HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team opened the three-game Gulf South Conference series against Shorter with two wins in the series-opening doubleheader by scores of 10-8 and 5-4 on Friday afternoon at Charger Park. UAH improves to 13-15 (8-9 GSC), while SU slips to 16-12 (6-11 GSC).
 
Schedule Change
- UAH and Shorter have agreed to move up Saturday's series finale to 10:30 a.m. at Charger Park due to inclement weather in the forecast in the afternoon.
 
UAH 10, Shorter 8
Game-Changer
- With the game tied 2-2 after three full innings, UAH pulled ahead with a five-run rally in the bottom fourth as the hosts took the series opener by a 10-8 final on Friday.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers were first on the board in the series opener as Justin Ware scored in the bottom of the first on a ground out to give UAH a 1-0 advantage.
- Shorter pulled ahead in the top of the third with a pair of runs, but UAH responded in the bottom half with one run of its own on a RBI single up the middle by AJ Walden.
- UAH then notched its five-run rally in the bottom of the fourth to lead 7-2, as Tanner Burns, Jay Copeland, Justin Ware, and Walden notched RBI during the frame.
- The Hawks plated one in the fifth to slim the Charger lead to 7-3, but a one-run double by Burns in the fifth and a two-run home run in the sixth by Trey Mathis made it a 10-3 UAH advantage.
- Unrelenting, Shorter plated two runs apiece in the seventh and eighth prior to adding one run in the top of the ninth as UAH would win game one by the 10-8 final.
- UAH registered a total of 12 hits in the win, paced by Walden with three base hits in five trips to the plate.
- A total of three Chargers has two RBI apiece in the game, including Copeland, Walden and Mathis.
- Riley Camp made the start on the mound for UAH, improving to 3-2 this season after tossing 6.2 innings with five runs allowed and six strikeouts.
- Taylor Clemons notched his fifth save of the season, hurling 1.0 inning in the ninth with one run allowed and two strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Mathis' homer was his first of the season.
- The Chargers 10 runs in the game matches a season-high for the team which has been achieved on four occasions this season.
 
UAH 5, Shorter 4
Game-Changer
- After Shorter tied the game at 4-4 with one run in the top of the sixth, UAH went home a walk-off winner as Walden smacked a solo home run to left in the bottom of the seventh to give the Chargers their third straight win and the doubleheader sweep on the 5-4 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Shorter took the early lead in game two on Friday with a pair of runs in the top of the first, but UAH turned the tables with a three-run rally in the bottom of the second as Copeland, Ben Rhodes and Walden drove in runs during the inning.
- The Chargers added another run in the third as Lance Cleveland scored on a ground out to make it 4-2 UAH.
- However, Shorter scored one run in both the fifth and sixth innings to knot the game at 4-4, prior to Walden's solo blast in the bottom of the seventh that gave UAH the 5-4 win.
- UAH totaled eight base hits in the victory, paced by Ware and Nolan Ramsey with two apiece.
- Ramsey led the Chargers in extra-base hits with two doubles in the contest.
- Walden finished the victory with a game-high two RBI.
- Clemons – who worked a scoreless top of the seventh out of the bullpen – improves to 2-1 on the year.
- Will Myers started on the hill for UAH, and posted 5.1 innings with three earned runs allowed and seven strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Walden's home run was his team-high sixth round-tripper of the season, and he now has five games with two RBI or more.
- Ramsey's two doubles in the contest were his first and second as a Charger.