HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team fell in both games of a Gulf South Conference series-opening doubleheader by scores of 12-6 and 6-5 to Mississippi College on Friday afternoon at Charger Park. UAH dips to 21-19 (10-14 GSC), while MC rises to 26-10 (15-7 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
- The Chargers and Choctaws look ahead to the series finale on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Charger Park.
 
MC 12, UAH 6
Game Changer
- Mississippi College broke the 5-5 tie in the top of the seventh with a seven-run rally which gave the Choctaws a 12-5 lead on the way to the game-one victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers posted 13 base hits in the loss, paced by Robby Seemann who went 3-for-5 at the plate with a team-high two RBI.
- A trio of Chargers had two hits apiece, including Tanner Burns, Tyler McCown, and Nolan Ramsey, with Burns posting a team-best two RBI to tie Seemann for the team lead while McCown and Ramsey each scored a team-high two runs.
- UAH had five extra-base hits in game one, featuring a homer by Burns, a triple by Ramsey and doubles from Brady Bedingfield, McCown and Seemann.
-UAH starting pitcher Jake Bracewell went 5.0 innings with a no-decision, accumulating five runs, one walk and two strikeouts.
- Tyler Self took the loss in relief to dips his season record to 4-2, working 1.1 innings out of the bullpen with four runs and two strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- The Chargers pulled ahead in the bottom of the first on a RBI single up the middle by AJ Walden to score McCown who led off the game with a double.
- MC knotted the game at 1-1 with one run in the top of the second, before a solo home run by Burns helped UAH regain the lead at 2-1 in the bottom half.
- After UAH plated two runs in the third, Mississippi College overtook the Chargers with a four-run rally in the fourth to lead 5-4.
- A Bedingfield RBI double in the fourth tied the game at 5-5, prior to the Choctaws rallying for seven runs in the seventh to go ahead 12-5 on the way to the 12-6 win.
 
Noteworthy
- Ramsey now has seven triples in 2018, tying the program record for triples in a season.
- UAH has 13 or more hits in 10 different games this season.
 
MC 6, UAH 5
Game Changer
- After leading 5-2 since a five-run bottom of the first, UAH relinquished its lead on a three-run top of the seventh for Mississippi College before the Choctaws scored the game-deciding run in the following inning on the way to the 6-5 win over the Chargers.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled nine hits in the loss on Friday, as Tanner Burns, Nolan Ramsey and Jack Stamper led the way with two base hits each.
- Both Tyler McCown and Brady Bedingfield registered a team-high two walks apiece.
- Burns and Stamper each drove in one run each, while Burns and Ramsey scored one run apiece.
- Burns had the lone extra-base hit for the Chargers which was a double.
- Dylan Murphy made his first career start on the mound for the Chargers, tuning in 6.0 innings with five runs allowed and two strikeouts for a no-decision.
- Brooks Brophy took the loss in relief to dip his season record to 5-2, as the freshman tossed 2.0 innings with one run allowed and one strikeout.
 
Key Plays
- After a two-run first inning for the Choctaws, UAH pulled ahead with a total of five runs in the bottom half of the inning which featured RBI base hits by Drake Hollingsworth, Burns and Stamper.
- Both sides would go scoreless until MC knotted the game at 5-5 with a three-run seventh.
- The Choctaws went on to take the nightcap thanks to a solo home run in the eighth by Brandon Broussard.