Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MONTEVALLO, Ala. | The No. 23 University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team opened up the 2021 campaign on the road with a doubleheader sweep of Montevallo on Friday with wins by scores of 3-1 and 10-5. UAH improves to 2-0 (2-0 GSC), while UM dips to 0-2 (0-2 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
-UAH and Montevallo wrap up the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
UAH 3, UM 1
Game-Changer
-The Chargers scored twice in the top of the first, and that was all UAH starting pitcher Tyler Self needed as he worked 7.0 innings with just two hits allowed, zero walks, zero earned runs and six strikeouts to lead the squad to its first win of the season.
 
Scoring Breakdown
-UAH loaded the bases in the top of the first, allowing Colin Brewer to deliver a two-RBI single to center to put the team ahead 2-0.
-Montevallo scored on a passed ball in the bottom half of the first to cut the lead to 2-1.
-Tyler McCown made it 3-1 Chargers in top of the third with a solo homer to right field, which would hold as the game's final score.
 
Inside the Box Score
-UAH posted seven hits overall in game one of the doubleheader, led by McCown with a 2-for-4 performance with two runs, one RBI, and one walk.
-Self earned the win to improve to 1-0 on the year, tossing 7.0 innings with two hits, one unearned run allowed and six strikeouts.
-Caleb Brewer notched his first save of the season after working the final 2.0 innings with no runs allowed and one strikeout.
-Colin Brewer finished with a team-high two RBI, thanks to his first-inning two-run single.
-John Trousdale drew a team-best two walks while scoring a run.
-UAH did not commit an error in the field.
 
Noteworthy
-McCown's home run was the eighth in his career.
-UAH has won three straight games over Montevallo.
 
UAH 10, UM 5
Game-Changer
-The Chargers rallied for three runs in an inning three times in the nightcap at Montevallo on the way to the 10-4 win to sweep the doubleheader.
 
Scoring Breakdown
-UAH's first three-run rally came in the top of the first, highlighted by a two-run homer by Trousdale.
-Montevallo scored once in the bottom half to cut the lead to 3-1.
-McCown made it 4-1 Chargers with a RBI single to right, followed by a two-run double to center by Trousdale to push the lead to 6-1.
-The Chargers pushed across another run in the sixth to make it 7-1 UAH, before a three-run bottom of the eighth by the Falcons slimmed UAH's lead to 7-4.
-UAH went on to add three runs in the top of the ninth to increase the advantage to 10-4.
-The Falcons scored once in the bottom of the ninth to bring the game to its 10-5 final.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers accrued 13 base hits as a team in the contest, led by Garrett Bodine with a 3-for-5 performance out of the lead-off spot with two runs and one walk.
-Trousdale finished with a team-high four RBI, thanks to his two-run homer and two-RBI double.
-McCown was second on the roster with two RBI in a 2-for-4 performance with one run.
-Griffin Rivers and Will Acuff each scored two runs to tie Bodine for the team lead.
-Rivers and Dorien Jenkins each stole one base.
-Austin East started on the mound for the Chargers, turning in 4.0 innings with one earned run allowed and six strikeouts for a no-decision.
-Dylan Murphy earned the win in relief with 3.2 innings out of the bullpen with three unearned runs allowed and four strikeouts.
 
Noteworthy
-UAH has started the season with back-to-back wins for the second season in a row.
-Trousdale's four RBI are his second most as a Charger.