CLEVELAND, Miss. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team notched a Gulf South Conference series win over No. 12 Delta State with a 5-3 victory to wrap up the three-game set on Sunday afternoon. UAH improves to 20-12 (10-7 GSC), while DSU slips to 22-9 (13-7 GSC).
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Game-Changer
- The Chargers received a dominant 8.1-inning starting performance out of
Harper Case with two earned runs allowed, one walk and seven strikeouts to lead the squad to a 5-3 series win on Sunday afternoon at Delta State.
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Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled 11 base hits against the Statesmen, as sophomore
Will Acuff led the way with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate in addition to notching the team's lone stolen base.
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Landon Ezzell and
Nolan Ramsey rated second on the roster with two base hits, while Ezzell had a team-high two RBI and Ramsey scored a game-high two runs.
- Ramsey collected the Chargers lone extra-base hit in the contest, which was a solo home run in the top of the second.
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Drake Hollingsworth paced the roster with two walks.
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Brooks Brophy picked up his second save of the season after finishing off the final two outs with a pair of strikeouts.
- Case improved to 3-1 with the win, as he limited DSU to five hits over his 8.1 innings with three runs – two earned – allowed in the victory.
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Key Plays
- Ramsey gave the Chargers the early lead with a solo home run in the top of the second.
- UAH added a total of four runs in the sixth inning – highlighted by a two-RBI single by Ezzell with the bases loaded – to put the Chargers up 5-1.
- Delta State plated a trio of runs in the ninth to end the UAH shutout bid, but the Chargers held on for the 5-3 victory.
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Noteworthy
- Ramsey's home run was his second of the season.
- This was UAH's first series win over Delta State this decade.
- Case set career-highs for both innings pitched (8.1) and strikeouts (7).
- Acuff has at least one base hit in 11 of the past 12 games.
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Next Time Out
- UAH returns to Charger Park on Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a nonconference tilt against Auburn Montgomery.