LIVINGSTON, Ala. | The UAH baseball team won the final game and clinched a Gulf South Conference road series victory against West Alabama on Saturday morning with a 13-5 win. The Chargers improved to 21-22 (9-18 GSC) while the Tigers are now 19-24 (11-16 GSC).
The series win is the second in the past three weeks for UAH as they defeated West Georgia two weeks ago in a three-game set. The Chargers knocked three home runs in Saturday's game against the Tigers and tied a team season-high.
West Alabama took the lead in the first inning of the rubber match with four runs, but after the UAH comeback in Friday's game two, the Chargers were prepared to make their climb back into the contest, scoring two runs to reduce the Tiger lead.
A four-run fourth inning put UAH in front for good as they would go on to score seven additional unanswered runs till the ninth when UWA scored one.
Three Charger batters hit home runs in Saturday's game with
Brock Butler,
Merik Carter, and
Presley Walker each going yard. Carter and Butler are top two in home runs for UAH this season, with Carter posting eight and Butler having seven. Walker's grand slam in the seventh was his second home run of the season.
Jacob Peters got the start and the win for UAH in the series clinching victory as he pitched five innings and struck out five.
Tanner Giles earned the save, as he pitched four innings in relief and gave up just one earned run.
The Chargers head to Pulaski, Tennessee, on Tuesday to take on UTSouthern in a midweek matchup prior to the Senior Day weekend series against Union at Charger Park next week.