VALDOSTA, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to open a three-game Gulf South Conference series on Saturday at Valdosta State by scores of 8-4 and 7-4. UAH dips to 9-8 (4-4 GSC), while VSU improves to 9-12 (3-5 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and Valdosta State wrap up the three-game set on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT.
 
VSU 8, UAH 4
Game Changer
- After UAH plated one run in the top of the sixth to bring it to a one-run game with VSU ahead 4-3, the Blazers proceeded to push their lead to 7-3 with a three-run bottom of the sixth on the way to the 8-4 win in game one.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The UAH offense posted 12 hits in the loss in the series opener, paced by Ben Rhodes who went 3-for-4 with one walk.
- AJ Walden followed Rhodes with two base hits – one a solo home run in the ninth – while registering a team-high two runs and two RBI.
- Drake Hollingsworth tied for Walden for second on the roster with two hits, providing one of the Chargers three extra-base hits with a double.
- Senior Jake Bracewell took the loss in his start on the mound on Saturday, dropping his season record to 1-3. Bracewell worked 5.2 innings with six runs allowed and 12 strikeouts in his time on the mound.
 
Noteworthy
- Rhodes has registered three hits in three straight games and extended his hit streak to 10 games.
- Bracewell's 12 strikeouts are a career-high for the right-hander.
 
VSU 7, UAH 4
UAH took the first lead in the game in the top of the first as Nolan Ramsey drove in McCown from third on a sac fly after McCown led off the game with a base hit.
 
VSU knotted the game at 1-1 with a single run in the bottom of the second, but UAH put together a two-run top of the third – highlighted by a RBI double by Brady Bedingfield – to put UAH back ahead 3-1.
 
Back-to-back solo home runs in the bottom of the third by Valdosta State off UAH starting pitcher Hunter Hood retied the contest at 3-3.
 
The Chargers again regained the advantage in the top of the fourth at 4-3 as Zach Duvall's lead-off triple led to a RBI single by Ben Rhodes.
 
The Blazers put together a decisive four-run bottom of the fifth to turn the tables and lead the Chargers 7-3 en route to the doubleheader sweep by the hosts.