HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team split a nonconference doubleheader against Spring Hill on Wednesday afternoon at Charger Park, as the Chargers won game one 11-4 before the Badgers took the night cap 10-9. UAH moves to 12-7, while SHC now stands at 4-9.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and Lee have pushed the upcoming series at Charger Park to be a doubleheader Sunday at 2 p.m. before a single game Monday at 1 p.m. to wrap up the three-game set.
 
UAH 11, SHC 4
Game-Changer
- The UAH bats were electric in the game one win on Wednesday afternoon as Malave Bettinger, Drake Hollingsworth and Dorien Jenkins had three hits apiece in the contest to help the squad to 14 hits on the day and a dominant 11-4 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled 14 hits in the victory, paced by Bettinger, Hollingsworth and Jenkins who each went 3-for-3 at the plate.
- Bettinger finished with a game-high four RBI, while Hollingsworth tied with Garrett Bodine with a team-best three runs scored.
- Jenkins scored two runs and had a pair of doubles in his three trips to the plate.
- Bodine and Brett Barbee tied for the roster lead in walks with two free passes each.
- Will Stump also had a strong day at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
- Harper Case improved to 2-0 on the mound in his start, after tossing 5.0 innings with four runs allowed and one strikeout.
- Heath Senn tossed the final 2.0 innings with no runs allowed and two strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
- RBI singles in the bottom of the first inning by Bettinger and Stump put UAH ahead 2-1.
- The Chargers rallied for three runs in the second, highlighted by an RBI double by Hollingsworth and a one-run single by Bettinger to make it 5-1 Chargers.
- A three-run homer by SHC's Neil Ring cut the UAH advantage to one run, but UAH went on to score four times in the fourth and two in the fifth on the way to the 11-4 win.
 
Noteworthy
- Bettinger is now on an 11-game hit streak and has two or more hits in five of those 11 contests.
- Jenkins' three base hits are a season-high.
- UAH has tallied 10 or more runs in six games in 2019.
 
SHC 10, UAH 9
Game-Changer
- Spring Hill put together a five-run fourth inning – highlighted by a grand slam by Daniel Rodriguez – which propelled the Badgers to a 10-9 win in the night cap.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Jack Stamper led the Chargers at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance with three runs scored, a homer, a double and one RBI.
- Zach Duvall went 2-for-3 with a double in the contest, while tying for the team lead in RBI with two.
- Will Acuff and Malave Bettinger each had one hit, two RBI and one run scored against the Badgers.
- UAH totaled six walks as six different Chargers worked a free pass in the matchup.
- Tyler McCown stole the Chargers lone base of the game.
- Ian McCoy started on the mound for the Chargers with 3.0 innings, one earned run allowed and two strikeouts.
- Dustin Sharp took the loss in relief to dip his record to 1-1, after working 0.2 innings with four runs allowed.
- Dylan Murphy tossed a scoreless seventh innings with one strikeout.
 
Key Plays
- Spring Hill plated one run in the second, before UAH added three runs in the bottom half of the season as both Duvall and Acuff drove in runs in the frame to give the Chargers a 3-1 lead.
- Rodriguez notched a solo home run for the Badgers in the top of the third, prior to Stamper's two-run homer to left to put UAH's advantage at 5-2.
- Spring Hill turned in a five-run fourth, followed by one run in the fifth and two in the sixth for a 10-5 lead over the Chargers.
- UAH threatened down the stretch in the matchup with one run in the sixth and two runs in the bottom of the seventh to bring the game to its final score of 10-9.
 
Noteworthy
- Bettinger is now on a 12-game hit streak.
- Stamper's home run was his first of the season and second of his career.