HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team started off the three-game Gulf South Conference series at Charger Park against West Alabama with a doubleheader sweep with wins by scores of 11-9 and 6-5 on Saturday afternoon. UAH improves to 11-5 (6-2 GSC), while UWA dips to 6-9 (1-7 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
- UAH and West Alabama wrap up the three-game set on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Charger Park.
 
UAH 11, UWA 9
Game-Changer
- After the Chargers offense rallied for four runs in the third, two in the fourth and three in the fifth, Drake Hollingsworth delivered the game-deciding blow in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run single that helped UAH to the 11-9 win in game one on Saturday.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Wes Anderson and Hollingsworth led the Chargers offense as each went 2-for-5 with a team-high three RBI.
- Seven Chargers had multi-hit performances, with the squad totaling 16 base knocks total.
- Both Palmer Ford and Tyler McCown had two base hits and one RBI each.
- John Trousdale went 1-for-4 with two runs, a homer, one RBI and a team-high two walks.
- McCown and Trousdale had back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the third.
- Trousdale, Landon Ezzell and Malave Bettinger each had two runs to lead the Chargers roster.
- The Chargers swiped six bases total in the contest, led by Trousdale and Acuff with two apiece.
- Tyler Self earned the win to improve to 3-1 on the season, after working 6.0 innings with three earned runs allowed, 10 strikeouts and just one walk.
 
Noteworthy
- Self has 10 or more strikeouts in back-to-back starts, as he owns 23 strikeouts in his last 15.0 innings.
- UAH has hit two home runs in a game five times this season.
 
UAH 6, UWA 5 (11)
Game-Changer
- The Chargers loaded the bases on three consecutive at-bats in the bottom of the 11th to set up a walk-off RBI single through the left side by Zach Duvall to give UAH the 6-5 win in the night cap on Saturday.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH was led by Trousdale and Duvall overall with two base hits, one run scored and two RBI apiece in the win.
- Both Hunter Nabors and Garrett Bodine had two-hit performances as well.
- Tyler McCown and Will Acuff tied for the team lead in walk with two free passes each.
- Trousdale, Landon Ezzell and Bodine had one double apiece to account for the Chargers three extra-base hits.
- McCown and Bodine stole one base each.
- Dylan Murphy started on the mound for the Chargers with 4.1 innings, one run allowed and seven strikeouts.
- Caleb Brewer was sensational in relief, hurling 5.0 innings with one run allowed, zero walks and six strikeouts.
- Kody Keiser earned the win to improve to 1-0, after tossing a perfect top of the 11th with two strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
- This was the Chargers first extra-inning game of the season.
- Trousdale is on a six-game hit streak, with extra-base hits in three of those six games.
- Duvall leads the roster with 15 RBI after two in the night cap.