PENSACOLA, Fla. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team fell in the Gulf South Conference series finale on Sunday by a final score of 9-6 against West Florida at Jim Spooner Field. UAH slips to 14-13 (8-7 GSC), while UWF improves to 21-9 (11-3 GSC).
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Game Changer
- Leading 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth, West Florida posted a sixth-run rally to extend the lead to 8-1 as the Argos held on for the 9-6 win in the series finale.
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Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled 12 base hits in the series finale, paced by four players with two base hits including
Will Acuff,
Tanner Burns,
Jay Copeland and
Robby Seemann.
- Burn and Seemann tied with a team-high two RBI.
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Ben Rhodes and
AJ Walden each chipped in a base hit, run, and RBI on Sunday.
- Acuff, Burns and Walden each had a double in the contest to account for all three of UAH's extra-base hits.
- Acuff additionally scored a team-high two times for UAH.
- Burns, Rhodes and Walden had one walk apiece.
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Riley Camp made the start on the mound for the Chargers and saw his record drop to 1-1 with the loss. Camp worked 5.0 innings with two earned runs allowed and one strikeout.
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Key Plays
- After two full scoreless frames by UAH and UWF, Rhodes put the Chargers in front with a RBI single to center to plate Acuff.
- West Florida took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run single by Matthew Estrada.
- The Argos went on a pivotal six-run rally in the bottom of the sixth to push the lead to 8-1.
- The Chargers cut the deficit to 8-6 in the top of the seventh on a two RBI double by Burns, a RBI double by Walden and a two-RBI single by Seemann.
- Estrada gave the Argos an insurance run in the bottom half of the seventh with a solo home run which brought the game to its 9-6 final on Sunday.
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Noteworthy
- UAH has totaled 10 or more hits in 12 contests this season.
- With a 2-for-4 performance at the plate today, Copeland finished the series at UWF 7-for-11 and is now on a six-game hit streak.
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Next Time Out
- UAH steps out of GSC play on Tuesday with a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, for a doubleheader at LeMoyne-Owen.