HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team completed the program's first series sweep of Valdosta State since the 2014 campaign with a come-from-behind 10-5 victory on Sunday afternoon at Charger Park. UAH improves to 17-11 (8-6 GSC), while VSU dips to 14-16 (4-10 GSC).
 
Game-Changer
- After three runs by the Chargers in the bottom of the seventh cut the Blazers lead to 5-4, UAH erupted for a six-run bottom of the eighth as the squad went on to win the contest by 10-5.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Palmer Ford led the Chargers offense with a 2-for-5 performance with a team-high four runs scored, as he delivered a pair of clutch two-RBI singles in the contest.
- Zach Duvall joined Ford with a multi-hit performance, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI.
- Three Chargers scored two runs in the game, including Tyler McCown, Will Acuff and Duvall.
- Drake Hollingsworth drew a team-high two walks in addition to one run and one RBI.
- Jack Stamper recorded the squad's lone extra-base hit, which was a double to right-center to open up the six-run eighth inning.
- Cody Morrow started on the mound for the Chargers, turning in 1.2 innings with one unearned run allowed.
- Heath Senn picked up the win to improve to 1-1 on the year, after working the final 2.0 innings with zero runs allowed and two strikeouts.
- Ian McCoy also had a strong outing of relief with 1.2 scoreless innings with one strikeout.
 
Scoring Breakdown
- Valdosta State took the first lead with one run in the first, before UAH knotted the game at 1-1 in the second as Bettinger scored on an error.
- The Blazers regained the lead in the third with one run and went on to take a 5-1 advantage with a trio of runs in the top of the sixth.
- The Chargers added three runs in the seventh, highlighted by a two-run single up the middle by Ford, to slim the deficit to 5-4.
- UAH went on to send 12 batters to the plate in the bottom of the eighth in a six-run rally to elevate the Blue & White to a 10-5 victory.
 
Noteworthy
- This was the Chargers first series sweep in the 2019 GSC schedule.
- Ford's four RBI are a season-high.
- Senn's win on the mound was his first as a Charger.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH steps out of conference play on Wednesday with a matchup at Miles.