HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team opened a three-game Gulf South Conference series with a 7-0 win over West Alabama on Saturday evening at Charger Park. UAH improves to 21-15 (10-9 GSC), while UWA dips to 12-20 (6-12 GSC).
 
Game Changer
- Senior Jake Bracewell provided a masterful starting pitching performance for the Chargers, as the right-hander tossed a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts to lead the Blue & White to the series-opening win.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers amassed 14 base hits overall in the contest, paced by Brady Bedingfield who went 3-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI.
- Both Jay Copeland and Nolan Ramsey had multi-hit and multi-RBI performances as Copeland went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Ramsey was 2-for-5 with two RBI.
- Copeland had one of the Chargers three doubles in the game, joining Lance Cleveland and AJ Walden.
- The Chargers had four stolen bases in the win, including Ben Rhodes, Copeland, Cleveland and Tanner Burns.
- Nine Chargers had at least one base hit.
- Bracewell improved to 4-3 on the mound with the win, totaling 9.0 innings with seven hits allowed, two walks and nine strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- After two full scoreless innings, the Chargers pulled ahead with a three-run bottom of the third thanks to a two-RBI double down the left-field line by Copeland and a bloop RBI double by Cleveland.
- The Chargers added one run apiece in the fourth and sixth innings on RBI singles by Ramsey and Bedingfield, respectively.
- UAH was able to add two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, as Ramsey drove in a run on a groundout prior to a RBI single to right by Copeland.
 
Noteworthy
- Bracewell's complete-game shutout is the second of the season for the Chargers.
- The senior has totaled 6.0 innings or more with two runs allowed or less in four consecutive starts, dropping his season ERA to 4.42.
- The Chargers have had 14 or more hits in all four of the squad's games so far this week.
 
Next Time Out
- The Chargers and Tigers wrap up the three-game set at Charger Park on Sunday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.