JACKSON, Tenn. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team opened the three-game Gulf South Conference series at Union with a 6-2 win on Friday afternoon. UAH improves to 22-19 (11-13 GSC), while UU dips to 13-30 (4-20 GSC).
 
Game Changer
- With the game tied 2-2 in the top of the eighth, UAH posted a pivotal four-run inning – highlighted by a three-run home run by Nolan Ramsey – to take a 6-2 lead on the way to the series-opening victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers posted seven base hits in the contest as seven different players registered one hit in the game.
- Jay Copeland scored a game-high two runs while going 1-for-3 with one RBI and one stolen base.
- Brady Bedingfield finished the game with one hit, two RBI, one run and one walk.
- Will Acuff tied Copeland for the team-high in runs with two of his own while also chipping in one hit and one walk.
- The Chargers had four extra-base hits in the game, including Ramsey's homer and doubles by Acuff, Lance Cleveland and AJ Walden.
- Hunter Hood went the distance in his start on the mound, allowing two runs with six strikeouts over his 9.0 innings on the mound. His record improved to 2-4 with the win.
 
Key Plays
- Union was first on the board with a two-run home run by Hayden Lewis in the bottom half of the first.
- After five scoreless innings, Bedingfield tied the game at 2-2 thanks to a two-run single to left which plated by Acuff and Copeland.
- Both sides went scoreless in the seventh until UAH took a 6-2 advantage with its four-run eighth innings as Copeland drove in a run on a fielder's choice before Ramsey delivered his three-run homer.
 
Noteworthy
- Hood's nine innings of work are his most of the season.
- Ramsey now has six home runs on the season, which is four more than the 2017 campaign for the junior.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and Union wrap up the three-game set with a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.