CLEVELAND, Miss. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team earned a doubleheader split to open a three-game Gulf South Conference series at No. 12 Delta State, as the Statesmen won game one 6-4 before the Chargers turned around with a 5-3 victory in the night cap. UAH moves to 19-12 (9-7 GSC), while DSU sits at 22-8 (13-6 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and Delta State wrap up the three-game set on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
No. 12 DSU 6, UAH 4
Game-Changer
- With the game tie 1-1 in the fifth, Delta State rallied for five runs in the home half to take a 6-1 lead which helped the hosts to a 6-4 win in the series-opening matchup.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Tyler McCown led the roster with a team-high two base hits to go along with one RBI and one stolen base.
- Will Acuff posted a roster-best two RBI with one double and one run scored.
- Landon Ezzell drew the squad's lone walk of the contest while adding an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
- Malave Bettinger, Drake Hollingsworth and Jack Stamper each had one doube in the contest, while Zach Duvall had the Chargers lone triple.
- Tyler Self took the loss in his start on the mound to dip to 3-3 on the year, tossing 7.1 innings with one earned run allowed and six strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- McCown put the Chargers ahead 1-0 with an RBI single to right in the top of the third, but the Statesmen responded with one run of their own in the bottom half to even the game at 1-1.
- Delta State went on to score five times in the bottom of the fifth to take a 6-1 lead.
- UAH cut into the DSU lead with one run in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings before the hosts took the contest with a 6-4 final.
 
Noteworthy
- Self's 7.1 innings pitched are a season-high for the sophomore.
- McCown is now 15-for-15 on stolen base attempts this season.
 
UAH 5, No. 12 DSU 3
Game-Changer
- Dylan Murphy's start on the mound in game two proved to be the difference as the sophomore worked 6.0 innings with three runs allowed and four strikeouts to guide UAH to the game-two victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Palmer Ford and Steven Milke tied for the team lead in hits with two apiece, as Ford had one double while both of Milke's base hits went for doubles.
- Milke was one of five Chargers to record one RBI in the contest and he was joined by Tyler McCown, Drake Hollingsworth, Malave Bettinger and Landon Ezzell with one run driven in.
- Bettinger's lone RBI came on a solo home run in the top of the third.
- The Chargers drew six walks in the contest, led by McCown with two free passes.
- Muprhy improved to 4-2 with his 6.0-inning starting performance.
- Brooks Brophy notched his first save of 2019, tossing 1.0 inning out of the bullpen with no runs allowed and two strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- UAH went on the board first with two runs in the top of the second, as Ezzell notched an RBI single to left before a bases-loaded walk by Hollingsworth.
- Bettinger sent a solo homer to center in the third inning to make it 3-0 Chargers, prior to one run by DSU in the bottom half to cut the lead to 3-1.
- The Chargers added one run apiece in the sixth and seventh to extend the lead to 5-1, as DSU went on to score two times in the seventh before Brophy ended the game out of the bullpen for the 5-3 win.
 
Noteworthy
- Bettinger now owns a team-high three home runs in the 2019 campaign.
- Brophy is now the fourth Charger reliever to register a save this season.
- This was UAH's second win over a nationally-ranked team this season.