earned runs in 2.2 innings with one strikeout.
 
Key Plays
- Palm Beach Atlantic scored one run apiece in the first and second innings to lead 2-0 early over UAH, highlighted by a Moforis solo home run in the bottom of the second.
- The Chargers knotted the contest at 2-2 in the top of the third after Rhodes ripped a RBI triple to right-center prior to AJ Walden driving him home on a sacrifice fly to left.
- PBA quickly rebounded to regain the lead at 6-2 with a four-run rally in the bottom of the third before Gunter took over on the mound.
- UAH chipped into the lead with a one run in the seventh on a RBI single by Trey Mathis, before Nolan Ramsey delivered a two-run single to cut the PBA lead to the game's 6-5 final.
 
Noteworthy
- Rhodes has now registered a hit in four straight games to open the season, and the junior owns a .429 batting average (6-for-14) with three runs, one double, one triple and two RBI.
- Ramsey has registered two RBI in a game on two occasions this season.
- The Chargers' 11 hits in the loss were a weekend-high.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH returns to Charger Park next weekend with a three-game, nonconference series slated against Spring Hill next Saturday and Sunday. First pitch for the home-opening doubleheader is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Saturday, while Sunday's series finale will begin at 1 p.m.