CLEVELAND, Miss. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team opened up the 2017 Gulf South Conference tournament with a 9-2 loss as the eight seed against first-seeded No. 7 Delta State on Saturday night at Ferriss Field. UAH drops to 22-26, while DSU improves to 38-11.
Game-Changer
- Delta State's Trey Hobbs hurled a 13-strikeout performance with two runs allowed over the full 9.0 innings while the Statesmen offense posted two runs or more in three different innings on the way to the 9-2 win in the GSC tournament matchup.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers totaled eight base hits in the loss, led by Trey Mathis with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate with one RBI and one doubles.
- Jay Copeland joined Mathis with a multi-hit performance with two base knocks.
- AJ Walden registered one of the Chargers two extra-base hits with a solo home run in addition to drawing one walk in the contest.
- Senior Will Myers started on the mound for UAH, turning in 6.2 innings with four earned runs and five strikeouts to slim his season record to 6-5.
 
Key Plays
- Delta State took the first lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, but the Chargers split the advantage in half with one run in the fourth on a RBI single to left by Trey Mathis.
- Both squads went scoreless in the fifth, prior to Delta State scoring in three straight innings with one run in the sixth, two in the seventh and four in the eighth to lead 9-1.
- Walden brought the game to its 9-2 final with a solo home run in the top of the ninth.
 
Noteworthy
- Walden now has homers in back-to-back games, which is the third time this season he's had round-trippers in consecutive contests.
- Mathis' three base hits matches a season-high recorded against West Georgia (Feb. 25).
 
Next Time Out
- UAH looks ahead to a 1:30 p.m. matchup on Sunday against fourth-seeded Valdosta State in day two of the new three-day, pool play format.