HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team won both games of a doubleheader against Miles by scores of 9-2 and 10-8 on Wednesday afternoon at Charger Park. UAH improves to 9-5, while MC dips to 4-5.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and Christian Brothers have moved up this weekend's Gulf South Conference series in Memphis, Tennessee, to be a single game Friday at 1 p.m. followed by a doubleheader Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
UAH 9, MC 2
Game-Changer
- The Chargers offense put together a pair of three-run rallies in the fourth and sixth innings – coupled with a complete game pitching performance by Harper Case – to help the squad to a 9-2 win in the first game of the doubleheader.
 
Scoring Breakdown
- UAH took the first lead in the bottom of the first was both Garrett Bodine and Nolan Ramsey collected RBI in the frame.
- One run by Miles in the top of the second cut the Chargers lead, but UAH regained a 3-1 lead in the third when Bodine scored on a groundout.
- UAH pushed the lead to 6-1 with a trio of runs in the fourth, followed by one run in the fifth by Miles which slimmed the Chargers advantage to 5-2.
- The Chargers struck for three more runs in the bottom of the sixth – highlighted by a solo homer by Steven Milke – to bring the game to its final score of 9-2.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers amassed 11 total base hits in the game one victory, as seven different players had at least one hit in the contest.
- Drake Hollingsworth led the Chargers at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance and one RBI as the squad's backstop.
- Both Nolan Ramsey and Landon Ezzell had two base hits and one RBI in the contest, with Ezzell also scoring one of the Chargers nine runs.
-Bodine finished the day 1-for-2 at the plate with a team-high three runs, two RBI and two walks.
- Dorien Jenkins tied for the team lead with two walks and added two runs.
- Milke and Ezzell notched the squad's two extra-base hits with a home run and a double, respectively.
- Case went the distance in his midweek start with 7.0 innings, zero earned runs allowed and four strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- Case's complete game was the first of his career.
- Bettinger is now on a six-game hit streak, while Bodine has a hit in five straight games.
 
UAH 10, MC 8
Game-Changer
- After Miles went ahead early 8-3 after two innings, Dustin Sharp entered out of the bullpen and shutdown the Golden Bears offense with no runs, one walk and five strikeouts over 5.0 innings to close out the game which allowed UAH to come from behind to win 10-8 on Wednesday.
 
Scoring Breakdown
- Miles led off the game with a five-run rally in the top of the first for a 5-0 early lead.
- Landon Ezzell connected on a three-run home run to left field in the bottom half of the first to cut MC's lead to 5-3.
- The Golden Bears added three more runs in the second to extend their lead to 8-3.
- UAH went on to score two runs in the third and four in the fourth to knot the contest at 8-8, before the Chargers took the lead with two runs in the sixth for the 10-8 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Ezzell finished with the squad's lone extra-base hit – a three-run homer in the first – as he went 1-for-2 with two walks and a team-high three RBI.
- The Chargers walked 12 times as a team, as Garrett Bodine, Malave Bettinger, Ezzell and Will Stump received two free passes apiece to lead the squad.
- Bettinger went 1-for-2 at the dish with a team-high two runs scored to go along with two RBI.
- Zach Duvall also drove in two runs in the contest and went 1-for-2 at the plate.
- Nine different Chargers scored at least one run.
- Will Acuff, Tyler McCown and Ko Powell each had a stolen base against MC.
- Dustin Sharp notched the win in relief to improve to 1-0 on the year, tossing 5.0 shutout innings with five strikeouts and one hit allowed.
- Ian McCoy started for the Chargers with 2.0 innings and eight runs allowed.
 
Noteworthy
- UAH's 12 walks as a team are a season-high and the most since last season on April 4 vs. LeMoyne-Owen when the squad had 12 free passes as well.
- Bettinger extended his hit streak to seven games in the win.
- Head coach Hunter Royer notched his 278th career victory as he is now tied with Bobby Pierce (1995-2002) for most wins by a head coach in program history.