EMERSON, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team swept Anderson in a nonconference doubleheader at Lake Point on Friday afternoon by scores of 9-5 and 8-6. UAH rises to 3-3, while AU dips to 2-6.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH begins Gulf South Conference play for the 2018 season next Friday and Saturday with a three-game series at Auburn Montgomery.
 
UAH 9, AU 5
Game Changer
- The Chargers utilized a pair of big innings which powered the squad to a 9-5 win in Friday's opener, as the Blue & White went ahead early with three runs in the bottom of the first followed by a four-run rally later in the game in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Key Plays
- UAH generated an early 3-0 lead as Nolan Ramsey hit a RBI triple off the wall in right, immediately followed by a two-run home run by Jack Stamper.
- Anderson found the board in the top of the fourth on a sac fly to cut the UAH lead to 3-1.
- The Chargers put together a four-run rally in the fifth to own a 7-1 advantage over the Trojans, thanks to a RBI hit-by-pitch by Tyler McCown, a two-RBI single by AJ Walden and a one-run single by Stamper.
- The Chargers added one run apiece in the seventh and eighth, while the Trojans scored two runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to bring the game to its final score of 9-5.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers totaled 10 hits in the victory, paced by Stamper - who came up a triple short of the cycle – with a team-high three hits and three RBI.
- Three UAH players had multi-hit performances, including Stamper (3), Ramsey (2) and Will Acuff (2).
- McCown and Walden finished second to Stamper's team-high three RBI with two runs driven in apiece.
- McCown additionally drew a team-best two walks.
- Six of the Chargers nine batters in the contest recorded a hit.
- UAH starting pitcher Jake Bracewell earned the win to improve his record to 1-1 on the season, following 5.0 innings with no earned runs allowed and three strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Stamper had his first career three-hit game, homer and double as a Charger.
- Ramsey has recorded two hits or more in three of the Chargers five games so far.
 
UAH 8, AU 6
Game Changer
- Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth, senior AJ Walden rocketed a three-run homer down the left field line to turn the tables and give the Chargers an 8-6 lead which stood to be the game's final score.
 
Key Plays
- Anderson went ahead early with one run in the first followed by a three-run second inning to own a 4-0 lead heading into the home half.
- UAH mounted a four-run rally in the bottom half of the second to knot the game at 4-4, highlighted by a solo home run by Brady Bedingfield and a RBI single by Tanner Burns.
- AU regained the lead with two runs in the fourth, which UAH cut down to a 6-5 lead with a single run in the bottom half of the fourth on a RBI groundout by Walden.
- The Chargers turned the tables for the 8-6 win on Walden's three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH turned in eight hits in the second victory of the day, paced by Walden and Bedingfield with two hits apiece.
- Walden led the Chargers with four RBI.
- Three Chargers posted two walks each in the game, including Ben Rhodes, Nolan Ramsey and Zach Duvall.
- Freshman Brooks Brophy registered his first career win to improve his record to 1-0, as he settled the Trojan offense over 3.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen with one hit allowed and two strikeouts.
- Dylan Murphy notched his first career save in the victory, closing out the final inning with one strikeout while not allowing a baserunner.
 
Noteworthy
- Walden has 13 RBI in the past four games, matching his season-high with four in game two on Friday.
- UAH has now won three games in a row for the first winning streak of the 2018 campaign.