HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team notched the Gulf South Conference series sweep of Christian Brothers with a come-from-behind 16-8 win on Sunday afternoon at Charger Park. UAH improves to 14-8 (8-4 GSC), while CBU dips to 6-18 (1-11 GSC).
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Game Changer
- With Christian Brothers holding a 7-3 advantage over the Chargers heading into the bottom of the seventh, UAH proceeded to rally for nine runs in the frame to turn the tables and lead the Bucs on the way to the 16-8 sweep-clinching win.
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Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers amassed 18 base hits in the victory, paced by
Tanner Burns and
Nolan Ramsey who each had three hits in the game.
- Five UAH players had at least two hits as
Tyler McCown,
AJ Walden and
Robby Seemann chipped in two base hits apiece while Burns and Ramsey led the way with three each.
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Lance Cleveland drew a team-high three walks and three runs scored while adding one hit and one RBI.
- Burns posted a team-high three RBI, followed by
Will Acuff with two runs batted in.
- Walden, Copeland and Ramsey each scored two times in the win.
- UAH had a total of five extra-base hits, including a homer by Ramsey, triples by
Ben Rhodes and Walden, and doubles by Acuff and Copeland.
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Brooks Brophy earned the win in relief to improve to 5-1 on the season, after tossing 2.0 innings with one run allowed, no walks and one strikeout.
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Riley Camp made the start on the mound for UAH, turning in 1.2 innings with five runs allowed.
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Key Plays
- Christian Brothers put together an early 5-0 rally in the top of the second to take its first lead of the game.
- UAH cut into the lead in the bottom half of the second on a solo home run by Ramsey to right.
- CBU added two runs in the third inning to make it 7-1 Bucs, but UAH slimmed the advantage to 7-3 with a two-run bottom of the fourth highlighted by a RBI single by Burns.
- The Chargers offense erupted for a nine-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to turn the tables and lead 12-7, as a total of 14 Chargers went to the plate during the rally.
- One run by the Bucs in the eighth cut UAH's lead to 12-8, before the Chargers added four runs in the bottom half to bring the game to its 16-8 final.
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Noteworthy
- The Chargers 16 runs are the most by the team in 2018.
- UAH – who had 11 walks in the win – have drawn 10 or more walks in a game twice this season.
- Rhodes extended his hitting streak to 15 games.
- UAH has registered two triples in a game in back-to-back games.
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Next Time Out
- The Chargers return to action on Wednesday at 1 p.m. with a trip to Mobile, Alabama, to take on Spring Hill in a nonconference doubleheader.