HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team split the nonconference doubleheader against Miles on Wednesday at Charger Park as the visitors won the first game 8-3 before UAH took game two by a 5-4 final. UAH moves to 9-6, while MC's record now stands at 8-11.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH jumps back into Gulf South Conference play this Saturday and Sunday with a trip to Valdosta State.
 
Miles 8, UAH 3
Game Changer
- Miles utilized a pair of rallies to push the Golden Bears to the 8-3 victory, as the visitors plated four runs in the third and three in the fifth on the way to the game-one win.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Ben Rhodes led the Chargers offense with three hits to go along with a team-high two runs scored and one RBI.
- AJ Walden also had a multi-hit performance, going 2-for-4 with one RBI.
- Both Rhodes and Walden generated the squads two extra-base hits, as Rhodes had a triple and Walden notched a double.
- Ian McCoy made the start on the mound for the Chargers and took the loss to dip his record to 0-1, after turning in 3.0 innings with four runs allowed and two strikeouts.
- Tristan McAnally worked 4.0 innings out of the bullpen with three runs allowed and three strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Rhodes is on an eight-game hit streak.
- Walden has had two or more hits in three consecutive games.
 
UAH 5, MC 4
Game Changer
- With the score knotted at 4-4 in the bottom of the fourth, Drake Hollingsworth registered his first career home run on a solo shot down the right field line to put UAH ahead 5-4 on the way to the win in the nightcap.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Rhodes again led the Chargers at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a team-high two runs scored in addition to one double and one stolen base.
- Walden also had two hits again in game two as he went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and one walk.
- Hollingsworth provided the third extra-base hit for the Chargers in the contest with his solo homer in the fourth.
- Tyler Self made the start on the mound for the Chargers and posted 4.0 innings with two earned runs allowed. His record improves to 2-0 with the win.
- Dylan Murphy recorded his fifth save of the season after working a scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout.
- Both Parker Henson and Brooks Brophy had 1.0 scoreless inning of relief, with Brophy totaling a team-high two strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Rhodes had three hits in back-to-back games for the first time this season, extending his hit streak to nine games.
- Murphy now leads the GSC with five saves in 2018.